🧠️ ADHD Tips & Tricks I use To Manage My Life and Stay Sane ✅️

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbkCXKGs5Yk

الملخص

TLDRBrian Jinx shares insights and strategies for managing ADHD in his new video. He emphasizes the significance of using task managers and calendars to ease the burden on mental capacity and improve productivity. Brian talks about his personal coping mechanisms, including strategic placement of items, managing tasks efficiently, and the importance of medication adherence. Various tools, such as reminder apps and smart home devices, are highlighted as beneficial for ADHD management. The video balances personal anecdotes with practical tips to support others living with ADHD in navigating daily life more effectively.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 📅 Use task managers and calendars to enhance productivity.
  • 🔑 Always put your keys in specific places to avoid losing them.
  • ⏰ Time blocking can help maintain focus on tasks.
  • 📱 Medication reminder apps are crucial for adherence.
  • 🥕 Organize your fridge to keep veggies visible and reduce waste.
  • 🛋️ Smart home devices can simplify daily routines.
  • ⚙️ 'Put it away' instead of just 'putting it down' to avoid loss.
  • 💡 Prioritize tasks based on importance and deadlines.
  • 📦 Break down large tasks into manageable portions.
  • 🤝 Communication with family about scheduling can prevent frustration.

الجدول الزمني

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Brian Jinx introduces a video on ADHD in response to viewer requests and shares updates on his channel, including new audio equipment and a tablet for visual instruction.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    He discusses having switched to a different fidget toy for filming and expresses a preference for making longer videos to provide comprehensive content on ADHD.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Brian shares unique strategies he employs to manage his ADHD, such as placing his keys with important items to improve memory retention and organization.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    He explains how he meticulously keeps track of his keys and emphasizes the importance of having designated places for everything to minimize anxiety.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Jinx elaborates on how difficulties in understanding and accommodation from others can drain energy and contribute to executive dysfunction for those with ADHD.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    He discusses the utility of calendars and task managers for externalizing responsibilities, relieving mental load, and avoiding forgetting tasks.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Brian highlights the importance of advanced notice for family obligations to maintain a balanced schedule and reiterates the necessity for clear communication with loved ones regarding his needs.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:41:53

    He summarizes various strategies, like using themed reminders for medication and smart home technology, to enhance daily functioning and organization in daily life.

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فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • What are some strategies for managing ADHD?

    Some strategies include using task managers and calendars, developing rigid routines for placing items, and utilizing medication reminder apps.

  • How does Brian manage his tasks?

    Brian uses software to externalize tasks, prioritize them, and maintain a clear agenda without holding too much information in his head.

  • What tools does he recommend for ADHD management?

    He recommends apps for medication reminders, smart home devices for managing routines, and task managers for better organization.

  • How does Brian deal with unexpected interruptions?

    He prefers to communicate via text instead of phone calls to manage his schedule effectively.

  • What role do fidget toys play in his routine?

    Fidget toys help Brian maintain focus without causing distractions during filming or tasks.

  • Why is it important to 'put it away' rather than 'put it down'?

    Putting it away ensures items are stored in specific locations, reducing the likelihood of losing them.

  • How does Brian prioritize tasks?

    He uses a task manager to sort tasks by importance and deadlines, ensuring he knows what to focus on next.

  • Can you explain the fridge organization tip?

    Brian suggests placing condiments in the front to keep vegetables visible, ensuring they're used before they go bad.

  • What is the advantage of time blocking?

    Time blocking helps to focus on specific tasks and allows for momentum to build, leading to greater productivity.

  • How does technology assist Brian with ADHD?

    He uses smart devices and applications to streamline tasks, reminders, and daily routines for better organization.

