Idk How much this really is related to Neurodivergency and how much is addiction/suppressing depression, but for me being at least to some degree stoned definitely helps with getting stuff done. At this point, I can do pretty much anything while being stoned. Housework, cleaning, even coding. All of it can be done while being stoned.
in college, I made a separate user that had no video games installed and knew none of my passwords. I made myself go to the library at a set time and had to stay for a set duration of working hours. I also used a social media blocker. Eventually it stopped working though and I would sit there and do nothing versus start.
White lithium grease usually does the trick.
Bad part is that it leaves residue everywhere.
Thanks, dad
Not getting stuck in the first place. From the moment i wake up i keep going until everything is done or it’s evening.
Sitting down for too long and taking a rest is a good way to lose momentum.
That works, but I usually have to pay the price for it the next day.
That’s going to be the unhinged part or at least more of it.
In the morning, before the brain even understands what’s going on. Start again. Swallow the breakfast slop, chug down coffee, all while half asleep and then start moving again. The brain wakes up while already in motion.
I’ve noticed somewhere in the ballpark of max 1h in the morning, after that it starts to get harder to get moving. A time that I’m currently starting to run out of, so time to get moving and hit the gym.
Disclaimer: Of course people are different and it doesn’t work for everyone and it likely has a cost associated to it.
Yeah, I’ll just stay unproductive thanks.
Completely fair. Probably less damaging approach anyway.
Yeah when you finally hit the wall, you get splattered into a wet stain instead of some broken bones (I do not recommend)
Yeah, but I’m going to be a real ass about that one and leave that problem for the future me to deal with. If i can squeeze out a few decades, then my purpose has been served.
Good luck! I couldn’t last even to my thirties before I crashed and burned. And never recovered
I can’t continue doing that indefinitely, but its usually how I get through the week when I’m not super motivate.
That’s what makes it unhinged, not taking into account that the body cant do it indefinitely. It most definitely has a long term cost
I can do 1 week level of productivity and then 3 days of recovery doing nothing. This works best when I’m just a lowly level employee that works based on ticket but now there’s a lot more ad hoc work and I’m struggling.
Hey I found my solution! Just keep going and never stop . Food what’s that? You can do things in that time too!
Technically yeah, it’s completely possible to eat fast, though have to be careful with that one, max 10-15min otherwise you lose the momentum. It’s even possible to eat on the go while standing up or walking.
Ow I just skip lunch entirely. I have been doing that for so many years now
I offload some mental responsibilities to husband. I tell him what I want to do so if I forget he reminds me. It also makes me feel bad if I don’t do them cause he knows what I wanted to do so I’m like…10 percent more likely to finish.
Put on music that demands that i move and swear/scream my way through it but that works maybe 2 out of 7 times.
There’s also “let me pick something else to do” and sometimes I’ll accomplish my intended task via procrastinating my other chosen task. Or I get the other thing done which isn’t bad either ¯\(ツ)/¯
Sometimes, alcohol works. It is supposed to be lowering inhibition, though the main downfall is that alcohol usually makes me calm and tired, not hyped up or aggressive like it seems to work for many other people.
Incredibly bad for health reasons so it’s not recommended, and it’s incompatible with tasks that involve operating heavy machinery such as cars or drills.
That’s how I do my monthly tax stuff
I hate everything financial and a shot of alcohol before, and as a treat after, makes it easier to accomplish
Lately at work, when I have to work on something I don’t want to do, I’ll make myself work on the thing for 5-15 min, even if it’s just adding a sentence, spell checking, or making small tweaks. Then, I’ll browse on my phone for an equal amount of time. After a couple of rotations, I’ll finally get some momentum and start making some real progress on my work, and I won’t go back to browsing. If it doesn’t work after a couple of hours, I’ll go find some caffeine.
Back in school, like secondary and high school, I used to drink to get my homework done and essays written in time. A sip between pages, or when it started to get hard to think. I quit drinking to smoke herbs and suddenly dropped out because I fell too far behind with all the essays, “weird.”
When cleaning and organizing, no breaks. Break means I sit down until I head to bed, so the only option is to push until everything is done and/or I crash. Drinking plenty of water and not going to bathroom also helps, like “I can go to pee once I do this… Okay I forgot, but I can go once I get this other thing done… Oh, well after this…”
Also blasting fast music helps, I can dance and daydream while getting stuff done without thinking too much. But that might backfire and cause me to zone out too, slip into the daydreams and dancing. But that’s good for my head too, so ehh.
