by Kourosh | Feb 16, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, Blog, On Mind, On Play and Productivity, Writings
It never ends, does it? If you write out your projects — work, school, personal, or otherwise — you’ll quickly discover a never-ending sea of things to do. Further, you now need to juggle your options. How do you figure out which is the most pressing,...
by Kourosh | Feb 9, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, Blog, On Mind, On Play and Productivity, Writings
“When will it be done?” Many of us have to answer this question, whether it’s a work environment asking for estimate of time for a project or even from ourselves when trying to decide what to do next. Of course, it can be notoriously difficult to measure time, whether...
by Kourosh | Feb 2, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, On Mind, On Play and Productivity, Writings
Forcing ourselves to get started, through deadlines, shame, or asking others to push us can leave us feeling exhausted. But when we use a Visit-Based approach, rather than one based in force, we support ourselves. Many of my students have described a sense of relief...
by Kourosh | Jan 26, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, Blog, On Mind, On Play and Productivity
Stuck Those of us who feel like we cannot work unless we are interested in something or are fueled by some impending deadline, can simply feel stuck. We can neither fake interest, nor can we fake deadlines. So, what do we do? Unfortunately, feelings of helplessness...
by Kourosh | Jan 19, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, On Play and Productivity, Writings
I could do this! I can do that! But, I need to this! But, but… I really want to do that! One of the powers and frustrations of a wandering mind is the number of things that we can do at any one time. What’s even more frustrating is fully knowing that if we...
by Kourosh | Jan 12, 2024 | ADHD & Wandering Minds, Blog, On Mind, Writings
When feeling dependent on deadlines, feeling that we can only things we are interested in, Forcing ourselves to work by some means can seem to be the only choice. However, it might be only have been a default choice. It may have never occurred to you that alternative...