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التمرير التلقائي:
  • 00:00:00
    welcome back everyone if you're new here
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    my name is Brian Jinx and today we're
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    going to talk a little bit more about
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    ADHD people have been asking me a lot to
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    do another video or more videos about it
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    and why not so that's what this video is
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    going to be about
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    [Music]
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    today and just for General updates for
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    the channel because I've been really
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    busy lately and have not not been
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    uploading very much uh I have new
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    equipment I got new audio equipment I
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    have a tablet over here for
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    instruction and basically when I do more
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    tutorials in teaching different things
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    I'm a very visual person I think it's
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    probably stems from the ADHD as well I
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    need to see things in front of me so I
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    don't have to hold Concepts in my head
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    sometimes uh so I have this tablet to
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    help drawing and diagramming things live
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    uh so I'll be using that likely more in
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    the future to make instruction a little
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    bit easier for people like me also
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    changing the camera angle so it's like
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    down lower so you can like see me like
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    this because now I don't have to like
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    sit up and hurt my back the whole time
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    so this is actually a comfier position
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    for me and uh yeah I'll just be
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    slouching at the desk so let's get into
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    the content the best ways to support the
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    channel are if you're going to do it on
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    an ongoing basis GitHub sponsors because
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    they take no fees followed by patreon if
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    you're going to do like a one time thing
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    buy me a coffee PayPal or just fine and
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    if you just want to support me without
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    any money involved the best thing you
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    can do is like comment subscribe share
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    the video and that's it all right I
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    totally had to switch fidget toys I was
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    going to use my favorite one which is
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    the infinity Q
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    here but as you can tell it's a little
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    too noisy and I don't want to bother too
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    many people while I'm filming so I'm
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    moving to the
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    gyroscope yeah
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    so that's what I'll be fidgeting with
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    today uh I have several topics I wanted
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    to talk about today and I've been
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    collecting some of these just to add to
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    another big video just because I don't
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    want to make a ton of tiny videos um I
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    know that sometimes the big videos are
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    offputting to some but I haven't had too
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    many complaints maybe two or three about
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    the video length for these so if you're
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    ADHD and you're watching this be like me
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    put it on two to 2 and 1/ half times
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    speed
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    and utilize the time stamps if you want
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    and you're probably going to be in the
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    comments section reading comments while
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    you listen to me talk anyways
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    potentially on 2x speed so I think
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    you'll all be
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    fine but let's dive into the topics I
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    have for today having ADHD makes it so
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    that it's very hard to function
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    obviously in talking with many other
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    people I
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    have come to the realization that even
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    if unconsciously people with ADHD will
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    set up their own processes and systems
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    and quote unquote weird ways of doing
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    things to keep them organized and
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    somewhat
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    productive and depending on what that
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    means to whoever we're concerned about
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    appearing productive to what this looks
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    like
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    is constant mental effort to set up
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    systems and do things in specific ways
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    that work for us as weird as they may be
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    to
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    actually
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    function and what this actually presents
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    as and like some solid examples of how
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    like this has been for me is if I'm like
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    at a friend's house or something and you
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    know I'm getting a Leo P of leftover
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    food and I'm going to take that home but
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    it needs to stay in the fridge uh
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    because it's I'm going to be there for a
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    few hours and don't want the food to go
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    bad on me I will literally take my car
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    keys put them in the fridge on the food
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    and I can't leave unless I have the keys
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    where are the keys with the thing that I
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    need to remember to take this is always
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    worked for me um I've never forgotten my
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    keys because another thing I stick to
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    and maybe this is a different core
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    morbidity I don't know anything OCD I
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    don't know anything of that so but maybe
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    it's just that or it is the ADHD but I
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    will rigidly do things where I will
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    always put my
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    keys in specific places there's only
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    three places my keys will ever be they
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    will be in my pocket they will be in the
