Creating momentum : The secret of being productive even with ADHD
Treat your brain like your child, make it comfortable through small successes
Before getting into any details: Here’s how a brain with ADHD works:
ADHD brain always wants reward! instant reward! And when it fails to get any reward, it becomes grumpy. But if you keep feeding it instant rewards, it’ll become overstimulated and hard to satisfy. So, what we have to do is to find a sweet spot in-between. How do we do that?
What I want you to do is to — create momentum for your brain. Make it feel comfortable and confident. (Like the way I’m treating the brain as a different person? Yeah! that’s the plan.)
What is momentum?
According to the Cambridge Dictionary definition — momentum is the force that keeps an object moving. So in this context, what we mean by momentum is — completing a task that makes your other tasks easier to complete.
How to create momentum?
Well, to be honest, none of the “morning routine” habits generate instant results! And to be honest! when there’s no instant reward, we tend to lose interest in these . As a result, we become less confident and emotionally drained. For us, people with ADHD, we crave results, we want rewards. Right here! Right now!
So, how exactly can we create momentum?
How to create momentum? (Actually)
If you follow the rule of — “Eat that from” — (tackling your most challenging task) early in the morning there is a likelihood that you’ll fail. And what do people with ADHD brain hate? That’s right! FAILURE.
More than that — We become so anxious that we might fail that; in most cases, we don’t even attempt!
Completing the most challenging task may lead to better confidence. But WHAT IF, it does not happen? (Yes, I’m an overthinker).
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Isn’t it better to give your brain enough evidence early in the morning to boosten up it’s energy? After it gains some energy and some confidence —
give it “the frog”.
This is what I advise you to do —
- List down all the to-dos you have.
- Categorize the list into 3 parts — comfort work (you feel confident about it), semi-comfort work (you’re not fully comfortable, but if you try, you can do it), challenging work (these tasks are hard, level up your brain before attempting these)
- Make some task cycles — comfort work, semi-comfort work, challenging work. Every task cycles will consist of these three types of tasks.
- You can have one task cycle or multiple.
This way, you can entertain your brain with variety of difficulty. Trust me, if you have ADHD, your brain will love it!
What I advice you to do is —
“Don’t eat that frog right away, keep it for later. Eat the smaller insects around it, become confident and than EAT THAT FROG” — Author 😜
