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SQUIRREL.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Knock, knock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who\u2019s there?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kid with ADHD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kid with ADHD \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to go ride bikes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m allowed to make that joke, because I have what doctors refer to as \u201csuper-hella-mega-nuclear ADHD.\u201d (If you<\/em> make that joke, you\u2019re just being a meanie.) Actually, though, I wasn\u2019t diagnosed with ADHD until well into my adulthood, because life-affecting attention issues aren\u2019t the sole purview of six-year-old soccer players named Nathan. People of all ages have ADHD, and even if you don\u2019t, some life circumstances \u2014 like, for instance, the ones we\u2019re all living in right now \u2014 can make it extremely<\/em> difficult to stay in the right headspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the three-and-a-half decades that I thought I was just a complete mess, I amassed a mental gardening shed full of tools to keep myself on track even when my mind wants to wander. Here of a few of them, in case you find yourself struggling to focus and really need solutions to SQUIRREL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tangible stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Meds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not say meds are right for everyone \u2014 just that they\u2019re right for me, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that<\/em>. There\u2019s no shame in doing whatever you and your doctor determine is necessary to manage your mental health, and there\u2019s no virtue in not doing it. So when your neighbor starts getting onto you yet again about how meditation, journaling, and cutting out gluten would get you off of Ritalin, you can tell her to step six feet off. And then pretend you can\u2019t hear her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Decaf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, I know, right? But in a pinch, the placebo effect of decaf coffee can be a focus aid for me. \u201cSitting down with a cup of coffee and really getting to work\u201d is a common approach to really getting to work, and once that first cup of high-test is down the hatch, decaf allows me to continue the ritual without getting all twitchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Todoist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Having run through a number of to do-list apps, I\u2019m comfortable saying that Todoist is the objective best. The app works on my computer and my phone, and a corresponding Alexa skill means I can just say, \u201cAlexa, add Write blog post about focusing on stuff<\/em> to my to-do list\u201d and she will, because chances are good I\u2019ll have forgotten what I was trying to remind myself about before I get my phone unlocked. It can be organized by projects (or, in my case, clients), and it allows for color-coding, automation, and items-nested-in-items-nested-in-items, which you know tickles that \u201chyper-organization\u201d part of my brain. Possibly the most important thing is that it understands natural language, so I just have to write Publish blog post by 10 a.m. next Monday morning<\/em>, and it knows what I want it to do without me having to make any other effort. (Except to actually publish the blog post, which I may or may not have done by 10 a.m. Monday morning, because having a task list and actually performing the tasks are two different things.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I\u2019m not receiving any compensation for talking this up, but Doist is certainly welcome to throw money my way.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. YouTube<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I like to joke that my ADHD is like having a precocious, hyperactive six-year-old in my head constantly demanding my attention. (Her name is Madison.) “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy, look at that moth! Is that a regular moth or a pantry moth, Mommy? Mommy, did you know cows have four stomachs? Do you think if they had three, they’d make less methane? Mommy! Mommy, listen to this song I learned! SMOOOOOKE ON THE WAAAAATER…<\/em>” And if I give her a doodle pad, or a game, or sit her in front of the TV, she shuts up. If my mind won\u2019t stop wandering, I\u2019ll put on a YouTube video<\/a> \u2014 something I\u2019ve seen before, or that I can listen to with half an ear \u2014 and let the background noise keep Madison occupied while I work. You\u2019d think it would be more of a distraction rather than less, but for whatever reason, it works. The only time I can\u2019t use it is when I\u2019m actually writing \u2014 when I\u2019m working to come up with my own words, I can\u2019t have someone else\u2019s words on in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. The Ultimate White Noise Generator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When background activity (including other people\u2019s words) does become a distraction, a white-noise generator helps a lot. More specifically, a pink-noise generator \u2014 pink noise is a thing, and it\u2019s particularly effective at drowning out people\u2019s voices. The Ultimate White Noise Generator<\/a> generates it, and that plus headphones or well-fitted earbuds gives me the perceived solitude I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Rocketbook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to actual, tangible products that help me focus, my Rocketbook<\/a> Core (formerly Everlast) is a particularly helpful tool. The Rocketbook allows me to write whatever I need to write, then scan it with my phone, magically sending the scan wherever on the Internet I need it to go via the Rocketbook app, and then wipe it down with water to make it go away forever. Sometimes, writing things by hand is more effective for me than typing them, and this allows me to do that while remaining cloud-friendly, having paper immediately at hand when I need to get something out of my head, and only having one notebook to keep track of. It\u2019s good. (Similarly, I\u2019m receiving no compensation for talking up this product, but I can be bought.