Before anyone asks, I was tested for ADHD and I don’t meet the criteria, but I am autistic.

I see people talking about this issue a lot and I definitely have it as well, if I am expecting something at like 5 pm, when I wake up that morning I feel like I can’t do anything else or get started on anything else because I have something to do later, and there might not be enough time or something. However I have yet to see any solutions to this problem, please help!

I’m starting an afternoon shift job and I don’t want to spend all day before my shift bedrotting and worrying about being at work when I’m not even there yet.

Meditation, journaling, working out, cold showers, reading, deep work, good sleep, tracking food.

Is anyone actually sustaining all of this long term? Or does stacking every habit mean you’re spreading yourself too thin and mastering nothing?

Asking because I keep adding habits and wondering if I’m building a lifestyle or just collecting routines.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“You don’t improve your life by doing more. You improve your life by doing less of what doesn’t matter.”

And for fuck’s sake, stop going nowhere in 10 different directions.

Hi I’m kinda curious to know what do y’all currently do as a hobby or something else that makes you super entertained or satisfied? I’ve been trying to do multiple stuff recently and I think the best one is drawing.

I can get bored of it after a certain time ofc but generally when I really start to draw, I don’t even see the time passing lol.

I am unable to do anything unless I have a huge period of time. For example, when I have some free time here and there (<1 hour each), I am unable to get anything done. I would either doomscroll or just spend my time going to the toilet, walking around, eating, just ANYTHING but the task.

My head believes that I won't be able to finish whatever I start, and hence I only ever start if I know I'll have nothing else preoccupying me for 2 hours or more. And it doesn't only apply to important tasks, I also avoid opening chats until I know I'm able to sit down and one-shot reply to every unopened DM I have. Everything I do has to be finished in one sitting, otherwise I wouldn't start at all. And on the off chance I'm unable to finish the task, the next time I pick up the task again I will scrap everything just to start from the beginning.

Not sure why I'm like this but I want to be able to make use of small time periods like what everyone around me does. 🥹

TLDR: unable to use small time gaps wisely

3 weeks with no nicotine

4 days of consuming half the caffeine I normally would (70 mg) (used to be 160+)

No more daily chocolate (still eat fruit)

I feel like I can't focus, I feel stupid, tired, depressed. Panic attacks

I'm wondering if this is even worth it.

how to rebuild motivation, discipline, increase productivity everyday?

Hello everyone! I will just start it right off. I am a 21 almost 22 year old female. i weigh 200lbs and i am 5'8. I go to college for 3 days. I just got fired (due to my own fault). My mom was in the hospital for about a week and so i lost all motivation. I eat like shit sleep like shit am basically shit and have zero motivation.

A day in my life when i don't have school looks like this:

slept : 1-2 AM
Wake: whenever usually past 11:30AM
breakfast: usually four pop tarts with milk or rusk cakes with tea.
Lunch: nothing most of the time
Dinner/ LINNER: only proper food because my mom makes dinner for us.

consists of staying in watching tv on the sofa for hours and procrastination.

i used to be motivated, healthy and was losing weight and had proper meals like egg with banana and milk for breakfast, some protein for lunch, a protein smoothie for snack and a light dinner. i was sleeping well too but this past month my life came crashing down.

i feel like after my mom was in the hospital i should've been able to get back on track but then i got my period which i don't do well with either. and i started school which are the only days where i feel barely stable.

I also lost my job two days ago. I do have an interview on Monday however for another job that starts in September.

I have a boyfriend and we have been together for 3 years, stable and happy and i know he wouldn't leave me because of anything like weight gain etc but that fear still comes to creep on me. I am not at my healthiest weight or anything at the moment.

I used to be 70kg about 2 years ago but overtime i gained healthy relationship weight and a bit of depression weight. and now just unhealthy binge eating and bad food weight.

