ADHD Chatter Productivity Expert: "Why you're NOWHERE near as productive as you could be!" - Amie Barlow
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Mar 11, 2024 Amie Barlow, a leading ADHD advocate, helps women embrace their potential while tackling the stigma surrounding ADHD. She shares five effective productivity hacks tailored for ADHD, discusses detrimental versus beneficial foods, and offers invaluable insights on perfectionism and consistency. Barlow dives into how ADHD can complicate romantic relationships, highlighting the necessity of understanding and compatible love languages. Plus, she provides practical advice on supplements, establishing boundaries, and the importance of self-care to combat burnout.
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Schedule One Big Rock Daily
- Use the Rocks and Pebbles structure: schedule one big "rock" project per day and fill remaining time with "pebbles" of daily tasks.
- Put rocks in your diary to force progress and avoid serial-starting without finishing.
Start Mornings With A Calm Ritual
- Regulate your nervous system through predictable self-care like journaling and avoiding your phone first thing in the morning.
- Start mornings with a journaling ritual to reduce dopamine-chasing and improve focus.
Burnout Tied To Worth And Hyperfocus
- ADHD burnout often links to feeling unworthy of rest and overcompensating through overwork.
- Hyperfocus and a belief that struggle equals success push ADHDers past limits into burnout.