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    valet tray when I enter into my house
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    which is where all the EDC um everyday
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    carry pocket things stuff goes or
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    they'll be in somebody's fridge No Lie
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    because I only then have to remember
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    that my keys can only be in a few
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    certain places there's never any
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    ambiguity there's never any Panic
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    there's never any stress or anxiety
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    around where are my keys because I will
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    only ever put them into a couple
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    locations they can only ever be there
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    and this isn't obviously foolproof what
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    if like my partner or somebody else like
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    takes my keys from there to go do
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    something without telling me well now I
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    don't know and now this might cause
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    something but by and large the majority
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    of times where I need my keys I will
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    know where they are and I don't need to
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    go and do any like search and hunt and
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    you know I need to go hunt for these
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    things an hour later I got distracted
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    because I found you know a picture I
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    drew when I was a child and that turned
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    into me sorting all of these photo
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    albums over here no it it never leads to
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    any of that it's because they're always
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    in a certain location and I've seen some
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    ADHD Tik Tok is actually really really
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    awesome some some of the stuff is like
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    but by and large a lot of it is really
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    useful and I found some good tips on
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    there um namely don't put it down put it
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    away that's that's basically what I've
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    lived by and what I always laugh about
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    is I whenever I find the best advice for
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    me when I find this great advice turns
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    out I've already been living my life
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    like that and I just didn't have words
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    for it and just oh that's a great advice
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    I've been doing that for a few years
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    this is an example of that I don't put
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    things down I put them away if I I'm
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    handling something I don't just put it
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    there and then walk away from it I will
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    always expend the extra effort to go and
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    put it in its location everything has a
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    place and a place for everything and by
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    doing that I never ever ever lose
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    anything I will always know where things
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    are and like 98% of the time I find
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    exactly what I'm looking for where I
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    expect to find it so this is a very
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    effective strategy that I've had is take
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    what your what you have put it away
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    don't put it down put it away have a
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    place for everything and rigidly stick
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    to it my keys will only ever be you know
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    the way I expect and live my life my
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    keys will only ever be in my pocket in
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    the valley tray or in the
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    fridge one downside to this uh effective
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    coping mechanism you know it's effective
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    for me anyways is uh the lack of what
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    would you say support or accommodation
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    from others others might not want your
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    keys in their fridge just to give a
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    simplistic example relevant but don't
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    people do not understand that I have to
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    do things this way to have the same
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    outcome how we arrive at that outcome is
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    different for me and this neurotypical
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    person because I have to accommodate
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    certain facets of how I process and deal
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    with information how I experience the
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    external world and how my brain does not
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    necessarily function and process the
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    same as a gross majority of the
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    population and this manifests in these
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    weird quirky workarounds where I have to
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    hack my life and uh try and figure out
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    ways to optimize how I best function in
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    a society that does not function or
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    usually effectively accommodate people
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    like me who process things like me so
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    the lack of accommodation in general
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    life and people who do not understand
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    about this know about this and don't
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    know how to accommodate or get along
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    with people who do have ADHD
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    is it's it sucks it's it's very hard and
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    constantly having to think of these
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    systems and operate this way can be a
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    massive drain on your energy and your
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    executive dysfunction because at the end
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    of the day you're still having to
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    process a lot of extra steps and do
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    things even if it's in a way that is
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    better for you it's still a lot to deal
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    with and handle constantly it's just a
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    constant mental churn so throughout the
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    video I'm going to talk about different
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    strategies and tools and things that I
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    use to just be a little bit more on top
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    of my life and
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    have have my life together uh I use and
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    I've talked a lot about how I use a
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    calendar and a task manager to basically
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    run my life I externalize everything in
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    software I don't hold things in my head
