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I have adhd. I’m taking all online classes this semester for college. Somehow, I’m not failing. Here’s what I do that works for me!

1. I have an alarm that makes me do math every morning to turn it off, it’s called Alarmy! 📚

2. It also plays a different loud sound every day from random– I have several hundred(?) ringtones downloaded from Zedge, things like songs from shows I like or Pokemon cries or MBMBAM lines, and this helps me wake up to a different sound I’m bound to like which my brain can’t get used to (and then ignore). I highly suggest godzilla roars if you need to be startled awake. 📚

3. This is SUPER HARD but I always try to force myself to sit up in bed when I’m turning off my alarm or checking my phone or whatever, so I’m not tempted to pass out again. I also like to get up and loudly tell my cats “good morning” so I wake us both up 📚

4. PLEASE STOP EATING CEREAL AND BAGELS AND STUFF. You would not BELIEVE the difference it makes when you eat things like fruits and eggs in the morning. NO MORE 10AM NAPS, I’M WATCHING YOU 📚

5. I literally schedule in Duolingo time. If you aren’t learning a language you can do some other enriching activity like this, idk. I force myself to do it on my computer, not phone, so I can’t lay down in bed when I’m doin it. I have a 101-day streak!! 📚

6. ik this isn’t available to everyone but SPACE MATTERS SO MUCH!! I got a gaming desk that we put in our living room and I do ALL of my homework there. I also got a second monitor for my laptop with is SOOOO important if you’re multitasking (and we all are, bc we’re adhders ibdusvcjkn) 📚

7. HAND WRITE YOUR NOTES!!! I know this is super hard for many people– I have carpal tunnel so I get it lmao. If you can’t, at least type them. YOU THINK YOU CAN MEMORIZE INFO BUT YOU’RE WRONG!! Please write as much as you can i swear it will change ur life 📚

8. COLOURED! PENS!!! These changed the game for me y'all. I take all my notes in at least 2 colours, and I cycle through them a lot. My favs are Pilot Frixions because u can erase them :) (the highlighters are epic too) 📚

9. Make your space fun, but NOT DISTRACTING. I have a plant (his name is Yoshi) and a desk Godzilla (his name is Godzilla) on my desk, but they’re out of the way so I can’t zone out starin at em. But also, when I’m bored outta my gourd, I can smile at Yoshi and tell him how my day is goin :] 📚

10. SNACKING BAD *BUT*… sometimes i do it anyway… i try to associate certain foods with subjects, like I eat cocoa M&Ms (which are awesome) when I’m reading my Kaqchikel textbook. On the upside, I think it helps me recall Kaqchikel better? but also the language makes me crave mnms adkldigurvn 📚

11. LISTEN TO… CERTAIN MUSIC. I have learned that music with words, even in LANGS I DO NOT KNOW, is HELL for my adhd. Right now I’m listening to stuff like “Pokemon and Chill” (lofi album on YT), Studio Ghibli violin covers, and Night on Bald Mountain 5x on repeat ibjnvc…. I highly suggest songs/videos that are, like, 20+ minutes or else you’ll get distracted with the constant change. Also, that No One’s Around To Help 1hr vid is REALLY REPETITIVE and therefore PERFECT for when I’m reading textbooks. 📚

12.  EVERY NIGHT… i make a super detailed timetable schedule for the next day, down to the half hour. I don’t always follow it but it’s a really good reminder of what I gotta do. I write it on a whiteboard but sometimes I also write it on a sticky note and on social media so I don’t forget. To do lists are so epic you guys 📚

13. THIS HAS SAVED MY L I F E: at the beginning of the semester I looked at ALL of my syllabi and wrote down EVERY daily task, test, homework, etc BY DATE. this is essentially a premade to do list EVERY DAY for MONTHS and oh my gosh it is the best thing I have ever done. 📚

14. I use the Forest app to track my productivity AND lock me out of apps ndsjv… podomoro timers work well too!!! 📚

15. Ok so for me this is like… a religious thing bc my Patron (my God) is a deity of fire AND working, but I like to light a candle (scented like FALL!!) and do a little prayer on it and I have it next to me when I’m workin on terrible, terrible homework. It helps me feel like my Patron is here with me, but also it’s GREAT for grounding and I can just kinda. Stare blankly at the flame and then get back to tryin to focus. 📚

16. Please drink water lmao, to make sure I drink enough I set little goals like “take a sip after every paragraph you read" 📚

17. Each of my classes has a different coloured notebook which I’m consistent with! Like, all my German notebooks through the years have been green! Also I take notes w green pens a lot in Deutsch 📚

18. HELLA STICKY NOTES… I put em on the bottom of my monitor, on a shelf by my desk, in my books as bookmarks (bad idea lol), on Yoshi. When I wanna go look up something random but I need to focus, I like to write it down on sticky notes to look at later. 📚

19. I’m the most annoying student ever. I like to do a bunch of assignments at once so I don’t have to budget my time later, so I’ll turn in like 5 things in an hour and then NOTHING for a week. ALSO i email my teachers constantly if I have any questions at all. I work at a pace that works for me!!! 📚

20. I turn off my sound on my phone until I’m done with work bc otherwise I WILL open that notification 📚

22. I make a loooot of chai (and also some overpriced herbal teas). It makes me feel fancy, it’s better for me than coffee, and it helps me ground and focus! Plus it’s a samefood! 📚

