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The Reverse Pomodoro for when you're struggling with a task. Attack it like a ninja for 5 minutes, then spend 25 mins in "recovery." Makes it so much less threatening, you can actually make progress.

One of my life mottos when I'm stuck in a perfectionist-procrastination loop is "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly." Or, same rule different wording, "It's better to half-ass often than to whole-ass occasionally." So while "anything worth doing is worth doing well" has its place in my life, when I'm stuck, I remind myself that it's also worth doing poorly. Floss *one* tooth. Clean *a tiny part* of the mirror. Sometimes I keep going. Sometimes I don't. But my mirrors (and teeth) are a lot cleaner than when I thought I had to make the mirror spit-shine perfect, and floss my teeth so well I made dental hygienists jealous.

My favorite meta-hack is this: with ADHD, no system or technique will help you forever. Our brains want novelty. I'm no longer stressed when GTD stops working for a bit, or I fall off of journaling, or pomodoros stop giving me focus. I just grab another trick from the bag and do that for a while instead.

"You are gonna look at reddit. Better." Broke me, it's very true. Pills don't have skills is the mantra here

My niche ADHD life hacks: 1: get a clothing steamer so you can easily get wrinkles out of clothes when you inevitably forget to fold them but then have something important to go to. 2. Use deli containers for food and meal prep, they all have the same size lid despite being different sizes, they're stackable and they're cheap enough that if you forget to clean one out you can just throw it away. 3. Only worry about organizing the things you need for day to day life. If you try to organize everything you're going to fail. Organize the things you need for day to day and everything else can go into a junk drawer and you can worry about it later. 4. organize things visually. hang things on your walls with hooks, pegboard etc. I can't remember to put things back in drawers but storing stuff on my wall I can instantly see when something is not where it is supposed to be. 5. shop at yard sales. Yard sales are so cheap you can impulse buy stupid shit without breaking the bank or feeling ashamed, plus you never know what you're going to find so every shopping trip is like a treasure hunt.

A job worth doing is worth doing well - this has been a major freeze point for me. If I can’t do it well I won’t do it at all. “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.” Has been an extremely liberating counter perspective

Re: Get a library card. FULLY agreed! I've been using the library instead of just buying books when the impulse hits me, and it's so helpful for my bank account as well as getting me to actually read the book I am interested in instead of leaving it on a shelf for years and years.

A narrow rolling cart is game changer. I can have a water bottle, a snack, chargers and whatever hobby related stuff (crochet as of now) and just move it around with me from dining room to bed to couch to random middle of hallway. The cart is THE horizontal surface I will place things on which keeps the rest of the house clean-ish and I don't forget stuff in every room. Also I do put on an aperon when cleaning, (all my supplies are in a basket I can carry) putting on "my little housemaid costume" keeps me on task as it's a constant reminder of what I was doing. - Plus no worries about my clothes getting icky.

I don’t believe i’m going to abandon my new obsession of fountain pens and journaling! Not like balisong flipping, fpv droning, track racing, virtual reality, home improvement etc

Oh do I have plenty. 1) No drinks in the freezer. You'll forget and they'll freeze. 2) Set alarms every couple of hours if you're doing something that you'll know most likely really sucks you in. You've gotta move and eat! 3) I've got like 3kg of homemade muesli that I only need to add milk to. I'm a terrible eater when I'm zoned in and having something healthy always there helps. 4) If you can stand up at work, get a balance board. Helps with fidgeting and you get some balance gains! 5) I can't read and do nothing else. Mind wanders too much. BUT I can read if I stretch while I read. Free extra benefit! 6) I use read aloud features to get through boring work documents. With varying attention, but that's better than being stuck on page 2 for a day!

This might not be an obscure hack, but I love 'follow the dopamine'. The concept of not having to struggle through the hard/guilt stuff before being 'allowed' to do something you actually want to do is having a major impact on my life, and it turns out that yes, once I'm going, the hard tasks become way more doable and I get both done! I'm autistic, but most of my friends have ADHD, so bonus: Tell your ADHD friends that you love them, that you appreciate them, remind them of fun things you did together or suggest/bring something they enjoy! They will forget, and reminding them of the good mental 'out of mind' stuff is one of the most powerful boosts I found.

i love that you patted yourself on the back with your "congrats on finishing a video" this is as much for you as it is for us

Bro's been popping off !! Definitely top 5 best content creators this century.

