I am in the middle of a week where I have to do a lot of repetitive, boring tasks which I procrastinated on and now must be done. As you all know, these situations are particularly difficult to deal with for those of us with ADHD.

I thought it would cool if we could share some of our coping strategies for keeping on track and getting boring tasks actually completed.

Here is one of my strategies for helping me sit still and focus, for a little while at least.

Meditation for the ADHD suffer
I get the concept of how sitting or laying quietly can help clear the clutter in your head, reduce stress, and get you focused on living in the moment. I get it, but haven't yet to be able to master even the most basic mediation techniques such as... breathing. (I am reminded of my 1st physician who told me to do candle exercises and read some self help book. F'ing butthole! If I could do that then I won't hear you ***!) ANYWAY...I've been experimenting with other techniques for quieting the mental noise in my head. Instead of just trying to sit still, I get my body involved in an exercise. Usually in a repetitive motion that I can then focus my mind on. To me its the same idea being focusing on breathing in and out and nothing else, only it is a total body movement you are focusing on. I seem to be able to do this better because, it expends my extra nervous energy and fatigue the body. Here is an example: I do a 15-20 minute workout on the elliptical machine. I spend the first 5 minutes or so just getting warmed up and into my rhythm. Then I close my eyes and focus my attention on simply meeting the resistance of the machine and maintaining my balance. For me I try to focus on my leg movement and the weight on my feet. I focus on trying to make the movement as smooth and efficient as possible. Closing my eyes requires a lot more balance and it is easier for me to focus and tune out all of the other crap going through my head. When I am done exercising like this my mind if a little clearer AND my body is physically exhausted making it seem easier to sit my butt down and do the stuff I don't really want to do.

What things do you do to help you stay on task and actually get your work finished?