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Well if you give him some control in the decision then he will be less oppositional, defiant, disobedient, passive aggressive etc. He is doing that for he thinks that is the only way to get what he wants for he feels he has no control in the situation and since you are his parents and its your way or the highway the only thing he feels he can do is "hit the brakes" and be a PITA. Your son may be great but even if he is the most awesome kid in the world sometimes your kid can wear down your patience :)

Once the kid understand that you share the same goals as him. You want him to succed, and you do not want him to drug him so he is not himself anymore he will be more receptiant to compromise since he understands you two share the same goals you just differ on the way to earn that goal.

And once you can assay his fears, for his fears are legitimate, but unlikely then he will be willing to try the medication. He has no clue what is the chance of those side effects happening, he is no medical expert, and you guys are no medical expert so outside experts such as a doctor that he feels is on his side (not his parents side but his side) as well as that ADHD expert I linked to will allow him to answers his legitimate fears, and once his fears are answered he will be willing to take a chance if you can also "sell the idea that meds will make his life easier and he will get more of what he really deep down wants."

Your son wants to succeed, he does not want to coast for the sake of coasting, he wants success but if success seems unlikely or requires so much effort that he feels exhausted he will give up for this is human nature, but ADHD people are much more sensitive of "mental exhaustion" for it is harder for us to refuel our own internal motivation.

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The person I linked to is one of the best ADHD experts out there, you can find many of his videos on youtube under Dr. Barkley. He also wrote a book called Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship. It will help you speak with more empathy when you speak to your teen and via this everyone's life in the family will improve for we fight not because we hate the other person but because we love them but we also want our own personal goals and dreams.

Barkley also recommends the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.

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I wish your son the best, I have no doubt he is smart, but the times of middle school, high school, and college are the hardest times for an ADHD person for it is lot of skills you are just naturally not good at yet they are important and you can not run away from them like you can with a job. A job you need money but you get to choose the job that suits your talents. Only time that even compares to school years I listed are when an ADHD adult recently becomes a parent and they are overwhelmed by all the new work and responsibility and they have not yet adapted.

I'm familiar with this problem too. There are a few things I have learned (and am still trying to better apply). My apologies if any of this is already familiar to you:

• Use your time in more productive ways by figuring out which times of the day you do best with different types of tasks. A lot of productivity experts encourage this. Most people are at their best with brain-work (creativity, problem-solving, etc.) in the first few hours of the day. If that's true for you, make your checklist the evening before so you can get right to it. Most people also are the least effective in the early afternoon, right after lunch, and tend to have that zoning out effect or even nod off. This is a good time to do simple tasks, like making calls, responding to emails, or filling out paperwork. Scheduling meetings around this time can be helpful too as engaging with others can keep your mind active, unless the meeting requires heavy group problem-solving or brainstorming. People who work long days like yours tend to get a second wind in the late afternoon/early evening, so that's the time to get back at those brain-work tasks, though you might choose ones that are slightly less demanding if you're not feeling super focused. This is also the time to review what you've done that day and determine what you need to do the next day. (*I'll come back to this in my last point.)
  
  
• When you start to feel like you're zoning out and can't refocus, take a break. Go for a walk for five minutes, drink or eat something cold (that will help energize you), do some stretches, etc. Avoid looking at a screen during these breaks. Your mind needs to do something different. If you're like me and need external input for your mental health, listen to an audiobook or podcast during your break so you're still not looking at a screen. Have a few selected ahead of time and ready to go before your day starts so you don't spend five minutes choosing a podcast episode. (Yes, I've done this too many times.) Getting sunlight is VERY helpful and one of the best ways to re-energize. If it's pouring rain or truly too cold to go out, try a blue light bulb or SADD light to simulate sunlight.
  
  
• I agree with others about taking regular breaks, and Pomodoro can be really helpful. It hasn't worked for me, however, as it takes me about twenty minutes to get into a groove with my work. If that's the case for you, try the rule of 52 and 17, in which you focus intently on work for 52 minutes, then take a break for 17 minutes. Alternatively, some people do better with sprints of 90–120 minutes with a 20–30 minute break. It's likely you'll get more done overall taking more regular breaks because you won't zone out as much or have to do as much revising of your work due to being burnt out when you did it.
  