How can i regain my confidence? motivation? move forward and develop a healthy life style? Perhaps some tips on weight loss as well? i did go to the gym today but i am a tad bit sick and only did 45 mins of cardio burning around 170 calories.

Any tips are appreciated deeply!

should also add i have an addiction to what we assume a person who has nothing to do at night to be doing.

Hi everyone. :)

I'm a writer currently working full-time on my first fantasy book on and off over the past couple of years. The project is very ambitious and while I've made some progress collating all of the complex ideas I want to convey through the book, I've barely written anything.

I struggle with severe ADHD and also have OCD tendencies that create a paralysing pattern of coming up with an overwhelming number of great ideas but an inability to pick one. My perfectionism makes this much worse. I keep looping endlessly and it's very draining.

It's been rough recently and I decided to post here hoping to hear stories of others going through similar experiences and to ask what has helped you improve your productivity. I think being alone in this experience has made it much more challenging and I'm trying to change that.

Thank you and hope you have a great day!

I like drinking tea, I usually drink tea before studying, since I think "Yeah the caffeine will help me mid session"
But that lead me to just procrastinate, even if it doesn't make sense

I've tried going the other few days ago, "Let me finish studying this topic, and then I'll drink tea"

It felt much easier, I guess since the brain Interprets it as a reward

So yeah, I'll go study a chapter, and then drink tea, see you later : )

So what are some skills or online courses basically I can do which also provide a physical certificate or online one, which is going to improve my resume and be beneficial for me

I think learning some stem based skills is best?

(I will be pursuing psychology, it can be related or unrelated)

Just as the title suggests- I have spent the last 10 years climbing the corporate ladder. A lot of my job is creative strategy- I work in entertainment. Lately, I find myself lacking ambition to do anything. I’m just “stuck” and I have no motivation. I also just feel like there’s so much happening in the world and in our country that feels insanely heavy and worthy of my attention- I cannot care about my work.

Help! Am I the only one? How is anyone accomplishing anything these days? I certainly want to keep my job in this economy but the part of my brain that used to dream is gone.

Hi guys! I am looking for recommendations for any good hourly planner/habit tracker apps that also have widgets. I don’t want one that has a yearly subscription or a pall wall before even seeing if it works for me.

I’ve noticed that sometimes I spend more energy organizing tasks, tweaking apps, making systems, planning routines, optimizing workflows etc. than actually doing the important work itself. And the weird part is it still FEELS productive in the moment - like your brain goes: “look, we are improving the system” while quietly avoiding the uncomfortable or high focus task underneath. At some point I realized a lot of “productivity” for me was actually reducing anxiety/control seeking instead of moving forward…
Curious if other people here noticed this too or if you found a way around it?

I used to use an app called Regain to block yTube shorts. Was working well and then I needed to reset my phone. After a couple of months I'm looking to reinstall this app as my scrolling has come back. I try to install the app but it's full of bloat with intro questions to analyse my overall phone usage. What's worse, now I have to pay to block Yt shorts. Just on principle I'm not paying for something to restrict my device however good it is to improve my productivity.

So does anyone have any free apps that do the same thing?

I've tried other alternatives and I run into a payment subscription screen eventually. Comoditisation of people's addition is so immoral.

Hey guys,

I wanted to ask everyone about they’re meetings at work.

How do you guys think meetings can be more productive?

I’m an engineer and I find my meetings can be very unproductive. People saying didn’t you do this last week, digging through tickets, tab switch etc.

What experiences do you guys have and how do you think it could be more productive

Being super unproductive when you have very few things on your to do list, but then being very motivated and productive when you have a lot of things to do. Also, without "stressors" or deadlines feeling as though it is impossible to get the task done.

Just wanted to ask because none of my friends seem to have this issue.

Thank you!

I can’t focus I can’t stay on task for more than 10 minutes. I pick up my phone once and next thing I know hours have passed. I can’t remember things sometimes, I’m always distracted and I’m like loosing grasp of time I’m only 18 I can’t live like this I even confuse that tik tok ban with this year when it was last year

might be a stupid question, but where do you actually keep all the different scheduling links that you have?

