Building Work Ethic as ADHD / Neurodivergent

[Karo888]

I got inspired from another recent thread.
Let me be short and to the point. Read the end i have a question!

In my case I suffer heavily from procrastination, analysis paralysis.
If there is no deadline then it shouldn't be done mindset.
I work in bursts, big bursts in 1 day i get done a lot. But that's not how growth works.
But those days are rare and far away from each other.

I'm trying to implement the following :

1) To-do list (all the tasks you need done no matter how big or small)
2) Eisenhower Matrix (run the to-do list in the matrix)
- Urgent & Important: Do immediately.
- Important, Not Urgent: Schedule for later.
- Urgent, Not Important: Delegate to someone else.
- Not Urgent & Not Important: Eliminate.
3) Time blocking in 90 minute intervals.

Let's talk about Execution and Deadlines.
Even when making a cool little list, prioritizing and time blocking. I still fail to do what i said i will do. It's just uninteresting.

How do you guys impose mental deadlines in your brain???
If i don't have a monster chasing me i will not sprint.

I thought of myself as a very hard working individual back when i was working a job, the monster was the boss.
Then i launched my business. I needed to make money fast the monster was being homeless or going back to a job.
So i got the work done.
Later down the line i made a shitload of money and got comfortable. And let's say killed the financial monster chasing me.
Productivity went down... A LOT...

So tell me guys who were in my shoes and ARE NOT ANYMORE.
How did you do it?

(Don't tell me pomodoro)

 

[IM Dude]

I question short term tasks. It has 9-5 office worker mentality build into it. Most successful entrepreneurs don't do 9-5 office work. They plan long term. They work with long term goals.
Breaking every thing into little tasks puts you back into the 9-5 office worker mentality.
I use todo list to pay bills on time, cancel renew subscriptions. Kind of reminders, that's it.

 

[ajinco]

I got inspired from another recent thread.
Let me be short and to the point. Read the end i have a question!

In my case I suffer heavily from procrastination, analysis paralysis.
If there is no deadline then it shouldn't be done mindset.
I work in bursts, big bursts in 1 day i get done a lot. But that's not how growth works.
But those days are rare and far away from each other.

I'm trying to implement the following :

1) To-do list (all the tasks you need done no matter how big or small)
2) Eisenhower Matrix (run the to-do list in the matrix)
- Urgent & Important: Do immediately.
- Important, Not Urgent: Schedule for later.
- Urgent, Not Important: Delegate to someone else.
- Not Urgent & Not Important: Eliminate.
3) Time blocking in 90 minute intervals.

Let's talk about Execution and Deadlines.
Even when making a cool little list, prioritizing and time blocking. I still fail to do what i said i will do. It's just uninteresting.

How do you guys impose mental deadlines in your brain???
If i don't have a monster chasing me i will not sprint.

I thought of myself as a very hard working individual back when i was working a job, the monster was the boss.
Then i launched my business. I needed to make money fast the monster was being homeless or going back to a job.
So i got the work done.
Later down the line i made a shitload of money and got comfortable. And let's say killed the financial monster chasing me.
Productivity went down... A LOT...

So tell me guys who were in my shoes and ARE NOT ANYMORE.
How did you do it?

(Don't tell me pomodoro)

Maybe you should create new boss monsters all the time?!