I reward myself with a distraction, Wash the dishes, then play a game. Research, then something light. I want to thank you. Some of your videos are what has inspired me to start. Just wanted you to know.

I appreciate the acknowledgement that things like "Gamify your tasks" "Get a planner" "set alarms" etc. are suggested everywhere... And from my personal experience and talking to other ADHDers, not very effective.

Countdown timers! I’m a freelance artist and do basically all my work on my iPad, so I’ve got a little widget set to tell me how many days left til each deadline. Because of the way ADHD messes with a sense of time I find it a lot easier to see a constant reminder that I have X number of days left, rather than just seeing a deadline on my calendar at some point in the future, especially if it’s several weeks away when you first get it. Also, buy things in bright colours. I WILL put my headphones down somewhere stupid, but it’s a lot easier to notice em when they’re turquoise rather than black or white.

I just did two of these at once! I used Chat GPT to help me make a slogan for going through my craft supplies, "Create it or donate it!" I have a million projects (often gifts for others) that have 90% of the supplies and Ive never started. This is my way to commit to finishing some and get rid of the rest.

An addendum to the library card life hack, which I super love by the way! Our libraries in the US most all have online borrowing where you can get e-books or audio. I pretty much only borrow this way because if I forget to return what I borrowed they automatically get taken back- no late fees! I could have practically bought our entire library before this was an option with my late fees!

if you catch yourself in the void, i’ve found just washing my hands, brushing my teeth or something of the sort usually sorta yoinks me out of it + it’s just a good thing to do anyways lol

It's not a personal one, but a very well-known one, but "A home for everything, and everything in its home." The moment I don't have a dedicated place to put something, it becomes the start of an ever-battled mess.

Dressing more presentable and less bed rot is real for sure. In the book "The War of Art" the author likens the creative process to courting a muse. Clean your space, dress nice, comb your hair... and creativity (and better living in general) is more likely to visit you. Sitting down to draw or paint (my main crafts) might be like sitting down for a date, in terms of prepping yourself and your space.

Yes! Get your blood checked! Same thing happened to me last year. My iron-score was so low, that my doctor made me do a seconde test, because she couldn't believe, that the results were correct. And after an iron-infusion I feel like I'm a completely different person that suddenly gets things done...

Dude, library card + Libby app! The Libby app has saved me hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars, because audible used to be one of my biggest discretionary expenses. I love our public libraries.

"An ounce of Action is worth a tonne of Theory" is one I love from Ralph Waldo Emerson. I struggle with perfectionism, and it freezes me. If I just throw some effort into different areas of my life and strive for Progression over Perfection, I get so much more done. Love the library card one, I own too many books, and I think audible might serve my senses better in the future.

I don't have ADHD, but can relate as someone with autism. I'm learning to accept my obsessions as they come, and don't feel bad if I lose interest in something for a time. Often, my interests come in seasons (might be into anime one "season," and then on to "obscure mythology" the next). Seasons come around again, but I can't control when they come or how long they stay. Some of my interests, like writing, are constant, but I've learned to break my interests into "primary" interests (those I have all the time) and "secondary" interests (those that come and go) and juggle them accordingly. That's been my little hack for managing shifting obsessions.

My husband has figured out a way to curb my impulsive hobbies which ultimately lead to spending. He makes me do a task or something similar before I’m ‘allowed’ to jump in, head first, wallet open 😂 Basically, my latest obsession has been learning guitar but of course this meant I needed a shiny, new guitar. Before I could buy this, I had to borrow a guitar from someone, show that I could change a string, learn a chord and then learn a song. Bonus is I’m now really into the guitar before I buy the shiny new thing and more likely to stick with it. Extra bonus, doing the task becomes the obsession but it is related to the original goal.

My Adhd hack - loving touch. Adhd brains have a tendency to misinterpret words and emotions. So we constantly feel that people are mad at us. A kind or loving touch gets through the brain noise. 🧠

My (not professionally diagnosed yet but I have a Dr note to get evaluated) ADHD hacks: 1 - Make as many decisions as you can when you feel like you have the energy. Weekly meal planning? all done at once so I don't stand around in the kitchen thinking about what to eat. projects to start? make a lil list the night before. I get really overwhelmed emotionally when I ask myself or get asked to make too many decisions, to the point where I curl up in a ball on the floor or couch and don't do anything for the remainder of the day. 2 - Thinking about starting a project is good, but doing the first step of the project will get you to do more than you thought. Just gonna do a rough sketch? suddenly 2 hours later you're halfway done with the project you would've otherwise put off for a week. And stop at a point where you know the next step so you don't worry about how you're going to get started again. Getting going is the hardest part. 3 - Have designated Phone-Free time. Hate to admit that I cut my nighttime routine down from 45 minutes to 10 because I decided to plug my phone in to charge in a different room before I started my shower. If I want to, I can take a book to the bathroom with me but no more phone. Hope these help someone else out there! I'm gonna go dig through the comments to find myself more tricks ^_^

