How I get things done with ADHD - Mastering the art of Time-Blocking

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Have you been waiting to hear someone who has ADHD tell you that "there is still hope", "it's not too late" and "I'VE FOUND THE ONE SYSTEM THAT WORKS" ???

Well in this video, I'll show you how I set up my life around Time-Blocking, how it has changed everything (no exaggeration), and all the little things I put in place to adapt this technique to my ADHD brain.
My way is definitely not "the right way", but just something that works for me and that I suppose could work for other ADHD people who function like me :)

Try it and see for yourself!

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Much love, Candice

The highly anticipated timestamps:
00:00 : Intro
02:11 : ADHD and time-blocking: incompatible?
03:00 : Why the previous systems failed
04:58 : How I came across time-blocking?
07:02 : What is time-blocking?
10:55 : My time-block planner
12:27 : My capture system
14:27 : My time-blocking habits and rituals
14:49 : 1) Rank tasks by importance and urgency
15:32 : 2) Add meetings and ritual blocks first
15:49 : 3) Post-meeting buffer times
16:33 : 4) Your predictions will get better with time
17:10 : 5) Record tasks as they come up
18:03: 6) Have a shutdown ritual
18:51 : Conclusion

[niceandgloomy]

Time blocking didn't work for me. I never know how long things are going to take, and if I don't get something done within the time assigned to it it doesn't get done at all, but I feel guilty that I didn't do it so I can't move on to the next thing. Like, I have to do x task from 10 until 11, but it takes until 11:30, so the task I had from 11 to 12 doesn't get done, and if that's a really important task that will cause me big problems. Or I have to do x task from 10 until 11 but I can't bring myself to start the task, and then it's 11, but I still have to do task x, but I had something else scheduled for 11. So I feel frozen. Or I'll want to do something else but that's assigned to a different time block, but I can't think of anything else, so instead I do nothing. It's a disaster lol

[Diamond-rsjz]

I am progressing with accomplishing things with:
- pomodoro
- notepad with tasks
- having watches
- splitting activities, like kitchen for eating, workplace is for work obviously

[TheBombTrio]

Mmm
Me having ADHD be like I can focus again for like a week, and then two months no focus

[vida]

I would love it if you made a video on how you created your capture system!

[carolynallen]

Was looking for the link to Cal Newport Time blocking blog and or his utub channel where he explains the time blocking system thank you great video newly diagnosed with ADD

[fatimaallawati]

The failure of the numbering scheme is AMAZING
I know I have seen ALOT OF productivity vids ( both for NT's and ND's) but this is something that I TOTALLY forgot about and you ACTUALLY gave me a GOOD reason to start timeblocking tysmmmm

And I am planning to binge Cal Newport's vids and read the books when I have more time

[indusamarasinghe]

Thank you for this very interesting video. :)

I was also trying different time management systems over the years and I actually understood the time-blocking concept this way.

If you think about it, our childhood, when we were in school, was the most productive time of our lives. We were doing so much work in different subjects and activities because of the structured session based schedule we followed. We had classes in specific subjects, followed by extracurricular activities like sports or tuition sessions(where we knew when it starts and more importantly when it ends), and then homework. In fact, we had no choice but to follow this schedule.

As we transition into adulthood, we often lose that sense of structure and order that we had in our childhood and there is no one to take attendence, or push you to things. Our "todos" are merely a choice not a must anymore. While most people can still prioritize tasks and manage their time effectively and push them to complete tasks, it is a very difficult task for those with ADHD to this on their own.

I think that time-blocking is a way of reconnecting with the structured session based lifestyle we had as children. By dividing our days into specific blocks of sessions for different tasks and activities, and trying to enforce it little bit like when we were in the school, we can regain that sense of order and get the capacity we had in our most productive times.

May be that's why it works.

[Bimby-b]

Love your channel, you're going to blow up soon. 😊 Thank you for the ADHD strategies, the getting unstuck video for mental and physical paralysis was extremely helpful for me ❤

[mildacha]

Thank you for explaining this, including the notes that things will get off the track time to time, and then we can fix our expectations for the next time.

You explained in a way where I feel understood, and made me have hope I can organise a little bit.

[jeffheaven]

OMG, I totally get it! I am undiagnosed but pretty sure I have ADHD. I have too much going on in my head and it's like everything is fighting for my attention. Start on one thing then something else pops up. My wife says I am a squirrel, jumping from one thing to the next. I am looking for some system to create some calmness at the end of the day. You nailed it when you said your days used to be chaos. I GET IT!
Thank you for sharing.

[voyaswi]

God bless you. Helpful thanks
Greeting from middle east

[caroldavis-wilkie]

Thanks so much for this really helpful video!!

[tatogtech]

How is it going with your time-blocking?

[anachella.]

What was the tool on a computer that costed quite a lot of money, which you really enjoyed but ended up spending so much time tweaking it around? Just curious ;)

[marie]

Coucou,
J’ai quelques années de moins que toi et j’ai été diagnostiquée assez jeune, ça a été découvert quand j’ai passé des tests pour sauter une classe.Assez bizarrement je n’ai jamais eu de problèmes jusqu’au moment où je suis partie vivre seule pour entrer en études supérieures et qu’il fallait que je gère tout par moi-même.
Je me retrouve énormément dans ce que tu dis, merci beaucoup pour ces astuces et aussi pour témoigner de ton expérience parce que c’est rassurant de se dire qu’il y a d’autres personnes qui ont les mêmes difficultés dans leur vie.

Est-ce que tu aurais des conseils sur l’aspect social/relationnel ? C’est un sujet sur lequel j’ai pas mal d’angoisses, j’ai eu plusieurs relations qui se sont mal terminées et parfois je vois un lien avec ça et les symptômes que j’ai.
Merci encore pour tes vidéos :)