  
• Plan your downtime activities ahead. Even if it's just chilling with Netflix, giving it a structure like your day can make it feel more rewarding. You get to tell yourself "I checked off season 2, episode 3," so you don't have to shift so far out of your work mindset that your mind resists. Also, doing something simple with your hands during your downtime can help you relax. Knit, crochet, doodle, color (huzzah for adult coloring books!), etc., even while watching TV.
  
  -*This isn't going to happen in the immediate future, as it will take its own work to implement and you don't have time during your current project. But setting up effective planning and checklists can make a huge difference. First, spend some time observing your energy levels and most effective times of the day. Chris Bailey lays out a great method for this and offers a spreadsheet for it in The Productivity Project, but you can also come up with your own ways to track it. Second, use those observations in your reviewing/planning process. There are a lot of different ways to plan your time, but I like to do this: on Sunday, I sketch out a general plan for the week, alotting only six items per day (though I do more if I get everything done) based on my master project/task list. Each morning I check in with myself to see how I'm feeling (I have a chronic illness) each and adjust my plan accordingly. Then I reevaluate the next day's plan at the end of the day based on what I've accomplished. That last step involves reviewing how things went, reassessing urgency if necessary, scheduling new tasks that have arisen, etc. I also stay attentive to the types of tasks when I'm doing my planning. Because of my illness, I associate very minute function levels with each task, but I think most people could just assign energy and focus requirements to each task and plan the tasks based on their focus cycles. Setting up some kind of planning process will help you focus on quality of work the next time you're in the midst of a long-term, demanding project.

Congrats on improving your habits!

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There are also some awesome apps that can help you with reminders and keep you motivated —

OurHome - chores and rewards by Cape Horizon Pty. Ltd. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ourhome-chores-and-rewards/id879717020

Tody by LoopLoop https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tody/id595339588

https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/cleaning-calendar

This book may also help:

Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition-Revised and Updated: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized https://www.amazon.com/dp/1592335128/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jp9rDbMZYJEHH

Kitchen timers will be your best friend. Keep yourself motivated for 15-min chunks of cleaning with rewards.

I would say - start a micro-venture, which mostly means make a website. I know it sounds corny and open for the "that market is overcrowded" type of comment, but it works for me. It works so well in fact that I'm writing a book about it!

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Basically, you commit yourself to build some kind of online presence. For example, you (like me) like movies - I'm not saying "be passionate to the bone about something" but just more or less interested and somewhat knowledgeable about it. You calculate how much free time you can and want to spend on your movie micro-venture in the long term (years, basically).

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From there, you chose a medium. You can make a YouTube channel, a podcast, a website, a blog, even a social media page like Instagram. You set it up and go to work - spend every week two hours on it, both creating content and building it up (links, supporting social media pages, keyword research, etc).

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Trust me, you will grow but it will take months and even years. But stick with it, give it that eight hours per month every month.

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As you do this, monetization options will come. Directly paid advertisement, affiliate deals, promo content, PPC ads, selling shout-outs on freelancing platforms - there is plenty of options. They won't make you rich but will pay and will open up many good avenues for your possible future ventures.

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Take my example (so you know I'm not talking out of my ass here) - after years of these small ventures, which include a YouTube channel, an ebook I invested much effort in, movie blog I already mentioned, a crappy website about Kendo (which did make $1000 in 10 years) and a range of completely failed blogs, I made Awesome Android Games last September. It had so far less than 2000 unique users and it earned $800 in that time (a stellar success compared to what I expected) - this was possible thanks to my strong presence as a seller on Fiverr, but this was in turn created because of the previous things I mentioned (all of which still make money).

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Make your micro-venture, invest a bit of time (and no finance in the first phase) and work to grow it. Beware of burnout and don't push yourself to make much money fast. Keep at it and the honest dollar you seek will come for sure - you might drop if for better things eventually, but the dollar will come.

Once upon a time there was a Mod-ern Girl who went on a date with someone she Met on the Internet. He sounded like a nice enough guy, and his profile suggested they had things in common... like a desire for A Little Less Conversation. He was handsome enough when they met, but he wore that dreaded symbol of "Nice Guys" everywhere... a trilby.