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    I don't forget things and this is this
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    is the important thing I don't lose
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    anything I don't lose my stuff because
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    put it away don't put it down put it
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    away I always have a place for it it
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    always goes there okay so object
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    permanence I expect it to always be
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    there even if I can't see it I know
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    exactly where they are because they're
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    only ever in the same places now how I
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    handle like interacting with other
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    people and my general maintenance of my
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    life is I don't have to remember all the
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    things I have to do in a day because
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    that's a large burden of mental process
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    it's a lot of mental Ram to take up with
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    just general management of life so that
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    would take up all the energy and space
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    that I would need to do anything more in
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    my day than just general maintenance so
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    if I want to do something with my day I
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    can't just be processing all the crap I
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    have to do I need to actually have that
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    space so I can just refer to my task
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    manager for like what are the chores I'm
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    doing today what are the the tasks and I
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    can have times on them so I can say okay
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    in my itinerary these two tasks are
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    coming up next they're at the same time
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    I'll do the easier one ooh Snowball
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    Effect now let's do the harder one or
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    vice versa start off the hard thing get
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    out of the way and now it's a downward
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    slope either way however I feel in the
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    day is task management and calendars and
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    a quick view of what that looks
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    like uh like I have my this script for
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    this video right here in my task manager
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    because again tasks I can just check
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    them off and somewhat keep to a script I
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    don't like keeping the scripts I kind of
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    just like to ramble um which is why I
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    want to do more live streaming but like
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    I also have my calendar and this is
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    basically what I live off of if I don't
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    have it on my calendar it does not exist
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    to me if I did not get informed of an
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    appointment that I need to make and I
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    even have like gotten my family on this
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    so they tell me you know we're doing
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    this is it on your calendar can you
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    check your calendar because I've told
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    them if it's not on my calendar it does
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    not exist to me and I am not doing it it
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    has to be on my calendar so if you want
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    me somewhere if you want me to do
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    something you have to get on my calendar
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    and at this point that might seem like a
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    little bit extra to do to family members
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    and other people but I like to look at
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    it like this I am always willing to help
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    my family to go out above and beyond to
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    you know contribute and be a good family
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    member but at the same time I have
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    things that I need accommodations for I
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    need to be accommodated on how I fit
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    things in my life because maybe I have
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    very few tasks on a day and it would be
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    a great day to film a video because I
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    even struggle just to maintain this
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    YouTube channel amongst my daily life
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    because I take on too much work
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    full-time school full-time YouTube other
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    business General interests research
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    whatever um I take on too much or I'm
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    just really busy all the time and so oh
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    finally a day where I can breathe and I
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    have a big space in my schedule which
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    would give me enough breathing room to
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    build up the executive function to take
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    g a large task that normally I would not
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    have the bandwidth for on any normal day
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    and then my family calls me hey we need
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    something today that might you know
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    trigger irrational anger just because
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    like I had my perfect day and then this
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    came in and it ruined my schedule and
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    they took out my time so what I do first
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    of all I don't usually answer phone
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    calls I hate unexpected phone calls so I
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    usually let everything go to voicemail
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    and I'll process it on my own time um
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    I've also told my family that usually if
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    you want it to really get a quick
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    response to me um text messages usually
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    that's because one I will just respond
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    quickly to a text message I might not
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    have the time to do a call especially if
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    I'm working I you know work from home so
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    don't call me during my work hours I
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    might be in a meeting but uh I'll have
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    them text me and say you know this this
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    is if you want a quick response if I
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    don't respond immediately then it's
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    probably because you know I may have
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    read the preview but I leave them the
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    notification unread because seeing that
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    little you know typical marketing for
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    social media and app companies I see
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    that little notification thing and it
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    bothers me I want to make it go away I
