Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

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Adjusting Your Schedule Without Adding Stress! Aug 02, 2016

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We’re back! After a brief summer vacation, we’re back to take on a subject that impacts us all: how to adapt to changing schedules, and the things to think about when considering a major addition to your commitments when it comes to your ADHD. Not only do you have to have an intimate understanding of your current schedule, but you need to approach new commitments with open eyes when it comes to the time baggage they bring with them! Plus, we’ve got a great listener question on when to consider medication for your kids. Thanks to everyone who has written in — it’s great to be back in the saddle!

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Summertime! Jun 28, 2016

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It’s SUMMERTIME! We’re officially gearing up for our own vacations here on The ADHD Podcast so we thought we’d take some time today to talk about more than just vacations. It’s about managing kids, and accomplishing goals, and making the best use of your time that you possibly can.

We’re taking some time off ourselves this summer. This week’s episode is our last until August! So make sure you’re subscribed to the mailing list so we can let you know when we’re back in the saddle!

Thanks, everybody! Have a great summer! Best friends forever!

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The Great Journaling & Planning Systems Review Jun 21, 2016

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We got a question some time ago asking about the merits of the Bullet Journal system for ADHD organizing. We’re of two minds on the subject so we thought it might be a good time to review the state of planners, planner systems, and organizing tools that span the range from shorthand scheduling to full-on works of personal art.

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Making Difficult Decisions with ADHD Jun 14, 2016

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This week we offer a follow-up to our conversation on making decisions with a twist: what about all those decisions that are even more challenging to face, with consequences beyond our daily organizing challenges? How do we condition ourselves to move through them and discover what lies on the other side? This week is dedicated to processing, researching, and making the decision to act, and discovering the tools you need to employ to condition yourself to take action!

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5 Minute Tech Tasks for Getting — and STAYING — Organized! Jun 07, 2016

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Do you find yourself sitting at your computer waiting for that next call? How about standing in line waiting for the next teller? Wherever you are, if you have five minutes and one of your devices, you can work on your digital organization. This week on the show, a sampler of activities and resources for you to use in those small windows and tiny breaks to keep your digital life straight.

Plus, follow up and a listener question from our organizing show with another take on decision-making.

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Listener Organizing Q&A May 24, 2016

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It’s Q & A day! From hyperfocus to distraction, information clutter to productivity at work, we power through your queries with our thoughts, strategies, and recommendations. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with your organizing ADHD questions. This week we’re taking on:

What's the best body double strategy?
How do you decide where and how to house things?
I don't have enough time to devote hours to organizing!
How do I set up routines that endure in the long term?
How do I nurture myself without going too far into hyperfocus?
I stay home while the family is at work/school all day. How do I not resent their messes when they leave?
Overwhelmed at work: how do I manage account management demands?
Information overload! Should I stress about disorganized journals and digital clutter?
How do I help my high school son remember and submit homework on time without organizing on his behalf?
How do I help my preteen with organizing fundamentals and managing/estimating time?

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Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Jim Benson & Tonianne DeMaria Barry
Trello

(00:00) - Welcome!
(02:42) - What's the best body double strategy?
(04:00) - How do you decide where and how to house things?
(05:29) - I don't have enough time to devote hours to organizing!
(07:32) - How do I set up routines that endure in the long term?
(09:46) - How do I nurture myself without going too far into hyperfocus?
(12:16) - I stay home while the family is at work/school all day. How do I not resent their messes when they leave?
(16:22) - Overwhelmed at work: how do I manage account management demands?
(23:27) - Information overload! Should I stress about disorganized journals and digital clutter?
(27:20) - How do I help my high school son remember and submit homework on time without organizing on his behalf?
(36:17) - How do I help my preteen with organizing fundamentals and managing/estimating time?

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How to Get Your Family Involved With Organizing May 17, 2016

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If you share space with another person, then organizing is a team sport. From defining the purpose of shared spaces to keeping one another accountable, you can’t build new habits if you don’t have the support of those who spend their time in your proximity. This week on the show, we’re talking all about how to engage your family in supporting organizing efforts.

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3 Reasons Why Your Organizing Efforts Are Not Working May 10, 2016

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We all go into our organizing projects with the best of intentions. Did you just open your closet to a pile of junk falling on your head? Did you turn on the light to your attic and finally register the disaster of boxes? Did you fall into the stacks of mail and bills on the floor of your living room? Wherever you are in your home, making the connection that you have a space to be organized, and then taking action to organize it, is a noble effort!

But taking that first step without thinking through the consequences could make the organizing job worse for you. This week on the show, we’re talking about the three reasons your organizing efforts may be losing focus and offering you a way to think about your projects before you start that may just save you time and frustration in the long run!

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The Secret to Organizing with ADHD May 03, 2016

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It’s true, if you’re struggling with getting organized and you’re living with ADHD, there’s likely a key challenge holding you back. It lurks there, in the back of your mind, an invisible standard to which you will never live up. We’re taking on this subconscious demon on the show today, kicking off a series on ADHD organizing principles that will help you get on track, stay on track, and recover when you fall down.

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Avoid These Five Organizing Mistakes Plus 5 Organizing Worksheets

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Checklists, automated checklists, and REALLY automated checklists with Pete! Apr 26, 2016

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We all have repetition in our lives. But until you stop and think about all the things that repeat around you, you may not know what you’re missing. So, it’s through the lens of task lists that we’re going to talk about some of the options for using technology — the simple and the advanced — to build our checklists quickly and efficiently and ensure we’re not missing a single step in the otherwise invisible processes we take on each day.

Links & Notes

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
Text — The TXT format on Wikipedia
TaskPaper from Hog Bay Software
Markdown: “Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).” Markdown is practically a prereq for TaskPaper only because the philosophy of using certain indicators in a text file and allowing a client application to act on those characters in a specified fashion is the same in both. Markdown is stupendously useful in my work. If you write a lot, it’s worth taking a look. Hit me up with Markdown questions and we might do an episode on it soon!
2Do
Workflow: Powerful automation made simple.
Background and download for CGPGrey’s sample Workflow Template for 2Do
Automation in OmniFocus 2.14 (now in TestFlight)

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