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I deal with ADHD and procrastination and to-do lists are already pretty psychologically rough. Sure, it feels good to complete things, especially if I remember
by projektfu 2y ago
I deal with ADHD and procrastination and to-do lists are already pretty psychologically rough. Sure, it feels good to complete things, especially if I remember to mark them complete, but when I have a lot of tasks I don't want to start, they all look gigantic and I start ignoring it.
I can't imagine how awful that would be for social connections to be watching, maybe commenting on it. "Hey buddy, aren't you going to fix the scanner? It's been weeks".
Gamification makes things worse for me. Maybe it feels good to have a streak and level up. But then something comes up and you lose your streak and that's like 10x worse. The app is basically saying you suck. That was my Duolingo experience, which is probably why they now make it very hard to lose a streak, but then it just feels dumb.
I stopped playing Wordle after missing a couple days, losing the streak.
Other ADHD/executive function disorder people might have another opinion. We're all wired differently.
I say all this without trying it out because the pitch turns me off. If there's something unique that makes it better than social accountability and gamification, maybe put that in the pitch.
- jasfi 2y agoI recent saw a video that aims to take on procrastination, including for those with ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcJGEeX9gM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcJGEeX9gM Do you think his system is helpful?
- projektfu 2y agoYes, these things are good pointers. After all, the cure for procrastination is to just get started. "just" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, but reducing the size of the task and reducing the stakes are good ways to get rid of barriers to getting started. I haven't had time to watch the rest of the videos in this group about his systems to help himself with ADHD and procrastination.