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    don't like that little red one there so
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    that's you know something for me to like
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    get on me to you need to respond to that
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    you need to get rid of that one there
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    and you can't read the text at least on
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    iPhone you can't read the text and then
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    Mark it unread to my knowledge so then
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    you know I have to save it for when I'm
  • 00:13:51
    ready to process it but I basically
  • 00:13:53
    weaponize all of those pieces of
  • 00:13:55
    functionality to get myself to respond
  • 00:13:57
    to things but but um my family has been
  • 00:14:00
    informed and I told them multiple times
  • 00:14:02
    text me first don't call me you'll get a
  • 00:14:04
    faster resp response if you text and if
  • 00:14:07
    you want me to do something be somewhere
  • 00:14:10
    help out on a particular day time
  • 00:14:12
    whatever you have to get on my calendar
  • 00:14:14
    because that's what I live off of this
  • 00:14:17
    is my brain so if you are not on my
  • 00:14:20
    calendar if you don't have an
  • 00:14:22
    appointment I don't I'm not there I'm
  • 00:14:25
    not doing it and so this may seem a
  • 00:14:28
    little extreme for some people people
  • 00:14:29
    but I have to be accommodated so that I
  • 00:14:32
    can effectively you know live it to my
  • 00:14:34
    responsibilities tackle the things that
  • 00:14:36
    I need to do have to do really want to
  • 00:14:39
    do but the things that I just want you
  • 00:14:42
    know out of Interest like things that I
  • 00:14:44
    enjoy even that sometimes takes effort
  • 00:14:47
    to get into just to do the things that I
  • 00:14:49
    want to do and not just the things that
  • 00:14:52
    I have to do my obligations and
  • 00:14:53
    responsibilities so if I have a perfect
  • 00:14:55
    day or something and I don't want
  • 00:14:58
    unexpected scheduling things to come up
  • 00:15:00
    I don't want the hey can you be here in
  • 00:15:02
    an hour to help me with this no I did
  • 00:15:04
    not have an advanced notice it was not
  • 00:15:06
    on my calendar it does not fit into my
  • 00:15:08
    expectation for this day it's not going
  • 00:15:11
    to work and I almost take like a
  • 00:15:12
    business approach to my time my personal
  • 00:15:14
    time is you know not as bad as like hey
  • 00:15:18
    let's schedule this next quarter but
  • 00:15:20
    like hey give me a day give me a couple
  • 00:15:22
    days notice so I can prepare and like
  • 00:15:24
    move my week my schedule around like
  • 00:15:28
    today uh you know I'm going out with
  • 00:15:30
    some friends I have my my film this
  • 00:15:32
    video I had some stuff to do tasks
  • 00:15:33
    earlier I have some things I might want
  • 00:15:35
    to do later and I move these blocks
  • 00:15:37
    around all the time and uh if I have the
  • 00:15:40
    expectation for the week that the week
  • 00:15:41
    is you know I sparsely put some tasks
  • 00:15:44
    here and there when I have the energy to
  • 00:15:46
    process them if you want to get on my
  • 00:15:48
    schedule I have to place that event on a
  • 00:15:50
    particular day I might need to move some
  • 00:15:51
    of the tasks around rebalance the
  • 00:15:53
    schedule advanced notice helps with that
  • 00:15:56
    so they're all on the same page now and
  • 00:15:59
    basically they they know that I'm always
  • 00:16:01
    willing to help but you need to meet me
  • 00:16:04
    halfway and accommodate me for the ways
  • 00:16:07
    that I process information deal with
  • 00:16:09
    communication and manage my life because
  • 00:16:12
    that's the whole thing people might see
  • 00:16:13
    this and think you are so rude to your
  • 00:16:16
    family you don't just drop everything
  • 00:16:18
    you're doing to help you don't respond
  • 00:16:20
    to phone calls it's like at face value
  • 00:16:24
    that might be how it appears but at the
  • 00:16:27
    same time I am always is willing to help
  • 00:16:29
    and go above and beyond the whole point
  • 00:16:31
    is that Meet Me Halfway this is how I
  • 00:16:35
    have found best to manage my life to
  • 00:16:38
    balance my responsibilities the
  • 00:16:39
    obligations I have as a functioning
  • 00:16:41
    member of society and as an adult who
  • 00:16:43
    owns a house has pets a job Ed you know
  • 00:16:46
    I'm working on my degree I have a lot
  • 00:16:49
    going on this is how I manage my life so
  • 00:16:52
    I am always willing to help but at the
  • 00:16:54
    same time I can't be expected to just
  • 00:16:56
    drop my whole life to accommodate others
  • 00:17:00
    when already at a baseline I am in need
  • 00:17:02
    of accommodation in the society based on
  • 00:17:04
    how my brain functions and in some case
  • 00:17:07
    does not function so long rant ended I
  • 00:17:11
    manage a lot with externalization of
  • 00:17:14
    tasks time and just appointments
  • 00:17:18
    everything that matters to me that I
  • 00:17:20
    have to do is in my task manager and on
  • 00:17:23
    my calendar appointments and tasks daily
  • 00:17:26
    routines you know things like take your
  • 00:17:28
    vitamins brush your teeth feed the pets
  • 00:17:30
    you know all this stuff a checklist just
  • 00:17:33
    constant check check check check because
  • 00:17:34
    I don't want it up here it has to be out
  • 00:17:38
    and in that way this is my source of
  • 00:17:40
    truth I never wonder if I forgot
  • 00:17:42
    anything because the minute I have to
  • 00:17:44
    remember something don't put it down put
  • 00:17:47
    it away what is way for those things
  • 00:17:50
    it's in this software it's on my
  • 00:17:51
    calendar or it's in the task manager so
  • 00:17:54
    the minute I have to remember something
  • 00:17:55
    the minute I have to do something it
  • 00:17:57
    goes into one of these things and then I
  • 00:17:59
    forget about it because I don't hold
  • 00:18:01
    things up here so I have the luxury of
  • 00:18:03
    not stressing or getting anxiety because
  • 00:18:07
    it's never stored up here I know it's
  • 00:18:10
    always going to be over here in my
  • 00:18:11
    manager software my task manager and my
  • 00:18:13
    calendar so it's never up here I don't
  • 00:18:16
    have stress about losing it because I
  • 00:18:18
    always know where it's going to be
  • 00:18:20
    another benefit of doing my tasks this
  • 00:18:22
    way is just centralization have
  • 00:18:24
    everything in one place and just as like
  • 00:18:26
    an example in todoist here which is what
  • 00:18:28
    currently use and I like a lot is uh if
  • 00:18:32
    I have way too many tasks going on and I
  • 00:18:34
    just see a giant list of to-dos and it's
  • 00:18:37
    just a pool I have different things into
  • 00:18:39
    doist I can help to like help me
  • 00:18:41
    prioritize and get things you know
  • 00:18:44
    started you know get that snowball
  • 00:18:45
    rolling so like I might say you know
  • 00:18:49
    important
  • 00:18:51
    task uh medium important
  • 00:18:54
    task and you task so basically which of
  • 00:18:59
    these is most important you know and I'd
  • 00:19:01
    have to go and find actual research
  • 00:19:03
    papers to confirm anything but I'm from
  • 00:19:05
    what I've heard you know ADHD brains
  • 00:19:08
    have a have difficulty prioritizing
  • 00:19:10
    things which is why everything looks the
  • 00:19:13
    same level of importance which would
  • 00:19:15
    then stress us out because we just see
  • 00:19:17
    this giant pool of all things that are
  • 00:19:19
    all equally important which do we start
  • 00:19:20
    with first so that we can just do
  • 00:19:23
    something anything to get started so
  • 00:19:26
    what I tend to do is I will prioritize
  • 00:19:28
    these tasks ah well you just said all
  • 00:19:30
    that how do you do that and what I might
  • 00:19:32
    do is I might just say what are some of
  • 00:19:34
    the easiest things to do here and or the
  • 00:19:37
    the most important that I have to do
  • 00:19:38
    first if it doesn't have a Time
  • 00:19:40
    component on it where I can just say hey
  • 00:19:41
    by 7:00 in the morning I need to have
  • 00:19:43
    this done then I can just say okay well
  • 00:19:45
    this is an important task um going back
  • 00:19:48
    this is an important task and I'm just
  • 00:19:50
    going to assign that and when to do this
  • 00:19:52
    we have these priority levels P1 that's
  • 00:19:54
    a very important task makes it red I
  • 00:19:56
    know that this is important so I can
  • 00:19:57
    then say okay yes important task first
  • 00:20:01
    this one is less important I'm going to
  • 00:20:02
    give that a P2 and so now I can see the
  • 00:20:05
    priorities breaking down this one is you
  • 00:20:07
    know a gray one it's a very easy task
  • 00:20:09
    and in to do this I can like sort these
  • 00:20:11
    so that they're sorted by priority level
  • 00:20:14
    um different things like that and so I
  • 00:20:16
    I'll use the software to help me break
  • 00:20:19
    things up prioritize and just be more
  • 00:20:22
    effective with large groups of tasks
  • 00:20:24
    especially for
  • 00:20:25
    projects and what this also kind of
  • 00:20:27
    looks like is just my general way of
  • 00:20:29
    approaching tasks um like you can see on
  • 00:20:32
    the screen here is I sift chunk lineup
  • 00:20:35
    and conveyor belt when it comes to you
  • 00:20:37
    know tasks emails or anything that
  • 00:20:40
    builds up and becomes overwhelming
  • 00:20:41
    because right now um if anybody's if any
  • 00:20:44
    of you have emailed me you notice that
  • 00:20:46
