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I'm up at the makerspace trying to get my life in order before we leave for Designercon 2026 in Las Vegas.
There is so much to do and I am unprepared for most of it.
I have untreated ADHD, with it's accompanying lack of executive function. This makes it very difficult for me to Get Started on things.
But, unlike a lot of my ADHD comrades, I also slip into hyperfocus with almost laughable ease once I've started a task (and can, at times, juggle three or four different things at once, to keep my brain stimulated enough to do them all.)
When I'm working, I get a monumental amount done in a fairly short period of time.
But getting started is hard.
I self medicate for this with a lot of caffeine and by leaving 10+ open tasks in various degrees of unfinished on any given day, and by overloading myself with goals.
Some days, looking at all the open, unfinished things is impossible, so I procrastinate by laying the groundwork for a new thing.
Some days, looking at the list of things I need to start is impossible, so I pick whatever of the open unfinished things catches my attention and I run with it.
I'm wide awake, it's morning.