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siouxze t1_jdhsc7v wrote

Scheduling things like this does not work for my neuro divergent ass. I have 'The List' it's a $0.97 USD sprial bound notepad with a line down the middle of the page.

Left column is "do today" the right column is "not today". The list lives on the coffee table directly infront of my favorite spot to sit. I keep a running list of every. single. thing. I have to get done on the right. Every day I pick what I feel like getting done today. I flip to the next page and rewrite the list with the updated tasks, including rewriting the entire right column to try to commit it to memory.

Then I go and do a dozen things that aren't on either side of The List. I add them to 'do today' and cross them out for the dopamine hit. Everything gets done eventually. The most important thing is that the list CANNOT move from its place on the coffee table. Even when it was a glass top table with a shelf underneath where I could SEE the list sitting on the shelf. If it's not on top and in it's place, it might as well not exist.

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