# The Adult ADHD Thread

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> get yourself a Time Timer. It’s a visual timer that shows time as a pie slice

I am using [an online one](https://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-clock/) which helps a lot.

(I live in a very small space and try hard not to bring in any new “thing” if I don’t have to.)

> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> _everything_ goes on that list. And then for some reason after dumping all of that out onto paper, I feel clear headed again

I have done this a lot and it hasn’t helped: I have, literally, piles of papers which include this sort of list.

frequently my do-to lists get more emphatic as they feel more like a crisis - I start writing the same things but in red marker or something.

> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> I try to routinize everything I can

this helps enormously! I am trying to do more and more.

and, generally, I can’t say enough good things about the

[Strugglecare podcast](https://www.strugglecare.com/podcast-rss)

the author has interviews a huge variety of very interesting people and the focus tends to be more “here is why the larger system is making it harder” but lots of technical details crop up. they are all interesting but especially helpful was “How to coach your executive functioning” and “Wait am I ADHD?”

She wrote a book called [How To Keep House While Drowning](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60139504) which I enjoyed.

“shame is the opposite of function” and she has found a lot of shaming out there in social mediate when it comes to clutter, for example.

I have been [trying virtual co-working sites.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finding-virtual-co-working-sites-helpful/1001369)

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