ADHD question for my Thriends. A common trait of ADHD is all the things becoming part of the background noise. For example, I have a giant note on my door reminding me to turn off the heat before I leave for work. It’s been there for 2 weeks, and I have forgotten to turn off the heat 4 days in a row since the note is just part of the door and I don’t ‘see’ it anymore. Or, I have reminders on my phone for all the things, but the habit is to swipe them away and then I forget to do the thing. 👇🏻

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2 小時內	Novae Res novae.res	Not pretending I've found all the answers for myself yet - but I there are a couple tactics that are at least somewhat helpful for me. You touched on two of them, novelty and making it visual (my version of this is a post it note on the sliding door so I'll see it when I let the dogs out. Only works with novelty though - doesn't work for recurring reminders, only "tomorrow morning, don't forget [X]" ...
2 小時內	Novae Res novae.res	Digital calendar is also critical - I have to use Outlook for work, so personal appointments and reminders also get added (with privacy lock turned on). Not perfect, but at least I have a weekday dashboard to review what I'm otherwise forgetting - and post its for early a.m. / weekends. I try to remember to check it first thing in a.m. before work, and schedule time to review / make reminder notes to myself for the next day at the end of the work day - not as good about that 2nd one, but I try.
2 小時內	Novae Res novae.res	Not every problem is best addressed with those tools, though. Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit" talks about preserving executive function by offloading tasks to autonomic vs working memory. Ie: get the routine is so ingrained, you actually don't have to remember it. So habit 1 was putting everything on the calendar. Habit 2, which I'm working on, is starting and ending every work day with it.. Once mastered that, I can forget things once I've scheduled reminders, because I will see them.
3 小時內	Novae Res novae.res	That said, sometimes I just offload executive function/working memory tasks via idiot-proofing. Like, I put my wallet and keys on a retractible lanyard I can attach to myself. If I'm at a place I'll get distracted, like the farmer's market, my phone goes on a lanyard to (and it all gets secured in a belt bag) so I can't absentmindedly set them down somewhere.
11 小時內	Amy Joy amyjoycreates	I decided, instead of trying to keep myself reminded of eeeevery little thing I want to remember, to have a morning meeting with myself. All I have to do is show up to this meeting first thing. Then I go through my priorities for the day. This only works for my current projects and tasks tho, it doesn’t help for in-moment reminders. For that I try to habit stack. (Eg soon as I walk in the door, keys go in the key box). Reminders & notes don’t work for me long term either.