Yeah so I thought the same and thought I’d make a funny TikTok about it like “haha, I predicted this episode!”…but when I actually compared screenshots to panels….

Well…

Like… especially the bridge ones!?? Am I crazy?!

She was a

Wake up to your phone on the other side of the room so you're forced to get out of bed to grab it and do your morning scroll for social media

Have your meds in a visible area like in the fridge next to the milk or juice that you drink every morning or beside the coffee pot so you take them with your morning coffee

When you want to do homework, tidy your space, get a drink, put shoes on, then start work - do this every time until your brain registers the physicality of that routine of tidy, drink, shoes to equal 'work now'

If you have a pet, feed them around the time you want to have dinner each night - that animal will register the routine and help you stick to it.

Want to remember something but apps, reminders, and notes don't seem to work? Write them on your bathroom mirror or buy a whiteboard and stick it in your kitchen. And dont write in black - write in your favourite colours,or in multiple colours, and don't deny yourself the chance to be silly with the whiteboard. If you designate it a work only space, you'll never use it - so draw on it, write quotes on it, be silly with friends. The more you use your whiteboard, the more likely you are to read the important reminders on it. :)

People with ADHD need routine but neurotypical routines don't work for us because a lot of NT routines inherently rely on having the executive function to get moving - we don't have that. We need mental triggers to spark that, something that grounds us in the moment and helps spark the intention into productivity.

.

Also, hack for motivation to clean?

^^^^This? Is an absolute fucking disaster for people with ADHD.

The kind of “routine” that helps with ADHD is different: it’s linking together tasks in the day.

Instead of working out a specific time slot in which to do all your Tasks, you just do this: “This week, I’m going to try to make breakfast right after my shower, while my hair is drying”

If you want to organize your life as a person with ADHD, start with something you do reliably do every day (or almost every day) and try to link another task onto it, a small one.

Please, please, please do not try to work out your ENTIRE schedule all at once. You’re just building a chain: start with two links, then three, and so on.

This means you don’t have to gather the mental effort for each individual task, you can just “ride” the current activity, and you can get on the train at any time.

Wake up to your phone on the other side of the room so you're forced to get out of bed to grab it and do your morning scroll for social media

Have your meds in a visible area like in the fridge next to the milk or juice that you drink every morning or beside the coffee pot so you take them with your morning coffee

When you want to do homework, tidy your space, get a drink, put shoes on, then start work - do this every time until your brain registers the physicality of that routine of tidy, drink, shoes to equal 'work now'

If you have a pet, feed them around the time you want to have dinner each night - that animal will register the routine and help you stick to it.

Want to remember something but apps, reminders, and notes don't seem to work? Write them on your bathroom mirror or buy a whiteboard and stick it in your kitchen. And dont write in black - write in your favourite colours,or in multiple colours, and don't deny yourself the chance to be silly with the whiteboard. If you designate it a work only space, you'll never use it - so draw on it, write quotes on it, be silly with friends. The more you use your whiteboard, the more likely you are to read the important reminders on it. :)

People with ADHD need routine but neurotypical routines don't work for us because a lot of NT routines inherently rely on having the executive function to get moving - we don't have that. We need mental triggers to spark that, something that grounds us in the moment and helps spark the intention into productivity.

.

Also, hack for motivation to clean?

^^^^This? Is an absolute fucking disaster for people with ADHD.

The kind of “routine” that helps with ADHD is different: it’s linking together tasks in the day.

Instead of working out a specific time slot in which to do all your Tasks, you just do this: “This week, I’m going to try to make breakfast right after my shower, while my hair is drying”

If you want to organize your life as a person with ADHD, start with something you do reliably do every day (or almost every day) and try to link another task onto it, a small one.

Please, please, please do not try to work out your ENTIRE schedule all at once. You’re just building a chain: start with two links, then three, and so on.

This means you don’t have to gather the mental effort for each individual task, you can just “ride” the current activity, and you can get on the train at any time.

Okay. What literary criticism IS, is like taking a mechanical clock apart to see all the gears and learn how it fits together and approach your next clock with more knowledge of what makes it tick.