| Do you suffer from ADult ADD (Adult Attention Deficit | | | | times), when the kids have different appointments, and |
| Disorder)? Does this sound like you? | | | | you're trying to make progress in your business all at |
| You open up the planner to read the joke of the day | | | | once? |
| and forget the rest of it. You can't remember where | | | | One really great way to do that is to schedule in your |
| you're going because you put in on a sticky note, and | | | | appointments. |
| you put it on a note card over here, and then you lost | | | | But you may have a problem with scheduling in a |
| it. It's on paper everywhere, but you can't find the | | | | physical planner or any type of time management |
| paper! | | | | system where you have to write the same thing |
| You definitely need to plug into things that work for | | | | down every day. It's much better to use a |
| you based on how your brain works when you have | | | | technology-based solution, where you can put in your |
| adult ADHD. | | | | appointments and set up reminders to recur every |
| Don't be a sticky note person because you probably | | | | week for the next 12 weeks |
| have a serious issue with cluttering things up. Try to | | | | Every week or so, if you want to keep it interesting, |
| make things really clean, neat, and organized, and let | | | | be sure to change the alarm sound, so you get a |
| that be the way you are. | | | | different sound every seven days or so in order to |
| If you don't put things back where you find them, or if | | | | grab your attention. After a certain amount of time, |
| you have myriad things that you need to do, then put | | | | you may start tuning out that alarm. Find one that just |
| everything in one place where you can see it all at | | | | won't let you forget.. |
| once. | | | | The major point is that time bends. Literally, time bends! |
| One program that can help is Time & Chaos, and you | | | | We think it's steady, but it's not actually steady. You |
| should use it on a regular basis, and it has some very | | | | can play around with this and you can joke about it, |
| cool features. You can look at all of your to-do things | | | | but at the end of the day, if you learn how to master |
| from three months back, if there are still things that are | | | | time and how to shape it and form it like a piece of |
| not done yet. You'll see the complete list of to-do | | | | clay, it's very powerful. It's amazing! |
| items. You can look at your calendar, your | | | | There are only three different types of energy that |
| appointments for the day, and even see a list of | | | | you can use to accomplish something in your life and |
| contacts with phone numbers, all on one screen at one | | | | one of those is time, one is money, and one is physical |
| time. | | | | energy. What if you were focused on making time? |
| You can also set this little window to pop up in front of | | | | Ask yourself, "Okay, right now it's early in the day. Is |
| any program that you're working on, five minutes, 10, or | | | | what I'm doing right now the best use of my time in |
| 20 minutes before your next appointment, and you'll | | | | order to leverage the rest of the day?" When you get |
| hear an alarm. A window pops up iand it says, "Ding. In | | | | really good at this, you start thinking about leveraging |
| 10 minutes you have a meeting with Stephanie." Then, | | | | the rest of the week, and leveraging the rest of the |
| you can wrap up the email you're working on, or get | | | | month, even leveraging the rest of the year. |
| off the phone. | | | | Though your ADD may cause you to ignore the |
| Or, let's say you're a work-at-home, or stay-at-home | | | | routine of organizing your life, it's the only way you'll |
| mom for example, and you have kids. How are you | | | | succeed. Schedule your tasks and appointments and |
| going to keep your schedule straight? How are you | | | | get rid of the clutter. Control your time and never let it |
| going to remember when your spouse is coming home | | | | control you. |
| from work that day (if they come home at different | | | | |