USE A SCREEN READER! Most apps on computers have inbuilt screen readers that are really helpful for digesting those important emails, webpages, documents etc that are hard to read when you can’t focus. I literally use screen readers all the time for work so I can actually digest the information instead of struggling to focus on reading it

Mine: 1) If you really absolutely have to do something now, write it on a slap bracelet (from the 90s) in dry erase marker. You can't take it off until you're done. Super motivating to finish! 2) I have so many interests, so to keep myself from totally jumping ship all the time, I do "classes" (I happen to be in circus classes that use a six-week schedule, so I just follow that timing) and I get to pick 2-3 things to do that session. I try to pick 1 piece/type of media, 1 artistic hobby, and 1 movement hobby to keep it balanced. 3) I keep a 3-song playlist of my current "on repeat" songs (yes it's sometimes just the same song three times) and if I need to, say, fold laundry, I make myself a promise that I only have to do it until those three songs are over. It's shocking how little time it actually takes to fold the laundry vs. how much mental energy I put toward not doing it.

Library card for the win! And there are loads of audio books available through libraries. I listen to a book while hand stitching or prepping supper. The combo of moving my hands, while following a story is like chocolate for my ADHD brain.

I put off doing things unless I think I can do the whole massive thing in one go and do it well, but I had a shift in perspective recently when my mother came to visit. She's an avid gardener, and I had moved into a new place about 4 months prior to her visit. I had grand ideas about the garden I wanted to create, but in that time I hadn't done anything because the state of the garden was nightmareish and I thought I would have to devote an entire weekend to clearing out the weeds, making the soil nice and workeable, actually planting things, etc... When my mother arrived, she wanted to get cracking on part of it, and my natural response was 'we don't have the time to do the whole thing though'. She basically said 'so what?' And I realised I didn't have an answer. Planting half a garden would be better than never planting a garden. So we did what we could whilst she was visiting, and the following weekend I finished the job because I had momentum. The whole experience really made me rethink the many, many things I put off under the guise of needing to find the perfect moment where I would have enough time and energy to do the entire thing perfectly in one go. And now when I fall into the familiar trap of 'everything or nothing', I remind myself that 'something is better than nothing'. Half a garden is better than no garden.

my most recent hack is telling myself "What if I do ____" instead of "I HAVE to do _____" It takes away this sense of doom if I don't do the thing, and I engage the curious part of my brain instead. I also found it gives me a small boost of thrill like I just tricked my brain into thinking "OH! What WOULD happen if I did that??"

I just realised that one of the things I love about your videos is that you actually say the thing you're gonna talk about in the video, and then go on to elaborate/ explain! Instead of like sooooo many videos now beating around the bush/ filler talk for 15 min, then saying the thing and it's sort of lackluster in terms of messaging and getting information. Your way of doing it works so much better for me, thanks!

That tip on questioning your opinion on learning is great. I always hated studying and reading books, but now I'm starting a consultancy company and since I love what I do as a software consultant, I naturally found myself reading articles and listening to audiobooks of random programming topics because I find it all so interesting. Anyways, turns out that this is real learning and before that, I have never had a true understanding of how it felt to learn when you aren't being forced to learn. I thought I hated reading, but turns out I just hated reading stuff I was told to read.

"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" is a go-to at work; if I try to speedrun an assembly it's usually shaky with room for error, but if I take time to actually process what I'm building it goes much faster with fewer (or no) mistakes

To combat perfection paralysis and procrastination: Some of my hacks / mantras are: -- "Half assed beats no assed. All day, every day!👍" All the time, every time. -- "Something is ALWAYS better than nothing." "Just do it." "Decide to." -- "Can't do everything? Just do one thing." -- The Rule of 3 - just do the first smallest step. OR just do the first 3 smallest steps. And repeat them outloud to myself - and over and over again -- until done. Then do the next 3 smallest steps after that. And on. This hijacks the brain to focus on what you want it to focus on and it executes it. -- "Progress, not perfection." -- "Just try. ALL you have to do is try." -- " Just start. ALL you have to do is start." -- "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- Teddy Roosevelt. Thought switching: practice awareness of thoughts and when i have one that's disempowering ir that doesn't serve me or my goals, switch it to oma thought and or belief that does.

