Prioritize tasks11/11/2022 ![]() It gives you time to lift your head and see the big picture. It gets you out of busy doing mode and allows you to be strategic. Remember, any time you spend planning and prioritizing is a time investment. ![]() Being aware of how you prioritize at the moment is a great first step to making changes. However, they might not be the things that lead you to your goals or give you satisfaction at the end of the day. You will still get things done using these techniques. You might mirror what the people around you are doing, both at work and home, particularly if they are doing something fun like going for lunch or watching TV. You might find you wait until you ‘feel’ like doing the task or are ‘in the mood.’ The danger here is you might never feel like doing your taxes. ‘Well I am in the neighbourhood, I may as well do X.’ It sounds logical, but isn’t always a good prioritizing method. You might find yourself doing tasks and errands because you are close by. However, what is most important for them won’t necessarily be what is most important for you. People are quick to realize this is how you operate and so will use it to their advantage. Your time is dictated by who asks you first, has the loudest voice, or asks you the most times. You go onto autopilot and do things in the order that you usually do them, rather than in order of importance. By picking the easiest things first, you are also saving the hardest things for last, which is a clever avoidance strategy. There can be easy, big and long tasks too. These could also be the little items, but not always. Plus, by the time they are completed there might not be time for larger tasks. The downside is that the smallest tasks often aren’t the most important. This feels good because you are getting things crossed off. You do the littlest things on your to do list first. Which of these default techniques do you use? What happens when you don’t prioritize?īecause humans can only do one thing at once, if you don’t actively prioritize then you prioritize by default. Yet because you have had those rare but wonderful experiences, you are always hopeful that you can get more done in a day than is generally possible. The problem with this is that it can’t be replicated consistently. But who wants to be realistic? That feels limiting and constraining, especially when there is so much to do.ĪDHDers are great at thinking big and when conditions are perfect you can achieve super-human feats in a short space of time. If you can realistically predict how long tasks take, you can figure out how many can be done in a day and prioritize them. Prioritizing also involves being realistic. That means the best solution seems to be just get on and do everything (see Number 1). ![]() This decision making is hard when you have ADHD because everything feels equally important. Prioritizing involves saying no to some things and yes to others. The trouble is, that day is very elusive. Taking time to plan and prioritize feels like a luxury that you will get to one day when things settle down. This can keep you moving all day and by the evening you feel tired, but not necessarily accomplished. When your life is really busy with constant demands, the best solution seems to be, keep busy and respond to everything as soon as it comes your way. Plus, because your attention is diluted, it’s hard to finish anything, which then leaves you feeling demotivated because nothing gets finished. The problem is, this method leaves you feeling scattered and unproductive. So, rather than prioritize, you try to do everything at once by jumping from one task to the next. When you have ADHD, there is a tendency to want to do everything at once – either because you are very enthusiastic, or because you have a backlog of things to catch up on and you feel impatient to get everything done.īecause prioritizing means choosing one task to focus on and leaving the other tasks unattended for a little while (30 minutes), it can cause feelings of panic, second guessing and guilt. There are 4 main reasons why prioritizing is difficult when you have ADHD. You are welcome to come and join us!Ĭlick here to join the Untapped Brilliance Facebook Group!! Why do ADHDers find prioritizing difficult? ![]() This video was originally recorded for The Untapped Brilliance Facebook Group… a group for positive and motivated ADHDers. ![]()
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