    my response time on emails is really
  • 00:20:48
    crap um I sometime right now some of my
  • 00:20:51
    emails I haven't responded to and they
  • 00:20:53
    came in a month ago I'm not really great
  • 00:20:56
    about email but when I usually do things
  • 00:20:59
    with email is I will sift chunk lineup
  • 00:21:02
    and conveyor belt sifting means that
  • 00:21:05
    I'll like pick out the different pieces
  • 00:21:08
    of um you know things that I don't care
  • 00:21:10
    about like if it's just an email from
  • 00:21:12
    medium.com saying hey here's your
  • 00:21:13
    recommended 10 articles that you might
  • 00:21:15
    find interesting you know I'll open
  • 00:21:17
    those you know look at the Articles deal
  • 00:21:19
    with all that stuff and then delete that
  • 00:21:21
    email get it out of here I I can sift
  • 00:21:23
    out all this stuff that doesn't need my
  • 00:21:25
    response to it it's just whatever you
  • 00:21:27
    know sift them out then I chunk so these
  • 00:21:30
    five emails are from brands that want to
  • 00:21:33
    do a sponsorship deal with me okay so
  • 00:21:35
    then I will separate those and I use
  • 00:21:37
    Gmail for this business Gmail and I use
  • 00:21:40
    the star tag thing so I different color
  • 00:21:42
    stars and I group them in a view and
  • 00:21:46
    this lets me um actually like separate
  • 00:21:49
    different types of emails so I can
  • 00:21:51
    process them in chunks which ones are
  • 00:21:53
    just emails from subscribers which ones
  • 00:21:55
    are business emails which ones are like
  • 00:21:57
    Financial stuff like hey somebody
  • 00:21:58
    donated some money I need to actually do
  • 00:22:00
    my accounting and uh I will separate
  • 00:22:03
    them all into different chunks of you
  • 00:22:05
    know category and then I'll line them up
  • 00:22:08
    which is really just chronological order
  • 00:22:10
    and I go from like oldest to newest
  • 00:22:12
    because sorry to the people who have
  • 00:22:14
    been waiting a month I will eventually
  • 00:22:17
    respond and then conveyor belt once
  • 00:22:19
    they're lined up I have the order
  • 00:22:21
    conveyor belt start with one and just
  • 00:22:23
    move through it sometimes that is
  • 00:22:26
    difficult if you hit one like I have
  • 00:22:28
    this this person emailed me a book worth
  • 00:22:31
    of an email very hard to you know sit
  • 00:22:33
    there and process all that text and then
  • 00:22:36
    try and come up with a response so
  • 00:22:38
    sometimes conveyor belt doesn't really
  • 00:22:39
    help as much but that's typically how I
  • 00:22:42
    will approach things and I'm still crap
  • 00:22:45
    with email but at least with tasks it
  • 00:22:47
    kind of does help you know sift out the
  • 00:22:49
    things that I can just quickly get done
  • 00:22:51
    you know shred that receip okay just go
  • 00:22:53
    do that done now I have some effort you
  • 00:22:56
    know momentum Snowball Effect now I go
  • 00:22:58
    do some other tasks chunk them these are
  • 00:23:00
    the ones that that I can do that are all
  • 00:23:02
    relatively easy or all around the same
  • 00:23:04
    relative project line them up which one
  • 00:23:06
    am I going to do first maybe do that
  • 00:23:08
    priority thing in in to-do line them up
  • 00:23:11
    conveyor belt execute execute execute
  • 00:23:14
    finish those tasks and that's kind of my
  • 00:23:18
    Approach for most of these things all
  • 00:23:20
    the little granu type of things that
  • 00:23:22
    build up on you and I need to you know
  • 00:23:24
    sift them break them down separate them
  • 00:23:26
    organize them and take peace meal
  • 00:23:29
    otherwise it just looks like a giant
  • 00:23:31
    executive function mountain to climb and
  • 00:23:33
    I can't manage it and another point
  • 00:23:34
    about the calendar is having all these
  • 00:23:37
    different blocks of time means that as
  • 00:23:39
    soon as this little line telling me
  • 00:23:40
    where I am in my day as soon as I'm in a
  • 00:23:42
    new block I can have my tasks on here
  • 00:23:45
    and this isn't just appointments but
  • 00:23:46
    it's also sometimes just tasks or very
  • 00:23:48
    large executive function tasks where I I
  • 00:23:51
    think this thing is too big to take on
  • 00:23:53
    even if I broke it down into smaller
  • 00:23:55
    tasks have you tried a
  • 00:23:57
    checklist obviously I've tried
  • 00:24:00
    everything and I will sometimes put
  • 00:24:02
    tasks on my calendar just so I can see
  • 00:24:04
    that when this little line reaches that
  • 00:24:06
    task I know that okay for the next 30
  • 00:24:08
    minutes I am working on this task
  • 00:24:10
    whatever that looks like whatever I get
  • 00:24:13
    done on it is just that's all I need
  • 00:24:15
    because and this is where a lot of my
  • 00:24:17
    like software development stuff and um
  • 00:24:20
    things we do at work actually comes in
  • 00:24:21
    handy you know MVP scrum agile software
  • 00:24:24
    development basically what is the least
  • 00:24:27
    you have to do to get something that is
  • 00:24:29
    good enough and just works the MVP
  • 00:24:32
    minimum viable product and that's what
  • 00:24:34
    I've been trying to apply to my life in
  • 00:24:37
    general and and it's very helpful
  • 00:24:39
    because I'm also kind of a perfectionist
  • 00:24:40
    and I want things to be perfect I need
  • 00:24:42
    to get all the tools all the best craft
  • 00:24:43
    supplies before I can begin the project
  • 00:24:45
    the craft I do it for five minutes and
  • 00:24:47
    I'm done with it or I need to have all
  • 00:24:51
    that before I can begin no just begin do
  • 00:24:53
    something and then improve it as you go
  • 00:24:56
    and this has been incredibly difficult
  • 00:24:58
    and I just finished my first real
  • 00:25:00
    production python application at
  • 00:25:02
    work and it took me still several months
  • 00:25:05
    multiple Sprints because I kept not
  • 00:25:07
    sticking to that um philosophy and now I
  • 00:25:12
    finally got got things to a point where
  • 00:25:14
    I could stick to that mvp and get it
  • 00:25:17
    done and it felt really good to finally
  • 00:25:19
    have a stopping place and to feel like
  • 00:25:21
    okay this is the minimum viable product
  • 00:25:23
    it's not supposed to be pretty and
  • 00:25:25
    Polished it's good enough and I tried to
  • 00:25:28
    to apply this to like things in general
  • 00:25:31
    which is just for 30 minutes just do
  • 00:25:34
    things on this task and whatever that
  • 00:25:37
    looks like just get it done because then
  • 00:25:40
    what often will happen is oh okay
  • 00:25:43
    momentum we're in the groove and you
  • 00:25:46
    then continue on with this task and you
  • 00:25:48
    get somewhere with it and you just keep
  • 00:25:50
    going so you may have booked a half hour
  • 00:25:53
    but maybe you ended up finishing the
  • 00:25:54
    task and going for an hour and a half
  • 00:25:56
    because of hyperfixation but the problem
  • 00:25:57
    was just getting that starting energy
  • 00:25:59
    getting started context switching into
  • 00:26:01
    that tackling that large executive
  • 00:26:03
    function Mountain but having on the
  • 00:26:05
    calendar just doesn't say like here's a
  • 00:26:07
    checkbox of this large task even if you
  • 00:26:10
    broke it down now you have 50 small
  • 00:26:13
    tasks breaking this thing apart and now
  • 00:26:15
    you're just ah I can't prioritize so I
  • 00:26:17
    just see 50 tasks of equal importance
  • 00:26:19
    and now I'm even more stressed out well
  • 00:26:22
    if it's just a single thing on your
  • 00:26:23
    calendar well now you can just say oh so
  • 00:26:26
    for the next 15 minutes 30 minutes an
  • 00:26:28
    hour are the only thing I'm working on
  • 00:26:30
    focused on thinking about is this then
  • 00:26:33
    do something anything progress forward
  • 00:26:35
    steps motion momentum get something done
  • 00:26:38
    and now you've actually gotten gotten
  • 00:26:41
    started and now the Snowball Effect can
  • 00:26:44
    come in you can actually continue on and
  • 00:26:46
    get something done and progress and this
  • 00:26:48
    has been incredibly helpful for me
  • 00:26:50
    especially with like time blocking
  • 00:26:51
    because thanks to time blocking the
  • 00:26:53
    first time I tried it I finished a task
  • 00:26:55
    I've been sitting on for 6 months which
  • 00:26:58
    was ordering the engagement ring um yeah
  • 00:27:01
    so very useful um very happy that it
  • 00:27:04
    helped with that but it's also a great
  • 00:27:07
    strategy to actually time block your
  • 00:27:08
    tasks sometimes if you need that
  • 00:27:11
    additional push for executive
  • 00:27:12
    dysfunction a great application I
  • 00:27:15
    discovered recently I forget where I
  • 00:27:18
    found it um it's called meta saafe I
  • 00:27:22
    believe uh let me look it up here yeah
  • 00:27:24
    meta saafe and it's a free application
  • 00:27:27
    um especially if you're using for like
  • 00:27:28
    personal use it's like I don't really go
  • 00:27:30
    too crazy with it it's really useful if
  • 00:27:32
    you like have a bunch of family members
  • 00:27:34
    living with you elderly family members
  • 00:27:35
    people who with who are on a large
  • 00:27:37
    amount of medication and you need to
  • 00:27:39
    make sure that everyone always takes all
  • 00:27:41
    their meds so you can always see where
  • 00:27:43
    I'm going with this is
  • 00:27:44
    that routines and things are helpful but
  • 00:27:48
    also sometimes really invasive reminders
  • 00:27:50
    are are very helpful so I'm just going
  • 00:27:52
    to have the um app shown on the screen
  • 00:27:55
    right here but what I really like about
  • 00:27:56
    the application is um single day it'll
  • 00:27:59
    tell me what I need to actually take and
  • 00:28:01
    as you can see I woke up this morning I
  • 00:28:02
