I am noticing that this blog is repetitive, kind of boring and whiney. Well, this is because I have been talking about having ADHD and that is what this blog is all about. As far as I know, nobody is reading this. I don't know how to promote it. Perhaps I should go through the Blogger site and find out how I can do such a thing. Like anything else, you just tell one person who will tell another... and on and on.
Being ADHD one of my biggest flaws in the work I do is self promotion. I sort of just sit there at my desk sometimes feeling paralyzed to do anything and what frustrates me then is that nothing ever seems to be moving forward at a speed that I would like. It's like I have been kicked down in the mud and I can't get up and out of it.
Jason suggests that I just “get over it” which can be very frustrating. But I think what makes that suggestion frustrating is that I know that it is true but just can't seem to take the advice.
The secret I believe aside from having self confidence, having a plan, having a vision (which is like a plan) is to just roll up your sleeves and start doing it. Procrastination is a very huge part of ADHD. You have to just bust through and get started on things and then once you are going you wonder why it took you so long to get started.
It always can begin with a list and even these days I have been having a hard time getting THAT done. The beauty of a list is that it can be done quickly at a designated time and then you can basically ALLOW yourself to put things off as you mark in the list then the “someday” will be that you will work on the particular thing.
That is one of the suggestions in one of the books I am reading about ADHD. They tell you to actually write the word “someday” on the day you choose to designate “someday”. This way when you look at a project that you know needs to be done, and you say, “well, SOMEDAY I am going to get to this” you will know when that someday is.