Actually doing the things

[Manicpixidreamgirl]

I am not diagnosed with adhd but need advice and thought this would be a good place to ask.

I am super good at organising on paper e.g work or cleaning schedules. It is really enjoyable task in itself. However I am not very good at doing the things. This means that at home, there’s a constant list of things that need to be done but are rarely done, even though I might have sat down and planned when to do it all. At work (teacher) I find it impossible to do the planning/assessment/admin in the chunks that I’ve planned and end up having to do epic marathons which are stressful and exhausting.

any tips on actually doing the things?

I’m in the same boat, so watching to see if anyone comes up with a miracle cure.

someone once said to me that motivation comes after the task so for example…. If you’re tidying a room, pick one corner/small bit and do it, then once you see the difference it’s made it motivates you to do more.
I think it’s the case that you have to force yourself to do the first 5mins/task then the rest will (or more often MAY) follow.
As for the mental/admin ….. not a clue, most of the time I can’t even start it.

Start small. If I have to hoover tomorrow, tonight I will get the hoover out and place it in the room I'm going to hoover and plug it in.

It's a small enough task for me to have the motivation to do it. And then tomorrow it seems so much more achievable to actually do the hoovering as it's already set up.

Same with laundry: I put the filled laundry basket by the washing machine the night before. Then tomorrow I can just do it and even throw in the pjs&underware that I wore the night before.

You might need to drop the planning the way you do it at the moment altogther. Could it be that your plans are unrealistic and then feel overwhelmed so you don't do any if it. Maybe plan to do just a quarter or even a tenth of what you plan for at the moment and see how that goes. Scale it back so it seems easily achievable. Once you get started you'll probs do more anyway.