It was the first warning sign, but not the last.

It was at the cocktail bar they stumbled across while Lost on Lombard that it became clear they were ill matched.

"No, I'm not interested in going back to yours," she said with a sigh. They were barely through their first cocktail. "Honestly, it's not like you Swept Me Off My Feet at our Dinner for Two. I can't imagine how dull your Pillow Talk would be."

"Hey," he said wiggling his eyebrows, "Don’t be Koi With Me. My Daddy’s the King of this city, and let's face it, you're in your thirties, sweetheart. I'm as good as you're gonna get, so Deutsche you Want me Baby?"

"So what?" she scoffed, knowing when she was being negged. "I mean, Who Needs A Prince? I have my own startup. I Only Drink Champagne, I Don't Do Dishes, and I have My Private Jet. My life's pretty great. I just went on a date so you could Wine me and Dine me, since you kept emailing me on OkCupid. Before you start telling other people what they need? You need a real Attitude Adjustment. Because you're cute? MAYBE I'll let you Call my Cell-ery if you get it together."

Her frog of a date pouted. "You're Such a Budapest!" he said, and fled the bar... leaving her with the bill, of course.

"Well," she shrugged, "that's what I get for Dating a Royal. I guess it's true what they say, A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find, and Love is a Racket. I'd rather be a Hussy".

She downed her bourbon and opened up Tinder.

1. Don't start on page one and go through to the end. It's not meant to be read that way.
   
2. Some options include the "Great Adventure" series from Jeff Cavins, which help place the Bible in proper context.
   
3. There are also books which help explain the Bible, and some of these are for teenagers (so they're dumbed down, but not so much to be patronizing). The only caveat is that most of the good books of this sort are written for Protestant audiences, and not only their interpretation of certain passages are going to be different, but they also don't include the Deuterocanonical books. But other than that, they could be of great use.
   
4. A great exercise is to memorize the Bible books in order. Memorize the Faith is the best book on how to do this. Master this, and everything else becomes gravy.
   
5. Once you accomplish this, be certain to read the Mass readings in advance of the Sunday liturgy. Read them in your own Bible, so you get a sense of how they are structured. Get used to doing that. Perhaps you need a set time and place to do this on a weekly basis, so you can become more accustomed to how to master the Bible for yourself.

Parenting is a full-time job!! It boggles my mind that a stay at home parent with a child that needs pretty much constant attention (i.e. isn't yet autonomous enough to entertain themselves or be left alone safely for very long) is expected to cook, clean, and otherwise maintain the household flawlessly on top of that! I see that pattern quite a bit on /r/relationships!

I got a lot of value out of this book. Its value is limited to me at this time since I'm a recent grad living at home, but it has some great tips for organizing from someone who really seems to "get" ADHD - she doesn't have it but has worked with a lot of people who do. Most of it boils down to making things as easy as possible: e.g. reducing your cookware to minimize the stacking and nesting that can occur in cupboards and on shelves, not using separate laundry hampers and baskets, ways to prevent paper piles from building up around the house, stuff like that. Cutting down on those "intermediate steps" is a big focus. She covers every room and includes tips for laundry and handling kids' toys/laundry/room as well. It's something I am going to refer to periodically and IMO it would be helpful for any busy household where time for "picking up" is in short supply, really.

Plus the book is made to be easy to read with little highlighted "post its" throughout with main ideas and tips. I think she even warns you in the intro to not try to read the entire book in one sitting and then try to change everything at once, haha.

For your organisational problems I'd suggest reading Susan C. Pinsky's book on organising for people with adhd. She's got a ton of different tricks and tips, like either getting clear boxes or doing away with boxes so you can actually see what items are where.

It's helped me a lot with seeing that just because something is usually done a certain way it doesn't mean that's the best way to do it (certainly if you're neurodivergent). Not all of her advice will be helpful, but I've found most of it relevant to me specifically, or at least interesting to think about.

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As for automation, I've found it helps to use apps for certain things like cooking. I use mealime for that, it lets me choose a weekplan for meals, then gives me all the groceries I need and the cooking instructions are step by step.

