| me respects, adult ADD can present more serious | | | | sure to go to your white board first thing every single |
| problems than childhood ADD. For example, one thing | | | | morning, after brushing your teeth, so that you can see |
| we often forget to do is pay bills. This could mean | | | | what the day holds in store for you. Make it a routine, |
| losing your car, not to mention your credit rating. Or, | | | | just as is combing your hair and putting your clothes on. |
| you might forget to buy groceries and have nothing in | | | | Then, go back to the white board in the evening, after |
| the house to eat when you get home late from work | | | | dinner, and be sure that you've completed your tasks |
| and are too exhausted to go back out. But the worst | | | | for that day. If not, and there's still time, finish them, or |
| thing might be forgetting one of your children's | | | | move them into the next day. Just don't reschedule |
| birthdays. None of us what to hurt our kids. So, what's | | | | things too often, or you'll find yourself trying to get too |
| the deal? How can you make sure that you | | | | much done at the end of the month where all the |
| remember important things? | | | | tasks moved forward will accumulate. |
| If you're at a desk all day, get some computer | | | | This system will only work, if you don't try to do too |
| software to help you. I use a program called Time | | | | much in one day. Try to plan things in advance so that |
| & Chaos, which works really well for me. | | | | you're not putting out fires, but taking care of things in |
| Microsoft Outlook works well, too, and each program | | | | ways that seem smooth and in balance. Setting up too |
| has alarms that you can set to remind you when | | | | much for yourself that you won't accomplish will only |
| things need to happen. But if you feel that you just | | | | lead to feeling bad about yourself because of the |
| have to write things down, get yourself a desk pad | | | | system's failure, and who needs that? |
| calendar. It's hard to miss things that are right in front of | | | | Try to schedule only one or two tasks per day, if |
| you. Yet, you may still have to set alarms to remind | | | | possible. That way you won't look at the white board |
| you to do things. It all depends on your personal bran | | | | or calendar, be overwhelmed, and get nothing |
| of ADD. | | | | accomplished. Doing a little every day works much |
| Of course, those systems won't work if you aren't at | | | | better for ADD people than trying to do a lot. |
| a desk all day. In that case, get yourself a big white | | | | Remember that ADD can be conquered, if you put |
| board calendar that you can write on and erase. Use it | | | | systems in place to ease the burden. Let ADD |
| to set up recurring and important tasks, like going to | | | | systems like these put you on the right track. They |
| the dry cleaners, taking medication, or even dusting. Be | | | | can be the difference between success and failure. |