GREAT video; thank you for finally putting out some ADHD tips that I haven't already seen a million times. My personal hack that has been a game changer is finding ways to make tasks reactive. I struggle hard with motivation to do non-dopamine rewarding tasks. But my brain will automatically kick into gear if it has something to react to. For example: no motivation to clean the kitchen floor. But say someone dropped the orange juice, and now there's juice all over the floor... my brain will automatically stop everything and clean the kitchen floor, because it has something urgent to react to. It's the same reason why my house is never cleaner than it is right before I'm having guests over. Find a way to make tasks reactive, and all of the sudden your brain cooperates with them a whole lot better. Also, highly second keeping up on doctor's visits and blood tests. I am also anemic, and finding that out and getting the appropriate treatment has been so crucial in allowing me to have energy and focus (and also stay alive).

I noticed that I had trouble working at home and even at a cafe. As soon as I started dressing up like I was going to the office, I was more productive, focused, and also felt better about myself. It’s a great ADHD hack

“If you are new to the practice of giving and receiving kindness, start small and be kind to yourself. You've come a long way to be here.”, I came up with this as one of my big challenges with a late diagnosis was self compassion. Also, "Thou shall not covet another's toolbox. There is challenge enough working with the one you have." because it's easy for me to look at others and think "Wow, I want to do/be that." Finally, using the chapter title in Arnold Blackneck's book "Be useful": "wenn schon, denn schon" applied to washing the dishes? priceless. Love ya, love your work. "We're all different. It gives us something to talk about."

To pull the reins on impulse shopping (online), I will leave a bunch of stuff in the cart, adding items sporadically as I like or need, and days later compare what's in the cart. Then, deleting what's unneccessary or not truly wanted, I feel a lot better about my purchases.

Blood tests for sure! I deal with a few chronic health issues, anemia if I'm not supplementing iron and hypothyroidism being a couple of them. If those things aren't being addressed, the ADHD symptoms get SO much worse and I have less reserves to deal with all of it. And then that negative voice in my head (that's supposed to be trying to protect me somehow?) gets a microphone with surround sound speakers and amps. Not that I hear it very well, I dissociate to a moderate degree when I'm that physically unwell. And really, when most things hurt and a person is extremely tired, who would want to be fully mentally present to experience it to a high degree? I don't think I really have any hacks that people haven't discussed at one point or another. Best thing I can think of is sending myself texts with random thoughts I've had and want to remember, notes to keep track of things, etc. No extra app required! Though I'm sure various apps for such things would include features like tagging, filtered searches, and other things I'm not thinking of. I mostly use this for more short term things, like yesterday: I needed to go to an ATM to withdraw a certain amount of money. I didn't fully trust I'd remember the amount so I texted it to myself (and I was right, I kinda remembered the number but seeing my text note made me confident in the amount I withdrew).

Also:alltime favorite channel and I really appreciate you dude! Also, this topic is kinda new and I love it! Pls talk about being an artist and maintaining workflow with adhd. It's something I have been struggling with: creative process vs. Forced focus kinda thing

Love it, dude. I especially loved the: "question the way school made you feel" tip. So many things wrong with the way school teaches us stuff (and I say this as a teacher). A couple "hacks" of my own: 1. Find an ADHD role model (maybe it's Cam?). I've found ADHD is much easier to deal with when you realize it doesn't need to be crippling and there are people who not only survive, but thrive with ADHD. 2. Don't fight it. I used to try and force myself to stay focused for long periods of time, because this is how we're taught progress gets made. Unfortunately, when you have ADHD, that's just torture. Now, I make sure I have multiple things that I'm working on at any given time, and when my focus wanders, I switch to a different thing. The trick here is making sure you don't have TOO many things to work on at any give time. 3-4 is usually a good sweet spot for me. And these don't need to be massive projects. It could be something as simple as switching between grading papers and cleaning the house every 20-30 minutes.

I dont have an ADHD diagnosis, I do have an autism diagnosis, but I really relate to this video and even already use some of these techniques and they help so much with every day life. It's really helpful to learn about new skills, and also feel understood in how hard everyday tasks and life admin can be. Thank you Cam, such a great compassionate video!!

