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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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Oh boy! Do I understand this! Even meds don't fix it all! I have a "life book" . I got it at Staples and it is half the size of a three ring binder. I a low it to be a mess. I am goal oriented believe it or not and love crossing stuff of my to do list. I have dividers in it. Budget grocery, to-does (in the front). Work info...i take it everywhere and open it over coffee in the morning. Some days are bad...i write down that I have dishes to do or to make my bed. Make sure it is chronological order.