    took my conserta like I'm supposed to
  • 00:28:05
    and when it you know it prompts you for
  • 00:28:07
    your Tak your medication it'll say you
  • 00:28:09
    know Skip you if you want to skip a dose
  • 00:28:11
    take your medication and it'll say like
  • 00:28:13
    now or you know set a manual time
  • 00:28:16
    basically you can tell it when you took
  • 00:28:18
    your medication or reschedule it um and
  • 00:28:20
    then like you know I can see that in the
  • 00:28:22
    afternoon I'm going to have to take my
  • 00:28:23
    you know my riddlin and what I really
  • 00:28:26
    like about this is I can just say now I
  • 00:28:28
    can just say no take it now or when this
  • 00:28:31
    will actually remind me to take my
  • 00:28:32
    medication what I really like is that
  • 00:28:34
    you can authorize it to send like
  • 00:28:36
    emergency notifications and what I like
  • 00:28:39
    about that is that if you ever had those
  • 00:28:41
    really you know obnoxious sounding Amber
  • 00:28:43
    Alerts because they're important they
  • 00:28:44
    need to grab your attention it's kind of
  • 00:28:46
    the same thing but for your medication
  • 00:28:48
    and this has worked wonders for me
  • 00:28:51
    because this thing will go off and it'll
  • 00:28:52
    just go be like like whoa why are you
  • 00:28:56
    screaming at me phone because I
  • 00:28:58
    literally always keep my phone on silent
  • 00:28:59
    because I never answer phone calls
  • 00:29:01
    anyways um but it makes a noise and the
  • 00:29:04
    fact that it's the only thing that ever
  • 00:29:06
    makes a noise it reminds me oh I need to
  • 00:29:08
    take my medication and it's just really
  • 00:29:11
    obnoxious and in your face so much so
  • 00:29:14
    that I actually remember to take my
  • 00:29:15
    medication before I show you how the the
  • 00:29:18
    great effects of this let me show you
  • 00:29:19
    some more stuff about the app not
  • 00:29:20
    sponsored just a great app it's free too
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    at least for what I use it for like you
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    can actually add dependence or friends I
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    don't know why they're not doing friends
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    and a medication tracking out but so you
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    can add your dependence and other people
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    so you can manage uh medication for
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    family members but you know I click
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    medications and you can actually add new
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    medications and uh what you can also do
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    is like say you can see the you know my
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    conert looks like a red you know uh oval
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    looking thing you can change the color
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    and pill size uh of these icons to be
  • 00:29:53
    more in line with what your medication
  • 00:29:55
    is to again help you better keep track
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    of it
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    you can also tell at the stock so every
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    time you take a dose you can see like
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    okay I have 39 conserta pills left and
  • 00:30:04
    so this will actually help me because
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    you can set a timer hey when I reach
  • 00:30:08
    seven pills call to get your medication
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    refill because you know getting a
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    medication refill for a schedule 4
  • 00:30:15
    controlled substance medication for ADHD
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    is a royal pain at least here in like
  • 00:30:20
    America so I have to call like 3 days in
  • 00:30:24
    advance at least to have them pack my
  • 00:30:26
    meds and then I can only pick it up on
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    like the last day of my
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    prescription because of it being a
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    controlled substance so basically it's
  • 00:30:35
    just a royal pain um but this actually
  • 00:30:37
    is helpful to keep me on track to
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    remember to do those very critical
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    components of my medication
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    adherence uh and yeah there's a lot of
  • 00:30:46
    other things you can look at in here but
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    honestly just having the obnoxious
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    reminders for the medication is
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    incredibly valuable and useful to me uh
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    because then I can go through and say oh
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    yeah I didn't take my medication
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    yesterday at least I don't think I did
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    um and then yeah and it'll tell you and
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    then one of the greatest things is about
  • 00:31:03
    this is that it will also eventually at
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    the end of a week email you about your
  • 00:31:07
    medication adherence and let's see what
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    my last one looks like so Medicap will
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    actually email you uh a report on your
  • 00:31:16
    week's medication adherence and so let's
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    look at the last month or so because
  • 00:31:20
    I've been doing this for about a month
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    and my first one you know I got had
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    about an 85% adherence where I took both
  • 00:31:27
    my conser and my rlin um and like how
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    close the time was to when I should be
  • 00:31:32
    taking it did I take it on time or did I
  • 00:31:34
    forget about my rlin and take it like 2
  • 00:31:36
    hours later and ignore the obnoxious
  • 00:31:37
    reminder so basically I had 85% and then
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    I went to
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    878
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    92 and then this latest week I had you
  • 00:31:46
    know 100% adherence um you can see like
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    here's the adherence rates 85 92 85 all
  • 00:31:53
    like basically my adherence has actually
  • 00:31:55
    been getting better to my medication
  • 00:31:57
    regimen
  • 00:31:58
    and it's just thanks to this you know
  • 00:31:59
    little application that obnoxiously
  • 00:32:01
    screams at you hey uh did you take your
  • 00:32:04
    meds hey did you take your meds take
  • 00:32:06
    your meds so I do recommend checking it
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    out if you have um an iPhone I'm not
  • 00:32:10
    sure if it's on Android or not but very
  • 00:32:12
    useful application I like it I use it
  • 00:32:15
    it's free and uh I feel like it's it's
  • 00:32:18
    helped me uh keep track of this and
  • 00:32:21
    actually adhere to the medication
  • 00:32:22
    regimen I'm supposed to be on one of
  • 00:32:24
    those great tips I got from ADHD Tik Tok
  • 00:32:28
    was how to organize your fridge to
  • 00:32:31
    accommodate for
  • 00:32:32
    ADHD and this was like this was actually
  • 00:32:36
    really cool I was not expecting this to
  • 00:32:38
    actually be effective and useful but
  • 00:32:42
    holy crap it is uh because of object
  • 00:32:45
    permanence and forgetting that things
  • 00:32:47
    exist when you can't see them or they're
  • 00:32:49
    not all spread out on a surface level uh
  • 00:32:52
    if I have a bunch of vegetables in the
  • 00:32:54
    crisper drawer or something I'm going to
  • 00:32:56
    forget about them and they're likely
  • 00:32:58
    just going to go bad and now I just
  • 00:32:59
    wasted money now this tip was really
  • 00:33:01
    cool and it was inside your fridge take
  • 00:33:05
    all of your condiments all the stuff
  • 00:33:07
    like you know like your ketchup your
  • 00:33:08
    mustard your sauces and all this other
  • 00:33:10
    stuff put those in the drawers in the
  • 00:33:14
    places where you can't see them because
  • 00:33:17
    that way it's constantly in your face
  • 00:33:19
    and you can visually see all of your
  • 00:33:20
    ingredients your vegetables your other
  • 00:33:22
    food your leftovers it's all there
  • 00:33:25
    visible you can then ah yeah I need to
  • 00:33:28
    cook those
  • 00:33:29
    vegetables because you're more likely to
  • 00:33:32
    say oh I want some ketchup for this dish
  • 00:33:35
    or I need some tartar sauce and go and
  • 00:33:38
    get the condiment from the drawer
  • 00:33:40
    because the condiments are kind of you
  • 00:33:42
    know they're always there so it's kind
  • 00:33:44
    of like my other rule is put it away
  • 00:33:47
    even if I can't see it I know it's
  • 00:33:49
    always going to be there so in that way
  • 00:33:51
    you're more likely to go hunt down open
  • 00:33:53
    a drawer and find the condiment than you
  • 00:33:55
    are to just open the drawer and remember
  • 00:33:58
    oh yeah I have vegetables I need to cook