Instead of asking "Why can't I..?" asking "What is preventing me from..?" also adding or removing a layer. Often my concentration is hurt more by being a bit too cold or hot and it isn't until it becomes unbearable and I change my clothes that I realize how much it was adding to the struggle. Finally, I put tons of extra things in my phone/calendar, people's ages, siblings names, the full details of events including when need to leave, where and when everything is happening, maybe even what I am going to wear, even notes to my future self: "A lot of old traumas come up this time of year, be gentle with yourself", "The holidays are going to take more time than you remember" etc. The seconds of focus that takes at the time reaps huge rewards later when I do it.

Thank you for sharing your hacks!! I’ll try them deff. Here’s some of mine: - Trying to keep your stuff in the same place after use, your keys in the same pocket of your backpack for example - Keep my phone in do not disturb, but if someone calls me twice, it does ring. - Notifications off from SN, only check them when you want to get in. - post it notes al over the house, and or behind my phone… just write stuff down, it works - try to keep your email clean, delete trash so you are aware when you get a new mail. - use calendar notifications for friends and family birthdays.

"Congratulations on finishing an entire video" had me 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣

great video and so much good, actionable advice! i'm going to put many of these into effect asap 1) this obviously hinges somewhat on having great and understanding roommates, but i sing just about everything i'm trying to get done so that it will stick in my head. ever since i was a kid, i've remembered things 10000% better if it's to a tune. 2) not the most obscure advice, but i color-code any written list that i make, because my brain will always throw out just a bunch of words, but if they're colorful in an associative way that makes sense to me, they stick in my visual memory. 3) i have a habit of "getting bored" when reading lists and my eyes will just skip to the end, so if i'm really struggling to finish a task list, i reorder it so it's bottom to top. my brain just always wants to start at the end for some reason, so sometimes this really hijacks it.

“Don’t put down put it away” is one of the most insanely practical rules and it doubles as a great parenting catchphrase 😎

Rigorous notebook systems have helped me, and to be okay with gaps in the daily planner if I had more doing (or more chilling) than planning.

So glad you mentioned getting bloods done, I have just done this due to starting a hospital job and my doc said I had no iron, unfortunately I took the long route of tablets and I’m going back in 3mths to check levels. I actually crash out, can’t make it to bed, brain fog, and it’s affected my job so I’m excited to feel energetic again in a few months! I’ve also been catching up on health issues, and now I’m less scared of the unknown 🤗🤗 love your videos ! You’re the type of person I think everyone needs and wants to be friends with! You have a great presence and light about you!

Something that had worked well for me: Use public transport to get to work. It has helped me "transition" my mind from "work mode" to "home mode", becomes an integrated form of exercise, has helped my morning routine (if I miss the bus, I'll be late!!) and gives me some downtime while my meds kick in. Not to mention, financial savings, reduced stress AND.... you can't get a speeding ticket in a bus as a passenger! ;)

My hack - I have a song that triggers me into work mode. Sort of like in that movie Inception how they have a song that wakes them up. I’ve learned to associate the song with starting anything that I can have music on for.

Always a pleasure man! You never give the viewer the feeling of being less than the person on the screen. Those productivty gurus and people, even those who just try to help always seem like they are miles ahead. Your videos always give me the intention that you have struggles like all of us, find ways to work them out and then help your audience do the same. Thank you :)

My son was/is a drawer/doodler while listening to most things. In 4th grade, the teacher whipped away the paper, so he asked if he could use the restroom and promptly just went home. In 8th grade, I told the English teacher that he doodles while he listens. She was ok for a while, but then proclaimed that drawings on homework assignments is an instant F. Fortunately, the pandemic hit and we discovered that all of it was better at home. Didn't need to squash the creativity. The artist types have a hard time in "classic" US school.

I’ve shamelessly filtered my digital influence and your channel remains maintaining strong positions in the digital space that I truly value. No BS, short, sweet, actionable, and realistic. Thank you for your work, Campbell!

My fatal flaw is getting hyperfixated on reading Reddit in bed in the morning. So I’ve started bread crumbing so that when I get up, I see my meds before my phone , have to go to the kitchen to get some water, then remember I have to eat first. Essentially, leave yourself a trail of things to remind you what you need to be doing every day (and personalized based on your own needs and lifestyle). This works best if your phone is not within the same reach as your meds (or whatever object of interest you look to first thing in the day OTHER than your phone)- shit takes some discipline and I’m not perfect but this method really has helped me out a lot since I work freelance and need to be a self starter. I feel like my comment will get buried but I hope at least one person sees it and finds it helpful!

