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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only way to deal with ADHD is just to force yourself to write things down and be religiously devoted some kind of task management system.

It took me years to get to the point where I found a system that worked for me and was fairly consistent about sticking to it. It's almost like being an alcoholic and having to struggle with it on a daily basis.

I've been good about holding down a steady job and maintaining a decent career, while continuing my education, part-time, but I should probably be a bit further along than I am.[/quote]

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For me, it's nothing fancy, just a notepad file at work and then a Google doc for personal stuff. I've held high-middle jobs since the late 1990s and have never been fired or disciplined for not working. The writing stuff down works wonders at work.

I do that and my wife makes fun of me for writing everything down. She also complains when I want to whittle down the to-do list, although to be fair sometimes, stuff can lie fallow while we bond and other times she just needs to buck up and let me tackle stuff that's been festering for a while (she is disabled and can't do as many things or takes 2x as long).

If it means I come to bed at 11pm or come home from work at 7pm every now and then that's life. More than once or twice a week, maybe that's too much.

Maybe she'd rather I watch TV and drink beer all the time?? [/quote]

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