How does that work in practice? She can read a clock right? So would she just not remember to look at the clock to see the time? Genuinely curious.
The reason most of us glance at the clock is because we feel the passage of time and wonder what time it must be now.
He doesn’t always feel time passing, and he could go hours before it even occurs to him to look at his phone or a clock.
He relies on timers and reminders to keep things on track.
However it can be great for getting into the flow programming.
The group of ADHDers that can be on time on the other hand will often accomplish this by spending the time up to an appointment doing nothing but worrying about being on time.
One thing he's struggled with is establishing the habits to set up these kinds of tools. There are often other issues associated with TBI and memory/new habit formation have been a challenge. Needs reminders for the reminders.
He's determined to find the right combination of tools/processes so he can create a guide to help other people use their current tools to manage this aspect of their lives. The potential is definitely there.
Has been doing this for me since 2009, a lifesaver in unexpected traffic or construction.
Timers make a lot of sense, if you can remember to set them.
One of the things we’ve talked about is how otherwise “normal” he seems to most people, and the problems this causes. The symptoms aren’t as obvious as wearing a cast on your broken leg, or having severe speech issues, etc. and as a result, people are more likely to get frustrated or not understand when the symptoms spill over and affect other people (being late, forgetting things, etc).
Be as that may, I find the Pomodoro method to be a wonderful tool to structure one's time!
To make people happy she'd just say "ok" when someone said a time.
And so many people just didn't understand these limitations, including the scheduling folks at the neurology department who would setup 3-5 meetings well in advanced and then move them constantly.