OMG! Thank you for addressing the macro scale of planning with ADHD brain. I got so frustrated with the timer your way to success model, I would shut down at any "productivity" oriented advice. Alarms send me into a spiral. Thinking about the ebb and flow I have on a longer timescale is the first thing I haven't immediately been repelled by in a LONG while.

I’ve found myself being wayyyyy more productive with a cleaning/organizing task if I just keep my shoes on! I think it triggers my brain to say we’re not in relaxing mode yet, my guy, and then I just keep working until my brain says yes we’ve accomplished enough, the shoes can come off now. I used to have a 7-minute cleaning timer at like <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="630">10:30</a>pm. It went off, I made things marginally better for not even 10 minutes, and sometimes I would keep cleaning after that because the low-stakes time commitment got the ball rolling. AND, I have an overarching rule that if the impulse I have gets me towards one of my goals, even if it’s not the thing I originally set out to do, if it’s not harming an immediate deadline, I let the impulse guide me. It’s much easier to do a slight redirect than a 180, so giving my impulsivity permission to do what it feels like rather than drum up the willpower to do something doesn’t drain those reserves of willpower and still gets the dopamine hit of accomplishing a task.

I take advantage of my many on-the-go projects to be able to procrastinate LOL Don't feel have the mental capacity for pattern drafting right now? There's fabric to be cut out! No? There's resin projects that needs to be poured! No? How about some repetitive sewing? No? Sand/buff projects while chilling with a movie! No? There's dishes! There's gardening to do! A wide variety of options from physical to chill, heavy mental/focus work to complete brain shut off and even, indoor/outdoor help keep me going, feeling accomplished and not 'forced' into doing any ONE thing :D

i love you man. still remember the first day i found you here a couple of years ago , for a while you were my adhd obsession. Love how ur videos are always a surefire way around bs. so glad you re still here. Returning to ur channel feels cozy, every time. Lots of love & health to you and the fam!

I've been following your channel for a while now and I just wanted to drop in and say that you are an incredible teacher & storyteller. The way in which you provide such interesting content in such a creative and engaging format is truly inspiring, and especially satisfying for my brain. It is truly an art form and the quality of your videos are a testament to your hard work and skill. The way in which you allow your wide variety of skills to flourish through your youtube videos is really inspiring and important to have as an example for someone like me who sometimes questions whether I'll ever find a way to do something that I love while allowing myself to continue evolving and exploring, which is what my adhd brain seems to need and want. I especially like how you tend to relate the information to some kind of deeper message or wisdom about life - makes it all the more impactful! All of this is to say, thank you for sharing your work with the world and keep it up!!!

Aweseome! I haven't watched this yet but I'm going to explode with excitement. I can't today sadly because I'm too engrossed in an ADHD nightmare for a presentation I have to give tonight.

I am increasingly spending less time online, as someone lately diagnosed with AuDHD - but for you, Struthless, I'll never turn off the notifications. Thanks for sharing your journey at your own pace! X

I did this a couple of weeks ago. I love to sit at the library as well. It's less distracting then home and still a bit lively so not too boring.

I’m getting closer to finding officially that I have ADHD or Autism or OCD… I have SOMEthing, I just don’t know what the “official” diagnosis would be yet, BUT, these kinds of videos are legit lifesavers for my spicy brain.

Yesssss, listening to books. I listen to them when I'm walking, cycling or traveling in any other way.

videos like these actually help its amazing, people out here really trying to improve the lives of others! grateful for this

off the top of my head (there’s so much more) here’s some of my hackz: - pre-set your meds!!! i have prescribed medication as well as supplements, and the thought of unscrewing every lid every morning sucks so much that i’ll only take the actual medication and then wonder why i’m tired for not taking iron & b12 for three weeks. i get those weekly pill containers, and then i can also see if i’ve taken my meds for the day, instead of forgetting if i have or not. - have multiples!! tissue boxes, candle lighters, face cleansers (one in the shower, one at the sink) stops me avoiding a simple task just because i would have to get up and go get something. my brain loves everything that’s ✨Set & Forget✨, since it’s going to forget anyway, might as well prepare for that inevitability. basically just automate as much as possible.