Damn, do you happen to get sleepy/exhausted from caffeine?
When I was younger, absolutely. I loved drinking a big cup of coffee, then curling under a blanket and having a nice, 4-6 hours “nap” in the middle of the day… These days I can’t really do caffeine in any form, makes me jittery lol. Being very sober tho, which is great.
I just don’t eat till the evening.
Hunger triggers a caveman response of “you need to work to get food” which keeps me productive.I also do this but apparently this can be a contributing factor to developing diabetes if you’re already at risk.
I’d love a source on this.
I’m in my late 50s and do IF. My last blood tests came out perfect, as in my doctor was almost pissed that she couldn’t tell me to quit something :)
I don’t know if there is one. Intermittent fasting can actually help with diabetes I was told, but not sure about full day fasting with one meal at the end.
I suspect the issue is you get hit with a bunch of carbs and sugars all at once and it overloads your pancreas’s ability to produce insulin.
If you candy carb load on withdrawal at 18.00 regulary that will surely strain your insulin receptors a lot.
Would be good to know if the claim IF>Diabetes specifies different ways of doing it.
This and my eating disorder are best friends 🙃 thankfully, body dismorphia bullies both of them harder than they bully me, so I end up hot.
YES! Five years of only eating after 6pm because it makes me energetic AF.
ok but then no energy to do stuff
I had a period of extremely productive work a while back when putting on late '90s early 2000s teen comedies in the background. I got so much done while 10 Things I Hate About You and Can’t Hardly Wait were playing in the background.
Micro dosing THC, like if a dose is 10 (mg?) I eat 2.5. Not enough to feel the effects at all, weed usually makes me so stupid and totally unproductive, but weirdly, a small amount focuses me. I’m like just zoned enough to not over think anything, but totally present enough to complete everything i need to do, well.
Beyond that, no breaks, no eating, just coffee. I can get a ton done, the bit of hunger also focuses me. In this mode, I just let the productivity flow, and don’t try to necessarily stay on exact task. If half way through organizing all the toys in the house I remember to write a thank you note, I just get the supplies out, push a clear space in the toys and bang it out. Trying to ignore the impulses and stay perfectly on task just burns me out. Anyway, I get right back to the toys, and the letter is addressed with a stamp, so I end up with a bunch of tasks done.
I absolutely crash at the end of the day, feel sick from not eating with the caffeine, and my body hurts from zero breaks. But if I eat or sit at all I’m done for the day.
I do this somewhat also except that I tend to smoke a lot but I have a high tolerance so it just kind of mellows me enough to get into it and then I lose track of time and go to town. I used to feel like this with one or two beers too but I quit drinking and its a lot unhealthier to do as a regular thing.
Have you seen this xkcd?
Lol I had not seen it, but I feel seen by it!
But absolutely miniscule amounts of food so hunger drives me out of my house to get things done.
Refuse to use AC because I love being outside in the summer but fucking hate leaving the house.
I feel this one.
Jokes on you (well, actually me), I don’t have one! I’m just stuck and the only thing that helps that is another person making me do it.
This is me and my therapist literally built in time to our sessions just so she could browbeat me into calling the bank about a chargeback or whatever
Dang, I know the feeling/situation but haven’t had that with a therapist.
It was my mom for a long time, but she was and still is way too easy on me and just does the stuff, like cleaning, herself whenever the situation comes up.
But I pushed for years to get, in Swedish, “boendestöd” (tried to find a good translation but none is really correct, it’s kinda housing/accommodation support, but more in some ways but focused on helping me getting things done and not them doing it). Had it for about 10 months now and it has helped so much. One major thing is being able to meet with her and other family just to hang out and not for help, it’s something I’ve wanted get to for so long.
If there’s something like that where you live I highly recommend it, it’s definitely scary at first since you’re letting at the absolute minimum one person into your life and home even when it’s really bad but it’s so worth it. You get to know them and they learn how to push you in a good way, I’ve come to a point where I often manage to start cleaning and other stuff that’s needed even before they get here which is something I wouldn’t have guessed would happen, at least so quickly.Turns out there’s a fine line between therapist and dominator/trix?
Stopping to sleep for a few day to get my brain out of loops or hyperfocus.
