> If I have positive motivations to do X, distractions are easy to set aside. If motivations are negative, I will be unable to resist creating distractions. And a straightjacket that prevents that leads to insanity.
How do you deal with chores?
How do you deal with chores?
Second, I use doing routine chores as meditation and thinking time. It does lead to doing the chore less efficiently - I might break off loading the dishwasher to pace, think, and jot down a note. But it is also personally productive time for me.
I think meditation is overlooked in favor of medications as a valid aid in folks with executive function disorders.
I personally just listen to music with noise cancelling headphones while doing chores. It also helped that I took the time to explain to my family that I am not trying to ignore them but sometimes I need to unwind after a mentally taxing day at work with some distraction free cleaning.
It's stupid, but it works. At least for me. I think it comes down to 2 different types of positive reinforcement:
1. It feels good to mark a task done. 2. It feels good to look at a list of all of the things I did that day, even if they were the size of taking out the trash.
50 small rewards works better than one giant one. Even if the 50 small rewards were just + points TOWARDS getting the one giant one.
Just keep an eye out for productive moods. Keep checking with yourself if you feel like doing chore X and if the answer is "yeah I guess" drop everything and do the chore.