  • 00:34:00
    versus just I always see the vegetables
  • 00:34:02
    therefore ah yes I can make those
  • 00:34:04
    vegetables now this would really use a
  • 00:34:08
    vinegret oh yeah I can go to the drawer
  • 00:34:10
    grab the vinegret and this is a very
  • 00:34:12
    useful tip and we applied this and in my
  • 00:34:15
    house and it's been really nice I it's
  • 00:34:18
    been hasn't been like life changing but
  • 00:34:20
    it's it's actually been really Pleasant
  • 00:34:21
    I think I actually let vegetables go bad
  • 00:34:24
    a lot less often now which is nice
  • 00:34:27
    because I need to eat eat more
  • 00:34:28
    vegetables another really cool thing
  • 00:34:30
    that I've taken advantage of lately is
  • 00:34:34
    Smart Homes so I've recently made the
  • 00:34:37
    entire house a smart house and I have
  • 00:34:39
    you know several Echo dots and smart
  • 00:34:41
    lights and other things and it just
  • 00:34:43
    makes a lot of things a lot easier I can
  • 00:34:46
    just from my phone manage the thermostat
  • 00:34:49
    or the lights in the house or I have
  • 00:34:50
    routines where you know if we're leaving
  • 00:34:52
    the living room and we're going to bed I
  • 00:34:54
    can just say hey we're going to bed and
  • 00:34:57
    it will you know set up the hallway
  • 00:34:59
    lights on very low dim the bedroom dim
  • 00:35:03
    bathroom dimmed that way it the bright
  • 00:35:05
    light doesn't wake us up but it gives us
  • 00:35:07
    like a walk path of a lighted area to go
  • 00:35:10
    to you know do the night routine and
  • 00:35:12
    then when we're in bed you know good
  • 00:35:14
    night and it turns off everything and
  • 00:35:17
    it's a really great way of effortlessly
  • 00:35:19
    for me managing everything and as I get
  • 00:35:21
    more into networking with my it degree I
  • 00:35:23
    want to do stuff like have separate VLS
  • 00:35:26
    for the unsecured devices and iot
  • 00:35:28
    devices and work and personal and other
  • 00:35:31
    network nerdy junk stuff but what I'm
  • 00:35:34
    going to show you right here is the
  • 00:35:37
    application uh for the echo dots and
  • 00:35:41
    what I really like and take advantage of
  • 00:35:42
    is the shopping list because it doesn't
  • 00:35:44
    even require me to deal with my task
  • 00:35:46
    manager todoist to build the shopping
  • 00:35:49
    list there or any of the other processes
  • 00:35:51
    we used to do this is actually really
  • 00:35:52
    great because I can say things like and
  • 00:35:54
    I apologize if she gets really loud
  • 00:35:56
    Alexa at add milk to the shopping list
  • 00:36:00
    milk added when you're in the store
  • 00:36:02
    Alexa
  • 00:36:04
    stop so now I've added an item to the
  • 00:36:07
    shopping list and you can see it right
  • 00:36:08
    here what is also really cool is that it
  • 00:36:11
    will group these items together so for
  • 00:36:13
    instance Dairy and in this way I can say
  • 00:36:15
    cheese or you know milk or anything else
  • 00:36:19
    and it will actually group them by
  • 00:36:20
    sections too which is something else
  • 00:36:21
    that we did is that you this is probably
  • 00:36:24
    just again a weird presentation of my
  • 00:36:26
    brain is that when I build a shopping
  • 00:36:28
    list I would organize it by a circular
  • 00:36:31
    route and then in and out through the
  • 00:36:32
    aisles until the finally checkout and
  • 00:36:34
    organize our items based on where I know
  • 00:36:36
    they are in the store so that I could
  • 00:36:38
    have a single endless or seamless uh
  • 00:36:41
    route through the store and to check out
  • 00:36:43
    to maximize efficiency in this route
  • 00:36:46
    planning of you know we're in bread
  • 00:36:47
    first so all bread things then we move
  • 00:36:49
    into meat then we move into Dairy and
  • 00:36:52
    doing that so this actually helps
  • 00:36:54
    facilitate that with no extra effort I
  • 00:36:56
    just say what I want added to the
  • 00:36:58
    shopping list bam it's right here and I
  • 00:37:00
    can check it off in the phone no
  • 00:37:01
    additional notes no apps no anything
  • 00:37:04
    else other than this and I can do it all
  • 00:37:06
    with voice so this has been a very
  • 00:37:08
    helpful thing and now I can just say hey
  • 00:37:11
    I already got milk done and tap it off
  • 00:37:14
    in the store I actually ordered furry
  • 00:37:15
    [ __ ] already so then done there we go
  • 00:37:18
    shopping is done and that is just a
  • 00:37:21
    really great way of managing some of
  • 00:37:22
    these things is just quickly get it out
  • 00:37:24
    of the head give it to the you know
  • 00:37:26
    voice assistant and and now your
  • 00:37:28
    shopping list is ready to go and the
  • 00:37:30
    last tip I'm going to bring up at the
  • 00:37:31
    moment is Apple watch I mean I'm not
  • 00:37:35
    really I'm not a big fan of Apple
  • 00:37:38
    because I mean I I dislike Windows a lot
  • 00:37:42
    but even Windows is starting to get a
  • 00:37:43
    little better with some of the things
  • 00:37:44
    you can do you know Windows terminal
  • 00:37:46
    power toys and various customizations I
  • 00:37:49
    still don't like the operating system I
  • 00:37:50
    like the Unix based operating systems
  • 00:37:52
    for anybody nerdy enough who understands
  • 00:37:54
    what that
  • 00:37:55
    means but for the things that still need
  • 00:37:58
    a very normal type of you know operating
  • 00:38:02
    system Mac or Windows um I've chosen Mac
  • 00:38:06
    obviously but I still really prefer
  • 00:38:10
    Linux and I'm was going to make like a
  • 00:38:12
    year into having a Macbook kind of a
  • 00:38:16
    video I'm a couple months late already
  • 00:38:17
    on that s shocker but I like Linux far
  • 00:38:22
    better I dislike windows but Mac OS and
  • 00:38:26
    apple in general is still a royal pain
  • 00:38:28
    but some things about the ecosystem are
  • 00:38:30
    really nice and convenient airdrop is
  • 00:38:33
    amazing between the phone and the
  • 00:38:35
    computer but the Apple watch is also
  • 00:38:37
    really nice if the battery wasn't
  • 00:38:40
    so God the battery sucks it it's dead
  • 00:38:43
    after like a day or two um but the I
  • 00:38:47
    believe the Heart Reading monitor on
  • 00:38:49
    this is actually really really great but
  • 00:38:51
    what I really like about the Apple watch
  • 00:38:52
    is that it syns to to-do list so if I
  • 00:38:55
    have a task with a due date it will pop
  • 00:38:58
    up when it reaches that tight that date
  • 00:39:00
    and time and just like the medication
  • 00:39:03
    reminders and including the medication
  • 00:39:05
    reminders is that this thing is really
  • 00:39:07
    great for quickly and annoyingly getting
  • 00:39:10
    in my face about things that I need to
  • 00:39:12
    do to keep me on track to do those
  • 00:39:15
    things uh so I can just quickly be like
  • 00:39:18
    you know on my watch check my tasks go
  • 00:39:20
    there yep check check check and actually
  • 00:39:22
    get through my tasks somewhat easily
  • 00:39:25
    just right here um it's so I really use
  • 00:39:28
    it for I wanted to try it out as you
  • 00:39:30
    know a piece of Tech equipment because I
  • 00:39:32
    love equipment and Tech and it's been
  • 00:39:36
    you know somewhat helpful when the
  • 00:39:37
    battery doesn't die on me so I just keep
  • 00:39:39
    the little charger you know the wireless
  • 00:39:42
    mag shave charger thing for both this
  • 00:39:45
    and my phone next to my bedside table
  • 00:39:47
    and I just charge both things at night
  • 00:39:49
    usually and it works good enough but
  • 00:39:52
    maybe you might benefit from an Apple
  • 00:39:54
    Watch if you've seen how to ADHD on
  • 00:39:56
    YouTube um I'm pretty sure Jessica uses
  • 00:39:58
    an Apple Watch Pretty extensively as
  • 00:40:00
    well so I may not like apple but
  • 00:40:03
    sometimes if the product helps me
  • 00:40:04
    function and live a better
  • 00:40:06
    life maybe it actually is worth it until
  • 00:40:10
    something better can come along so Apple
  • 00:40:13
    watch so I hope you enjoyed the video
  • 00:40:15
    and got some useful tips out of it or
  • 00:40:17
    just enjoyed this type of content uh
  • 00:40:19
    it's been on my list to do more ADHD
  • 00:40:22
    videos I need to figure out what I want
  • 00:40:25
    to talk about and how I want to talk
  • 00:40:26
    about things
  • 00:40:28
    I definitely have a lot to say about it
  • 00:40:30
    um as been as I've been more aware of
  • 00:40:32
    things going on in my life and how I
  • 00:40:35
    respond to things it's been enlightening
  • 00:40:37
    exactly how much I actually do struggle
  • 00:40:41
    with daily life I always thought I was
  • 00:40:43
    just this is normal this is this is my
  • 00:40:47
    normal so I expect some more of that and
  • 00:40:50
    people seem to really enjoy the ADHD
  • 00:40:52
    content so I'll be making more of it I
  • 00:40:54
    also want to do more programming type of
  • 00:40:57
    vide especially people who are ADHD and
  • 00:41:00
    want to learn programming or just want
  • 00:41:03
    to learn
  • 00:41:04
    programming but yeah hopefully you
  • 00:41:05
    enjoyed the video and um a big shout out
  • 00:41:07
    to all of the sponsors and patrons who
  • 00:41:10
    support the channel thank you everybody
  • 00:41:12
    for supporting the channel um this is
  • 00:41:16
    what makes it worth doing I'm really
  • 00:41:18
    appreciative the people really enjoy
  • 00:41:20
    their content enough to you know support
  • 00:41:22
    it and support me making it so thank you
  • 00:41:25
    and with that I will catch you all in
  • 00:41:27
    the next one
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    [Music]
الوسوم
  • ADHD
  • task management
  • productivity
  • medication reminders
  • smart home
  • calendars
  • fidget toys
  • organization
  • coping strategies
  • personal experiences