I'm not really in a position where a robot vacuum is feasible, but I did get a stick vacuum that makes much less noise than my old one, which makes it easier to keep my room clean because I don't hate vacuuming as much.

Luckily bills are mostly automated here, and if they aren't I can set it up. It helps a ton!

Knowing what you're working with really helps determine what strategies to try first. It also helps you forgive yourself for having trouble with tasks that are not going to be in your wheelhouse. For me, knowing I'm not 'failing' to be organized, I'm succeeding at being semi-organized, means I can be kinder to myself for forgetting a doctor's appointment.

I rely a lot on bright colors to help organize things, though my apartment seems yet to have succumbed to the 'colorization is a good proxy for organization' theory. For example, I color the tops of pill containers according to when they need to be taken (blue for night, orange for morning, purple for as-needed), so they can all be thrown into a clear bin on the table in a disorganized pile, which is an improvement on not knowing where they were at all. Sometimes I'd find one in the kitchen. Basically, since I'm never going to be good at 'everything has a place' I try to maintain more of an 'everything has a general region'.

Doodles are excellent! Da Vinci would be proud. If you can, have your doodles saying things in word bubbles that were especially important in the lecture. Also, if you need to not be doodling for something, consider getting a fidget toy, there are a ton of different kinds on the market as people get more comfortable with kids fidgeting a little to help them stay in their seats and stay focused, and they're starting to get marketed to adults. Try getting a multi-pack that includes a flippy chain

Figuring out the right balance of occupied attention and difficulty of task takes a bit, but if you have a kind of task you do regularly, eventually you figure something out and can get into a groove. Then you just have to make sure you don't get distracted before you start your routine :) Sometimes, if it's a task that requires sporadic focus, I have to make sure it's an audiobook I know well to hit that balance.

There are a ton of organizing tips for us, but not all solutions will work for all people. And someday I will actually finish this book.

You might find it helpful to read books on organizing for people with ADHD (I read a good one a few years ago; I think it was this one?). Regardless of whether or not you have an ADHD brain, there are some great tips for those of us who are memory-challenged and out-of-sight-out-of-mind types.

Personally, I like to be able to see things I use regularly and so have a lot of things out in the open. I even removed the doors from most of my closets and storage areas. I organize things into clear plastic bins, organizers and containers, and label a lot of things. Yeah I love the peaceful feeling of a clear surface, but that is not feasible for my brain for every area of the house. Instead, I designate a few pieces of furniture as "no pile zones", so I can still enjoy some of those serene spaces without sacrificing practicality.

If you did something like that, you could have a surface that only holds one or two of your nice candles and maybe a vase or potted plant, but that's it. The scissors and pens need another well-organized home.

Welcome!! Happy belated birthday! I hope you're recovering well from your surgery!

If you had to drink only one beverage for the rest of your life (aside form water) what would it be? What is your favorite animal? Do you have any pets? Do you have pictures of said pets? What type of music do you like? I'll stop asking questions now.

I would love a used copy of this book because it sounds fascinating to me.

Have you worked with a doctor or therapist on treatment/coping?

I don't know your gender, background, work, location etc, but I have found a lot of great information in books/article.

This is a great book for anyone which helps with organization. Being better organized in general might help raise your threshold when dealing with social situations if you haven't used up you 'stimulus bank' on a chaotic environment.

This is a great book for women with ADHD. It's changing my life.

One of the most important things I'm learning is how a lifetime of not living up to expectations (of myself, society, family etc) has led me to develop a lot of intense feelings of guilt and shame. I am working on reversing that and forgiving myself when I do make mistake or reach the point of overs-stimulation.

Finally, with work, again depending on your location, you may be able to request reasonable accommodation. The caveat here is that you'll need a medical diagnosis.

Maybe some of these might help

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• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (multiple matches): 4.5/5 (4803 reviews) https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/1451639619/
  
• Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers: 4.9/5 (49 reviews) https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Guessing-Behaviors-Problem-Solvers/dp/162656986X/
  
• Ask Outrageously!: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want: 4.8/5 (32 reviews) https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Outrageously-Secret-Getting-Really/dp/1523082712/
  
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I am! As always! Just make sure it has the correct updated dates for the Holy Days; would love quotes in there; and make sure the squares are big enough. (But they usually are in planners, right?)

