| When you're bored, and you have ADD, you | | | | the food in the bowl. Put the wet food in. Give them a |
| procrastinate about doing boring things and become | | | | pill. Check it off when you're done," and make a little |
| frustrated, and well... they just don't get done. There | | | | checklist that would be fun and exciting for them, that |
| are many things that you can do. We've already really | | | | would get your task done. It would get the boring task |
| beaten into the ground the fact that, as soon as you | | | | off your plate |
| can, you need to start outsourcing and delegating them | | | | Or, if your kids have ADD, too, that's OK. In fact, that's |
| one at a time to other people. | | | | great! You can start teaching them how to deal with |
| However, when you have to do the boring | | | | boring tasks early on so it won't affect them so much |
| tasks--when you've got to do the dishes, take out the | | | | when they're older. They'll already know how to bring |
| garbage, or some kind of accounting if your | | | | in other senses to stimulate their ADD minds and |
| accountant is sick or you haven't hired an accountant | | | | make boring things less boring. |
| yet-- and you have ADD, what can you do? | | | | If they're older kids, you let them know that they can |
| One thing is to go out and exercise right before doing | | | | crank whatever music they want to at the top of its |
| something boring. You can do 10 minutes of jumping | | | | volume while they're doing it. It's interesting for them in |
| jacks. You can go take a jog around the block. You | | | | the process. If they're young children, reward them in |
| can run up and down the stairs a few times to get | | | | some way. If they aren't old enough for an allowance |
| your heart pumping. | | | | for tasks completed, they might love a special sticker. |
| Whatever it is, you want to get the blood flowing to | | | | In fact, give them a card to fill with stickers because |
| your brain, and get your ADD brain active so that you | | | | with ADD, they probably love to collect things. When |
| have the power to be thinking about something else | | | | the card's full, they've earned something, right? So, |
| while you're doing that boring task. You already know | | | | decide what that is, and there you go. |
| you're good at multi-tasking. You already know you're | | | | You're alleviating the boredom from your ADD brain |
| good at shifting gears and switching from thing to thing. | | | | and not feeling a bit guilty about it. You aren't just |
| People with ADD just are. | | | | avoiding boredom, you're teaching your ADD children |
| So, give your ADD brain the fuel it needs to occupy its | | | | the value of money, too. |
| thoughts with something interesting, while you're doing | | | | If you don't have kids to delegate things to, when you |
| something boring. It sounds simple and that's because it | | | | absolutely have to do a boring task, a great thing to do |
| is simple. This is one of the most important things that | | | | is set a timer. Your ability to sit down and fill out an |
| people with ADD can do to immediately to engage | | | | application, fill out a form--or some of those things that |
| their bodies and their minds, and to start getting things | | | | ADD people get bored by, like dealing with money or |
| to move forward. | | | | whatever--you may be able to deal with all those |
| All of us have to do boring things once in a while. | | | | things if, you look at them and say, "Okay, I'm going to |
| If those of us with ADD can systematize a boring | | | | do 15 minutes, and in that 15 minutes, I'm going to fill out |
| task, we stand a much greater chance of being able | | | | this one form. Go!" Make it a game. "Let's see if I can |
| to ask someone else to help us with that boring task. | | | | beat the clock." |
| For example, let's say that you get up every day and, | | | | Or, turn up the music, get a candle going, involve all the |
| while it's necessary, you really find it boring to feed | | | | senses, make things happen so that your ADD brain is |
| your dogs in the morning. Well... | | | | actually a little bit more stimulated than just sitting there |
| What if you have kids? Do you think that you could | | | | trying to focus on one thing. Otherwise, whatever it is |
| maybe delegate that task to the kids? Do you think | | | | might not get done. Don't allow your ADD to control |
| that maybe you could write a system that says, "Put | | | | you. Take control of your ADD. |