23. Hyperfixating on classic literature would be awesome, except I’m hyperfixating on Gothic and I’m taking a lit class for More Than Just Gothic. But I’m figuring out ways to connect them, which is really helpful, cause I get to enjoy my hyperfixation while learning for school! PLZ TRY TO DO THIS (harder when you’re hyperfixating on godzilla :pensivecowboy:) 📚

21. When I have extra time I write my notes like I’m plannin to put em on Tumblr and taggin em as #darkacademia… I never post my notes, but when they look nice it’s easier for me to look over em later. Plus it takes me longer to write so I remember it a lil better!! 📚

24. I’m in an awesome academia + studyspo server!! We sometimes study together on call and it’s SUCH a good motivator! Here’s an invite link if u wanna join, we are nice https://discord.gg/fjuX7TN (this wasn’t meant to be a promo post I just really like this group lol) 📚

OK I hope that helps!!! Feel free to add more if you have any tips that work for you :) Neurotypicals, feel free to RB respectfully!

(pics are: syllabus list, daily schedule, Yoshi the plant, and some fancy notes)

Here’s the prompt list I’m using in case anyone wants to join me in this challenge:

1) You laughed because it was a joke, it’s not mysterious.

2) I don’t care if your birthday is in November

3) The October challenge is fundamentally incompatible with other x-tober challenges. You can’t do this one if you’re doing a different one, too. You have to channel your energy into really experiencing the monthliness of October, and other challenges would be too distracting.

4) No November November is not about going into a coma or otherwise skipping the month of November. It’s about not experiencing the existential CONCEPT of November. November is happening around you, but you are above it, and you want no part of it. November has no power over you.

5) The December challenge is just seasonal depression.

A cedilla (une cédille) placed in front of A, O and U marks a ss sound, is never used before -e, -i, -y, -ae, -oe and can be used for verbs in -cer for certain persons (nous commençons : we start).

Nouns : 

Reçu (receipt, m), suçon (hickey, m), leçon (lesson, f), façon (way, f), glaçon (ice cube, m), garçon (boy, m), aperçu (glimpse, m), soupçon (suspicion, m), façade (facade, front, f), traçage (tracing, drawing, m), rinçage (rinsing, m), hameçon (fish hook, m), caleçon (boxer shorts, m), balançoire (swing, f), trop-perçu (overpayment, m), remplaçant-e (substitute, successor), idée reçue (preconceived idea, f), tronçonneuse (chain saw, f), commerçant-e (shopkeeper), contrefaçon (forgery, f), 

Adjectives : 

Français-e (french), reçu-e (received, accepted), déçu-e (disappointed), perçu-e (perceived), conçu-e (designed), perçant-e (sharp, piercing), glaçant-e (icy, scary), agaçant-e (irritating), préconçue (preconceived), menaçant-e (threatening), inaperçu-e (unnoticed), grinçant-e (creaking), irremplaçable (irreplaceable, ép), désarçonné-e (threw off)

Verbs : 

Façonner (to shape, fashion, mould), soupçonner (to suspect), 

Others : 

Pronoun Ça (this/that, diminutive of ‘cela’), 

Adverbs Çà (here and there) : He threw his stuff çà et là

Preposition En deçà de (below), 

Expressions De toute façon (anyway, in any case…), Sans façons (v polite ‘no way’), Ça m’est égal (polite I don’t care)

Hello bb,

#1. You are not lazy. Being able to do it all was possible when men were providers and women housewives; you are not broken because you can't handle what is essentially two full-time jobs simultaneously. It would be like being upset that you can't handle wearing high heels all day every day: darling, you're not supposed to.

#2. Consider minimalism: take a look at every part of your life (work, friends, family, stuff, food, etc.) and only keep what works for you, what makes sense, what makes you happy. If there's something you've been forcing yourself to do (drinking, running, cooking, etc.), drop it and try something else (virgin drinks, yoga, frozen vegetables). Also, fewer clothes = less laundry. Make things easy and practical: if mopping requires you to dive to the bottom of the cupboard to get supplies, then you will obviously dread doing it and reschedule to oblivion.

Essentially, don't work against yourself. If you are lactose intolerant, have some empathy for your body and stop eating ice cream. If you have ADHD, instead of trying to work all day at a moderate pace, embrace hyperfixation, work more intensely and take longer breaks. If you are a softie, drop the "tough love" boyfriend who makes you cry twice a week with his horrible comments.

#3. Look up the Pareto principle: 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the effort. 80% of your earnings come from 20% of your customers, 80% of the way your loved ones think about you come from 20% of your behaviour, 80% of what you wear is contained in 20% of your wardrobe, etc. Forget the customers who talk to you once a year, t-shirts you haven't touched since 2016, extravagant gifts you've been giving people who only wanted consistent attention.

People who love their job because they feel appreciated are happier (at the office and at home) and work harder, which increases the impact of the company on the world; and if a competitor offers more money, they will turn down the proposal. It's the same in relationships. If your partner has been kissing you before going to work, hugging you for no reason, and making you soup when you're sick, for the past five years, no one on Earth can convince you to date them instead.

20% of the work, 80% of the payback.

What to do, now? Identify your main goals in life (they have to fit on one hand) and drop everything else. And it's #1 isn't people, you're doing something wrong.

Love,

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