I really want a good huge wall calendar like the Mom Calendars/Family Planner calendars, like this or this with reminders in that actually relate to our Baha'i lifestyle/rhythm of the year, and BIG ENOUGH spaces that we can fit everyone's engagements on the same day. People using the existing Baha'i calendars with the tiny squares either have nothing going on in their lives or just use it for referencing the date or something.

This one!

It's not one of those ones that's geared towards nursing, but I never felt like I needed lab values in my planner or anything like that. I just like that it's easy to tote around and the sections help me see what my day really looks like and prioritize.

*Edit for actually putting in the link this time.

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That's interesting--I'm nursing right now, and got PPD or something similar, and the only thing I can take is Sertraline (generic Zoloft). I wasn't diagnosed with ADD until my early 20's, when college failures put me into a deep depression.

I just had my sertraline dosage upped, and it keeps me happier for sure--I'm not just sitting and staring into space because I have no energy. Now I am sitting and staring into space because I'm distracted!

Medication helps a LOT, for sure. I just get my Adderall from my primary care doc.

BUT-- it's really important to develop habits and use strategies that will also keep you on track. I really liked, and look forward to once again (bf'ing will be done in December) having a guaranteed block of time where I am focused. But stimulant medication wears off, so you don't want your life to totally fall apart at night!

Developing a habit of using lists, calendars, etc.--whatever works for you--will probably be one of the most important things you can do . Also try a book like this for ideas.

Best of luck to you!

You should really read 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam . It has great worksheets and questions to help you clarify your time to what you really want. I truly consider it a KonMari type book for your schedule. Good luck!

Here you go.. I haven't read them yet, Let me know what you think if you get to them first. I just finished Mastery by Robert Greene and it was pretty incredible. It really hit home since I don't know what the shit I'm doing with my life yet

Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD

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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Apologize to her for trying to push her to get rid of things too quickly (hint: if you work with her on "cleaning" or "decorating" or "decluttering" these will also result, as you go through things together, in at first one or two items and then as she gets more confident boxes/bags of items that she is willing to have go to another "home" ie: to donate or get rid of)

ask her what kind of help she wants

Do the help that she wants. Better with her than for her.

Browse amazon online with her looking for books along the lines of what she wants help with. Helpful hint for her: don't buy everything, avoid the "buy together" promos like the plague, "want list" any items of interest and then narrow it down to two or three when buying. Work with her to set up a want list if she doesn't have one already.

Also "just happen to" browse clutter and hoarding books in amazon if she hasn't already done so above. She can add some of those to her want list.

Come across this book : One-Thing-At-Time-100 Ways to Live Clutter-Free and include this in the two or three books she actually orders.

On your way out, offer to take the items she has set aside for donation/trash to their new destination. Even if it's just one or two items. Respectfully do what she wants with these things, and report same to her next time you connect. hint:Trust will build.

tldr: understand and value her priorities, help her establish the pathways to achieve . Provide logistical support, but don't override her choices.

(Most of this is adapted advice from this book. I'm still a work in progress on this myself so this advice is as much for me as it is for you)

The big wins are going to be to make it easier to throw things away, put things away, and clean. Basically think in terms of rationing your attention "spoons." Don't waste valuable attention on low-priority, "nice-to-have" stuff. Maximize efficiency.

For the first one, are your trash cans large enough? Are there trash cans in enough locations? Are the trash bags right there or do you have to hunt for them to change the bag?

For the second one, when you're putting stuff away, is there actually a consistent place that everything goes? Or do you have to kind of wing it every time because you have too much stuff per unit of storage space?

The solution here is to make more storage space (preferably open space, like cubbies or shelves), and also ruthlessly, brutally, totally purge anything inessential. Donate, put out on the front step, throw away, recycle. Stuff in the "might use someday" category is a giant red flag for "give or throw this away." Getting a body double can help for these big organization/purge sequences.

Also, how many steps are involved in putting stuff away? Open containers are better, because you don't have to open or close a door. Anything fiddly or involved (like having to stack and unstack things) is disastrous because realistically, you just won't do it. Ideally, you should almost be able to fling stuff into place from wherever it is in the room. Having stuff organized in a more "open" plan may be a little less "Martha Stewart," but it can still look nice and organized, and it is way easier.

