Turn Your To-Do List Into an Action Plan and Get Things Done

a post by Natalia van Rikxoort for the Navigating ADHD blog [via World of Psychology]

Organize the kitchen. Clean out the garage. Get to the gym. Send out thank you cards. Meal prep for the week. Pay the bills. ADHDers often have lots they’d like to get done, but somehow their to-do lists never get any shorter. Why? Because simply deciding to do something isn’t enough. You need an action plan that includes the What, How, Where, When, Who, and Why for each task on your list.



Planning isn’t something that comes naturally for many people with ADHD. That’s because ADHDers often have weak executive function skills which govern the ability to plan, organize, and manage your time efficiently. As a result, daily tasks may go by the wayside or you may find yourself completely unprepared for those tasks you do start and ultimately don’t finish. The good news is with some planning beforehand, you’ll be better able to successfully tackle those to-do list items that just never seem to get done.

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It seems like waiting for a bus. Nothing for a while and three come along at once. I simply had to put them together today!
Have a wonderful time working which system can help you.

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Life's Too Short to Be Too Busy

a post by Mimi Bishop for the Tiny Buddha blog


“Slow down. Calm down. Don’t worry. Don’t hurry. Trust the process.” ~Alexandra Stoddard

Heard in the offices across America…

“I’m so busy and have no time!”

“How is it almost 2019 already?!”

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead…”

We’re so focused on the next deadline, getting the next promotion, having the approval of our managers and peers alike that we push, push, push all the time.

Oh, how I can relate! I worked in corporate America commuting into NYC (two hours each way!) as the VP of marketing at a major media company. And I worked… a lot.

When I wasn’t at work, I was running around, checking things off my long to-do list, pretending to be Martha Stewart and always trying to accomplish the ‘next thing.’

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There’s More to Life Than Being Busy: Why I Took a Pressure-Free Pause

a post by Will Aylward for the Tiny Buddha blog

“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.” ~Jack Kornfield

It was a Monday a few weeks ago, 6:00am, and I was taking a morning walk. The only light in sight was the neon yellow glare of the street lamps.

My heart was heavy. It was as if someone had cut my chest open while I was asleep and slipped a cannonball inside.

My alarm had awoken me at 5:00am, as it had every morning since the start of the year.

My shoes crunch-crunched in the snow as I trudged along, ignoring this dull ache in my chest, telling myself “It's just resistance to being up so early. Keep pushing through; gotta get those 12,000 steps today, Will.”

I got to the end of the road, a mere eighty or so meters from my house, and WHOOSH, a wild wave of emotions washed over me, forcing me—jolting me—to stop walking and stand still and silent in the snow.

I stood and stood as if I'd fallen asleep upright and frozen to death.

This whooshing wave felt like a panic attack. Except it wasn't.

It was this feeling coming from my chest, the one I had tried to ignore. If its first attempt to get my attention was a whisper, this was a shout.

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