# 2 made me laugh. I do that too. "Hello.. I'm trying to focus here!" Hey.... come to think of it maybe my Dad had ADHD too. He would get so annoyed with me bugging him that he would tell me. "Hey, you know that dotted white line on the highway out there, why don't you go play on it for a while." My childhood home was along I-95

Here is another strategy that helped me today. CHUNKING: When you have a lot of things to do, it helps to divide and conquer. For me today it was grading essays. When I looked at the list of 20 ungraded essays, I started freaking out. So I put them in groups of 5. I forced myself to sit down and grade 5 essays, after which I could take a short break, stretch my legs, get a drink, surf PC, whatever. Then it was back at it for the next 5. I keep the list of completed items visible so I can see that I am making progress. Chunking for me helps me focus on my success in completing the groups and less on the long list of unfinished work.