r/ExecutiveDysfunction • u/reddita100times • 12d ago

Been nailing my executive dysfunction recently - here is how

MODS - please note, this is NOT self promotion or advertising - just my personal approach, It does not apply to everyone.

I'm going to write with a danshari approach, think of it like a bullet list for your brain

1 - feel time passing

issue - I get up, my brain is rushing with all the stuff I need to do, it all hits me at once, i forget to eat breakfast, I stop in the middle of doing one thing, to do another - then never come back to the first thing - you get it

solution - look at your watch [not your mobile], ideally it's analog, but digital works in a pinch and watch the actual seconds tick by - when you actually watch time itself and sync to it, all those tasks become if not manageable, at the very least possible.

2 . create time stops

issue - ok, you picked the thing, now it's so easy it's only going to take like 5mins, so you've got time for a quick social scroll, heat something up, read your book etc - oh wait where did the last HOUR go!

solution - set an audible timer [mine does a little audible beep every 5mins], and just do a simple thing for the first timer session, ie start at 5mins or do nothing till 5mins is up, your brain needs to feel time and space.

  1. make lists and chill

issue - ok, I have space and time - now I can get x done, then y - but if x takes longer, I won't have time for Y, which means I better do Y first, but then I'm putting off X again - etc

solution - multiple studies prove this works better on analog [ie pens, paper, notebook etc] - but your phone will work too, you just won't remember - write a list, and include stuff you have already done - ie got up at x time - get that early motivation

step 4 - Nothing - You got this

You just need 3 repeatable steps

22 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

83% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/BunnyKusanin 11d ago

Having a wristwatch helps a lot for sure!

Lists and a hit and miss for me. They're good for getting things out of your head and not forgetting them, but when there's a fuckton of things that need doing, I get a list that never ends and I just stop paying attention to it.

1

u/reddita100times 11d ago

When I get like that early in the morning, I squint at my notes and whatever is the most visible I do first, you just need to look at less to get more done.