To go along with the blood test one, get a sleep test done if you're constantly tired, falling asleep, low energy, can't get out of bed... I spent *so much* of my late teens and early twenties beating myself up for my need of 10 - 14 hours of sleep. School and parents and friends all lead to a belief that it was a "me" problem, and that I should just work around it. Don't. Get a sleep study done. They'll also probably test your blood for cross over symptoms. Turns out, medication exists to turn 14 hours of sleep into 8 hours, and the extra 6 hours you get back can be *life changing*

Great timing!! I recently came up with a new rule for myself, specifically RSD related: don’t expect rejection. Its completely changed my outlook in a very short time

My hack: I have two phones. One doesn't have a cellular plan, so it doesn't really leave the house with me. But it's the phone with all my social media and games on it. (It's just my previous phone. I kept it when I upgraded because it wasn't worth enough to trade in) The other phone, my work phone, does not have social media or games. And that's the one that comes into my office to work with me. That way I still have access to all my productivity apps and even my music. But no X or Facebook and no games. I tried just leaving my phone in another room or turning it off, but being fully disconnected felt even more distracting than having the phone on me. The pared down phone is still a work in progress. I'm still finding apps which didn't SEEM necessary when I got the new phone but now DO, like Kindle and audible. ( I need to be able to listen to audiobooks in my car.)

I'm glad your channel is doing well, you're one of my favourite creators! You deserve it. I've found for myself that yoga has been very helpful. First, because my joints are just whack. And second, because if you know a few yoga poses/flows, you can do them wherever. Taking like 2 mins to do a yoga flow is super easy, and builds a bit of momentum for other stuff. Also brings me back to my body. I can't stand long exercise routines so if I sprinkle yoga flows while I'm waiting for the kettle to boil to whatever, I get some exercise in. And if I'm stuck on the sofa, a yoga flow can get me out of that blegh state.

I once saw a video of someone talking about routines, saying how sometimes you have days full of energy and can get everything done and other times you wake up and everything feels like a huge load on you. For these days, just push yourself to make sure you FEED YOURSELF. This has helped me so much! It is short and easy to remember, it's essential for your body, it helps you to get up and start your day and best of all, will give you some dopamine to go on! I have my favourite version of breakfast which is fast to make, tasty and a mix of nutrients I need, and no matter how shitty the day will be, I have at least this one thing that cheers me up and I will never skip.

Less a hack, more a perspective shift. My favourite tagline is "Death to the Should". Especially early in my diagnosis, I consciously tried to notice where "should" was popping up in my writing or mental talk. It gave me space to stop, examine *why* I should x, y, z thing, and eventually spot a bunch on ingrained ableist assumptions about the "correct" way to do things. Freeing myself from the Should has opened up a lot more space to do things in a way that works for my brain.

Thank you SO much for sharing unique and helpful information! I was literally just searching for a vid like this and getting frustrated by all the clichéd advice that had already failed me. This was so refreshing!

Hey man, really glad to see you making more videos. I needed this alot more than I thought I did. One thing that's helped for me to control my finances with those intense bursts of random interests is study the absolute crap out of it until I can't take it anymore, before buying anything. It's kinda funny, but I needed a new hairbrush(current one broke) and didn't want to spend too much on something so simple. So I just spent the last 2 weeks, everyday after work, browsing reddit and amazon reviews to find the "perfect brush" 😂 happy to report I ordered it last night for a nice and reasonable price of $6. Onto the next obsession now!!! :)

holy shit man. i remmeber seeing your channel a few years back and then now i come back and you have 1mil subs. congrats. hope you have your peace and happiness. thank you.

can't tell you how much I love this channel-- feels like a moral duty to share these videos with my friends

I loved the artistic details in this video. The fonts! The vibe! The extras! Well done; I don’t have adhd but I enjoyed the heck out of watching this anyway.

As someone who used to be really bad with distractions and obsessions, know that it can get better. Most of the time simply KNOWING that something is going to become an quick obsession is enough for me to turn my back on it before it does. "If I'll spend money in the long run, I turn and run." That, and faking deadlines to make things seem more urgent to get things actually done. Part of me thought it was just maturing and growing up to be able to focus more, and maybe in some sense it is, but the (adult?) wisdom of learning how to sit down and just do the important things has been the biggest game changer for me.

I found this one on accident: Buy bright colored underwear. When I'm running late and rushed to get dressed, it is so easy to find my green underwear in the basket of clean but never folded clothes.