For the third one, do you have storage space for everything that's not "in a pile on the floor"? If things are in piles, you can't sweep and mop easily. If there's lots of crap around your bed or if it's totally crammed into the corner, your bed will be harder to make and you won't do it as much.

And can you simplify your sweeping/mopping/vacuuming routine? Swiffer-style mops with disposable cloths and the kind of cleaner you just squirt on the floor may cost a bit more, but if it saves you time and aggravation, it may be worth it. If your nemesis is the dishes, maybe get some compostable plates/silverware. Or, put almost all of your dishes in storage except for one or two sets, so they can't possibly build up. Bring the rest out only when you have company.

Basically, release yourself from the pressure of living up to a neurotypical person's standards for aesthetics and perfect environmental-friendliness in housekeeping. That stuff is for people with attention, time, and energy to spare. Focus on efficiency.

This sounds like something the Organizing for ADHD book would recommend (https://www.amazon.com/Organizing-Solutions-People-Revised-Updated/dp/1592335128)! Love it. She emphasizes efficiency of effort over efficiency of space and other considerations like aesthetics.

• A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics - As concise as it promises & super accessible, I can't imagine a better primer to macro. this is required reading at HBS (where the author teaches)
  
  
• The Productivity Project - I'm working thru this now in audio book form. The guy took a year off after college to experiment w/ diff't productivity systems. it's a nice overview of lots of different productivity gurus/techniques
  
  
• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller - the perfect read for the aspiring tycoon about the greatest CEO of them all, the man for whom anti-trust laws were first written.
  
  
• House of Morgan - or for the financially inclined, the original rainmaker, James Pierpont Morgan. My favorite part of this one is that it's actually a pretty thorough history of investment banking from 1900 - ~1990.
  
  But really, I think 'just relax' is best here, so:
  
  
• Diversify your interests
  
• Read some books you've always wanted to that have no obvious connections to self-improvement
  
• learn to code, build something dope, then start a company (okay, not 'relaxing,' but still great)
  
• whittle something (maybe also start a company with that, somehow)
  
• date someone out of your league
  
• volunteer somewhere unglamorous doing something hard & thankless
  
  etc etc etc
  

Here are some tips that will help:

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1. Goals: It can often help you to complete tasks when you connect them to goals that are important to you. What is the purpose of your blog? What will writing for your blog bring you? If you know your blog posts will have a huge impact, you might be more inclined to get to writing them. But if you don't have a clear vision of how blogging will help you, there is less incentive.
   
2. Focus Timer: A next step is to work with a focus countdown timer.
   
3. Book: By coincidence, I also have a book called "Stop Wasting Time" that might help. ")
   
4. Coaching and Accountability: You can also work with a time management coach like myself.

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Stellar post, btw. Some of your solutions resemble things I learned in Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD. I'd recommend it as a good read to people wanting to simplify.

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Lots of good recommendations in this thread: Mindset, War of Art, Power of Habit, Deep Work are all great. My recent favorite is The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey. I listened to the audiobook and found it very engaging and helpful. I ended up having to put in digital bookmarks all over the place and then relisten at night so that I could make notes. Lots of practical ideas, several of which I've implemented and that have made a measurable impact. Here;s the beginning of the Amazon description:
Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers to pursue a lifelong dream—to spend a year performing a deep dive experiment into the pursuit of productivity, a subject he had been enamored with since he was a teenager. After obtaining his business degree, he created a blog to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, where he also continued his research and interviews with some of the world’s foremost experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. Among the experiments that he tackled: Bailey went several weeks with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he got up at 5:30 every morning for three months—all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work. ....

I know this is not the advice you're looking for, but I always found tidying (and cleaning) very difficult but I implemented the advice in this book and I've found it way easier now, I can do it without thinking! Might be useful if you're looking for other solutions? :)

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This book really helped me - its full of useful tips like giving yourself permission not to be neat as long as things are organized in a system that you will use. For me this is open bins where I throw clean dish towels without having to fold them first and a dozen or so pairs of the same black socks so I don't have to match them. Now those things get put away because they don't take a lot of time to think about