Transform "scattered" to "focused in flow"

✅ How to shift from feeling scattered to being focused and in flow

😝 We bounce between 5 different projects and fail to complete any of them

😝 We are always in a rush from one meeting, event, or errand, to the next without any time to catch our breath.

😝 Our thoughts are so exhausting throughout the day that when we sit down to focus, we have already used up all our mental energy.

👉 Brain Function and Organization: Individuals with ADHD often have differences in the prefrontal cortex, crucial for executive functions like organizing and prioritizing tasks, leading to challenges in managing and organizing their daily life efficiently.

👉 Creativity and Idea Generation: The ADHD brain is associated with more spontaneous idea generation, part of divergent thinking, resulting in high creativity. This abundance of ideas, however, can make it hard to focus on one task or thought at a time, contributing to a scattered approach.

👉 Execution and Follow-through: The neurological underpinnings of ADHD can impair the brain's ability to regulate attention and motivation consistently, making it difficult for individuals to stay on task, follow through with plans, or complete tasks, especially those perceived as mundane or requiring sustained attention.

| Strategy 1  

Make It Visual

• There is something powerful about getting things “out of our head” and onto something we can see. Whether it’s a whiteboard a notebook or a document on the computer, anything we can do to make it visual is a HUGE step towards calming the scattered feeling.

• Try making lists of your thoughts, priorities, or whatever is bothering you. We often forget this basic step and it’s been more powerful for me than anything else.

| Strategy 2  

Schedule Your Creativity

• Allocate specific "idea time" sessions where creativity can run free without the pressure of immediate execution. This has helped me give space for the abundance of ideas I have regularly.

• For example, knowing that “this weekend” I have set aside time to brainstorm, allows my mind to let go of ideas that pop up all week.

| Strategy 3  

Reward Your Progress

• A big part of getting scattered is because we often fail to complete so many tasks so we have a “backlog” of unfished items. Try creating an incentive to complete things “thoroughly” so you have less on your mind running in the background.

• For example, when writing this newsletter I tried to switch to other tasks 3 times but I kept saying to myself “When this is done and you schedule it, we can go to dinner later tonight with a clear mind”.

• Having that tangible “reward” that I can imagine will feel awesome, has helped me stick it out and finish this all the way through.

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