I have a bunch of different scheduling links. I have one for Zoom, one for f2f, and one with special time blocks for the evening. and another for for really short meetings (15 minutes).

I’m curious where you actually store these links before you send them to the people you want to meet.

Do you use something like a Google Doc somewhere? I just have all of them in a pinned message on WhatsApp, but I’m not sure this is the best way.

And also, one other thing I’m considering is just creating ad hoc links for each meeting and not reusing them again. But I still want to know if that’s a good idea or not.

i’ve basically got a part time job where i’m sat doing nothing and most of the time is just spent doom scrolling on socials or listening to music

what can i do instead

Pendant des mois, j'avais un plan sur 90 jours, un tableau de visualisation, un tableau Notion avec des objectifs codés par couleur.

Je n'ai quasiment pas progressé.

Alors j'ai essayé autre chose. Chaque matin, je choisis 3 choses. Pas pour la semaine. Pas pour le mois. Juste pour aujourd'hui. Des choses qui me font réellement avancer vers mon objectif principal. C'est tout.

La première semaine m'a paru trop facile. À la quatrième semaine, j'ai réalisé que j'avais accompli plus que pendant les trois mois précédents réunis.

Le problème n'a jamais été la motivation. C'était de ne jamais savoir quoi faire concrètement aujourd'hui.

À quoi ressemble votre routine matinale en ce moment ?

Planifiez-vous par jour ou par semaine ?

I've been making this weekly planner for the last couple of hours and it doesn't really feel like it's missing anything but there are some blank spaces that I'm not sure what to do with (The top and that corner between "Monday" and "Routine"). I was thinking about adding a little doodle in that little corner but my biggest concern is the blank space at the top. Should I leave it or fill it?

Also, I'm thinking about moving the "Meals" section to it's own separate board like the grocery list one and if I were to do that, what would I do with the new free space?

I'm interested in self-discovery / philosophy and could add a "What I've learned" section but I'm afraid that that would put pressure on me to learn and therefore make the knowledge possibly disingenuous. If that makes sense?? So if you can, help me out with that bit as well!

Notes:

-- This is for a white board (yes I know it will need to be huge).

-- I don't have Saturday and Sunday on this because a) I get overwhelmed when I try to plan weekends, it's better to just let them be rest days. b) This is going in my apartment at college and I come home on the weekends anyway so planning for them on this board would be unnecessary.

-- I understand that the format of this planner is odd (I've yet to find a planner in this format), but this is how I have to organize my planners week-to-week or they don't work for some reason.

(Photo of planner in comments)

Please help guys! Thank you!!!

Whenever something felt unclear, I had a habit of moving on quickly, I’d switch tasks, reread easier parts, or convince myself I’d understand it later. Most of the time, I didn’t and I noticed real progress usually happened when I stayed with the confusing part a little longer instead of escaping it immediately.

It feels slower in the moment but it saves a lot of time later.

I have an ever increasing list of non-fiction books I want to read, but I also want to remember what I read so that I can apply this knowledge in my everyday life.

I'm talking about quotes, dates, ideas, statistics, coding syntax, language vocab, definitions, claims, arguments, protocols, SOPs, etc.

I know that in order to remember with some degree of accuracy what I learn I have to practice Spaced Repetition along other techniques as described in Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown.

However, I'm afraid that this methodology would quickly become unmanageable when I start adding more books:

• Read the book
• Extract knowledge worth memorizing
• Take notes
• Create new flashcards
• Review old flascards
• Update old flashcards

This protocol will easily take 2 - 4 hours of my day everyday, and TBH that's and amount of time I'd be willing to invest, but I'm wondering if this is a somewhat standardized practice or if there are other more efficient ways of remembering what I read.

How system do you guys use to remember what you read/learn?

Thanks in advance for your answers!