Just trying my best

My adhd ass seeing long paragraphs:

My brain: Cool cool cool buuuut how about we start this criminal show that has 10 seasons about psychologically deranged individuals and infinite ways to murder and torture that we will definitely hyperfixate on?

Me: But-

My brain: It has a really cute character that will leave you emotionally wrecked and help you forget that you are a huge disappointment to everyone.

1) When motivation strikes put it to good use

Trust me, I know, its hard to get motivated with adhd + executive dysfunction. Even sometimes on things that we want to do. But if you find yourself in a moment of motivation don’t waste it. Its going to be hard to direct your motivation a lot of the time but if you have any ounce of will, move it towards something important. 

2) Sit at a desk or table

Not the most comfortable place to do homework I know. But, if you think about it, our brains are conditioned to focus when sitting at an uncomfortable desk (at least if you went to a public school like I did). I know that some of us may not have even focused during school and sitting at a desk but regardless you will probably find it easier to focus if things are in a less relaxed environment. 

By the way, this tip is something that my adhd life coach recommended a long time ago so this one is not just me. 

3) Have some background noise

This is something that definitely won’t work for everyone, but for me personally I find it harder to focus on something I don’t want to do if it’s dead silent. I occasionally need to put on music because it makes me happy and therefore I can focus more because I am relaxed. (seems counter-intuitive to the previous point but typically i turn on music only after im too stressed to do homework, there has to be a happy medium of not too relaxed but not too rigid. Once that happens, you have a better recipe for focus). Any white noise might help also, not just music. 

4) Change the way you think about your work/homework

Nobody wants to do it, I know how it is. But, one thing that gets me motivated is to change the way I think about work/homework. For me personally, I enjoy problem solving and analysis. My homework/work may have nothing to do with these things. However, I can find some aspects of it that do contain analysis. Which makes me all the more interested in doing homework. Find a cognitive skill or subject that you enjoy and apply it to your homework. (Feel free to drop me an ask for more examples of this) 

5) Have some pens and paper next to you in the area you do your homework

This helps me for a few reasons. One, if I have to “mind dump” some things (Basically just writing down any important/interesting things I might need/want to do that are also important I just shouldn’t be thinking about them at the moment). Two, if I have too many tasks to focus on at once, it stops focus completely. Having pen and paper allows me to outline the things I need to do and takes some pressure off. Having it written down helps me to put things in perspective and have everything that I need to do clearly laid out (as not to worry about too many things at once). Also, you can make your outline as vague or detailed as you need. And lastly, I like knowing I can use the paper to brainstorm some things if necessary. If I am stuck on an idea or organizing something, I can start writing a few things down to get my brain working. 

a mac app called helium that puts Netflix in a tiny floating window on your screen that you can make translucent and also click through, so you can watch tv and surf the web at the same time, it’s great

(That’s more see through than I like but this way it shows up in the picture)

ADHD peter doodles cus why not I love this headcannon

1) Peter experiencing that relatable adderall mood

2) adhd rants WEAPONIZED

3) HYPERFOCUS PARTY!!! (tony also has adhd) (they’ve been in the lab for 8 hours)

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