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m told that from the outside, I look almost intimidatingly organized and competent. No one has to know that the inside of my head looks like a Where\u2019s Waldo picture. Until now. Because I just told on myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intangible stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Routine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cGet your shit together. Get it all together, and put it in a backpack, all your shit. So it\u2019s together. \u2026 And if you gotta take it somewhere, take it somewhere, you know? Take it to the shit store and sell it. Or \u2014 or put it in a shit museum, I don\u2019t care what you do. You just gotta get it together. \u2026 Get your shit together. \u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Theoretically, the life of a freelancer should be one of sleeping late and working in your jammies. And I\u2019m sure it works for many \u2014 just not for me. I need to establish as many habits as I can so I can save my precious brainpower for other purposes. So I do get up at the same time every morning (for the most part), work out, shower, dress, make coffee, get to work, stop work at a designated quittin\u2019 time. Mascara and concealer, to tell myself, \u201cI am going to work today.\u201d A veritable wardrobe of leggings and tank tops that, while comfy, also serve as a \u201cwork uniform\u201d distinct from whatever I just slept in. Blue coffee mugs that I only use on weekdays. An office that\u2019s only for office things. Some of it might lean more into the realm of ritual than mere routine, but whatever, it works, and I don\u2019t tell you<\/em> how to live your<\/em> life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Pilates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve tried yoga, and it\u2019s just not my thing \u2014 I\u2019m not into chakras, and meditation, for me, is mostly an exercise in coming to terms with frustration and failure. But for some reason, pilates does seem to help. I think it\u2019s because actually performing the movements correctly demands enough attention from me that, for just that short period of time, my brain and my body are both focused on the same goal. My mind literally cannot wander, because I will injure myself. Afterward, it\u2019s a lot easier to keep my brain pointed in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Location (location, location)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My office is located in the back of the house, in a converted sunroom, with tons of natural light and a view of cardinals and squirrels in the back yard and usually at least one animal asleep in a sunbeam near my desk, except when they\u2019re in the window hungrily eyeing the cardinals and squirrels in the back yard. (No, you can\u2019t see a picture. It\u2019s a mess right now.) I have an ergonomically correct chair and a huge-ass monitor for my laptop, and it\u2019s perfect, and when I sit down at my desk, my brain clicks into place and gets on task. Except when it doesn\u2019t. Just occasionally, when my brain still refuses to get it together, I\u2019ll take my laptop to the living room and sit on the far-less-ergonomically correct couch, usually with a terrier trying to sit on<\/em> my lap where there is already a laptop, thank you very much, and it\u2019s close enough that sometimes I can overhear my boyfriend working in his<\/em> office nearby, and I\u2019ll suddenly, for some reason, be able to focus. No idea why. It just works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Location, incidentally, can also work as a memory aid. As a creative, I find myself doing a lot of concepting while showering or brushing my teeth, and if I later lose track of it, I can go back to that location and figure out what I was thinking about. I might look kind of silly standing in front of the sink, trying to remember that headline I came up with, but it gets the job done.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Timing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Much like location, breaking the normal routine can help snap things back into focus when keeping the routine doesn\u2019t work. In cases where I have the leeway to flex my daily schedule a bit, I\u2019ll sometimes quit early for the day and start up again at, like, 9 p.m. Or, like, 11 p.m. There\u2019s something about working when the whole world, including my boyfriend and dogs, is asleep that helps me focus on the project in front of me. In fact, the danger is that I might end up over-<\/em>focusing, which is a lesser-known effect of ADHD. When I work at night, I\u2019m accepting the possibility that I\u2019ll lift my head at 3 a.m. and think, \u201cWell, shit, tomorrow\u2019s going to suck, and also, I really<\/em> need to pee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. An understanding with my boyfriend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among all my focus tools, this one is completely essential. My boyfriend and I have both been working from the same home, our home, for going on four years now, and we have neither split up nor killed each other, and that\u2019s because we have an understanding, and that\u2019s that\u2026 we both have work to do. It\u2019s simpler on his end, because his office has a door, so I just don\u2019t bother him when it\u2019s closed. If I need him, I\u2019ll text him (yes, from the other side of the house), and he\u2019ll let me know when he\u2019s available. My office doesn\u2019t have a door, so he just agrees that there are some things it\u2019s better to avoid during the workday \u2014 the dishwasher probably doesn\u2019t need emptying right<\/em> this second, and if he wants to play video games in the living room, he needs to use headphones, and if he comes in to talk and I say, \u201cBaby, it\u2019s not a good time,\u201d he leaves without getting offended. We\u2019ll have plenty of time to talk after work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. An understanding with myself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

And this is the one that is, above all others, completely <\/em>essential: I can\u2019t be hard on myself. I know I have a condition that makes it hard to focus, and I know I\u2019m currently living in those extremely distracting, distressing circumstances. I\u2019m pushing uphill right now, focus-wise. If, for a brief period to time, I I struggle to get my shit together, it isn\u2019t a personal failing or a character defect \u2014  it\u2019s a Thing That Happens. Beating myself up about it accomplishes nothing. I do what I can, and then I move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s it \u2014 I\u2019ve put enough brainpower into this list, and it\u2019s time to apply my precious focus to other, more lucrative activities. Drop your own focus tips, or focus struggles, in comments. Oh, and before I buckle down, I do need to ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to go ride bikes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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