The Best tactic of all: 1. Get the Essentials right first (sleep, eating, exercise, rest) 2. Find out who you are and what you truly want in life (your brain needs to support that) 3. Design your environment to making it all fun when doing anything (design your wallpaper on your phone for focus modes, design your room with big areas for certain things and design your Computer the same that everything makes sense) BONUS: find out when your energy peaks are (I use the RISE App in it's like a cheat code when you follow your energy phases throughout the day) Hope that help and much love to all you beautiful brains! ✨

God yes to #4! I have to be very careful with sidequests when I have major deadlines, and time my meds accordingly, cause when the meds starts taking effect when I happen to still be doing the little sidequests I'm doing while waiting for it to kick in, I end up doing a bunch of them instead the major thing on the list!

My guy. Your videos have done me such justice. I'm on the verge of a diagnosis (long overdue) and the impulsivity part in the beginning hit me right in the feels. Not knowing what's wrong and having something click like this is wild.

one of things i've figured out recently, as i've been traveling more, is to just have a second set of the toiletries/chargers/etc that live in my luggage. i get so lost when i get home and am too tired to reset all of things that i'm expecting to be somewhere for my routines. also smart bulbs

Every time I listen to you I end up thinking damn, that guy’s genius. I am loving this. Especially the hack for abusing the short hyper focus thing. Or using it productively. It is awesome.

Hmm niche hacks… assume you’ll fail, well that’s more of the extreme version. But do your best to not make the goal to succeed. I find whenever I go on the adhd side quests it generally comes with a feeling of wanting to do something in order to succeed or to have a completed working thing at the end. I do my best now to make it so that my goals in these side quests aren’t success related. I just bought a 50 year old motorcycle to restore. I didn’t go into this wanting a running bike I went into this wanting to practice on a cheap crap bike that very well might not run but will give me a whole heck of a lot of knowledge by the end. Getting it to run now is just the icing on the fake

DayOne is awesome! Been using it for years. What a brilliant sponsor!!! You should be so proud of yourself. Congratulations on both that and taking the time to take care of yourself and go to the doctor. I can’t wait to see what your Iron fortified self gifts us with.

Thank you for what you do. Knowledge and experience that you share has been helping me already for years - long before I got my ADHD diagnosis.

Great video! Anticipation has worked well for me in the past. Sometimes at work I’ll be thinking of all the things I need to get done at home, so I’ll write them on a sticky note so I don’t forget. Then as I’m working I’m thinking through the rest of my day, anticipating all the chores I want to get done or what I can do to not be distracted as I’m starting/finishing assignments. I think this helps me just jump into my to do list bc I feel more prepared and less caught off guard. Hopefully this makes sense!

Having a crash day, so I can't really contribute right now, but this was very useful and had a couple of good - NEW - ones, even for me, and I've been diagnosed for almost 15 years now. Thanks, man. Appreciate it!

This is awesome. Thankyou for this vid, these hacks (and the comments) are fantastic. Learning so many new wonderful niche hacks, I love it!!!

These are great, the thought that you had with/ about reading & the books that we were told to read, i relate to & finding audible was a godsend but when I listened to some audio books I found myself zoning out while thinking about what was being said in relation to me/mylife so had to always rewind. Then I found out about BROWN NOISE (specifically 'jet plane' on spotify, the others have a pitch that my brain finds annoying) & OH MY LIFE, does it send me into immediate hyper focus for HOURS....😮 I once locked in & thought I had been working for an hour & it was 4hrs later. Then another time, I locked in for 6 hours straight. I say all that to say that NOW physical books are the best while I have they 1 brown noise on repeat. I finished my first physical book EVER in my adult life & did it 5 days going to & from work. Honestly, it changed my whole life! I am smart, I am a reader, and in fact, I LOVE to read! So yeah, my library is gonna see me oftern 😊 Never even think of that, thank yoouuuu❤🎉

I remember reading somewhere on twitter that people use back to back projects as a way to get stuff done because they procrastinate on their current project by doing another one. For me I find that sometimes I’m more inclined to do something if it’s NOT on my to do list. Like if I find extra time and am feeling curious I think “hey why not just draw something?” It takes the pressure off as something I have to do and turns it more into something I want to do

Through the years I've learned by trying different techniques how to be more productive and increase concentration, and I must say, a lot of what you've mentioned is very refreshing and spot on. Thank you Struthless!

Thanks for putting this out, I've been really hard on myself for my adhd the last few days, and I needed this.

It's do funny to see that I started following your channel like around 5 years ago and I always liked your advice ans struggled with similar issues (but I have a completely different lifestyle, high academic achiever etc.) and in the meantime we both got diagnosed with ADHD! Neurodivergence explains a lot 😊