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Originally Posted by shortforsophie
Hello all!
This is my first post here, so I apologize if it breaks any rules.
I am looking for advice on how to build an organizational system to help me organize, plan, and schedule my life. Once it is made, I can follow it! But I am starting from scratch in actually building a system, and I am totally lost.
I am a 33 year old newly graduated professional who is just starting my career. As my schooling is now done I am able to take better charge of more than just the bare-minimum survival level tasks involved in, well, being a grown up.
I have SO MANY task lists that are all miles long. I work shifts that are constantly being switched around, as my seniority in my new position is non-existent. Best of all I have NO consistent way of keeping track of or organizing the chaos in my head and my life. It is literally driving me crazy, and I spend so much time panicking over everything I need to get done that I get pretty much nothing done. Pretty typical ADHD story.
I was diagnosed as a child, and am medicated. I welcome any and all questions/comments/advice. It's nice to meet you all!
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Hi - I was diagnosed later in life when my professional life got out of hand, similar to what you are describing. Then I found this amazing expert in adult ADHD. She does coaching and will work via Skype. She is amazing...totally saved my career. I can ask her if she would accept someone she hasn’t met in person and let you know if you are interested. She takes insurance, but is a bit pricey otherwise.
Otherwise check out the additude magazine website....so many great articles and tools. That and YouTube...there are channels devoted to managing life with add.
Lastly, your job isn’t worth sacraficing your mental health. Some jobs aren’t for adders. Try closing everything, picking one task, and doing it to completion. Multitasking is an adders worst enemy. Also, highlight the strengths that come from your ADD. Creative problem solving, reading rooms, quick on your feet, etc. And stop thinking you have to accomplish everything in front of you. Companies like work on ADDers because we will work ourselves to death to prove we are perfect and have no defect. It’s ok to say no.
Good luck! My guess is you are in good shape and being hard on yourself.