Things that are harder with #ADHD . Part 3 (Audio Diary can help!)

[anelalia]

Don't forget the whole "this journal is too nice for my random thoughts" or designating 5 journals for individual things and using NONE of them

[frandavis]

I don’t know what I’m supposed to write in a journal but I do like buying new notebooks 😂

[natekh]

Omfg lmao
The hand colouring
I didn't expect it
And it hit so hard

[Maninawig]

The issue for me is thinking I sound dumb and make no sense, then think of what people will think when I dıe and they read the journal. Then I worry if anyone would care, and if I actually have anything worthy to write in the first place.

[saraanderson]

lol I tried journaling for years…I found vlogging my life to be so much more beneficial. I upload to a channel and just keep it unlisted so I can go back and watch as needed.❤

[wizardofaus]

Anyone else buy pretty notebooks but dont want to mess them up... so buy more? Only to think the same thing???

[BlazeNStar]

Ya. All my journals turn into drawing books.

[slimmers]

Journaling. Lol. Just one more thing I can't keep up with

[busybumblebee]

Oh, I always wondered why I just wasn’t successful at journaling. I read the comments and felt like they were all of the thoughts that I’ve had over the years.

[drawntowardmadness]

Classes with required journaling each week were the absolute WORST 😩

[jacofoot]

The changes I made to "journaling" helped me fill up four 288 page exam notebooks and I'm working on the 5th in about 5 years.

Get a generic book that you don't care to keep clean or pretty.

Don't try to keep a schedule with it.

Write something down whenever you think an idea is good. This goes for your ideas and others. So quotes, concepts, catchphrases, pickup lines, jokes... Anything and everything is fair game.

Write to yourself, about yourself, to future self, to younger self. Write in the first person and third person. Write it down in any way you want. You don't have to stick to one method.

Write as if no one is ever going to see it.
Write as if you are leaving it as a legacy to you children. Write as though you are talking to the world. Write as though you are talking to you God. The intention and perspective can change as you wish.

You don't have to go back and read it. The idea is to get your thoughts on paper because it helps you articulate and formulate them and not just spew a bunch of garbled ADHD nonsens. (personal case)

Bad ideas are also welcome. Don't be ashemed to write things down that turn out to be dumb ideas. Analyzing an idea is how you determine if it's good or not. Refusing to explore an idea due to fear of failure or ridicule leads to having a bad, untested ideology.

Just write. Any colour. Any size. Any shape. Neat ugly. Draw.

Skip a line from the last spot. Write the date. And write. Don't look for salvation. Don't look for answers. Don't try to write grammatically perfect. Scratch and add words.

I reenforce the spines with ductape. I take old university notebooks with little in the (shocker), rip out the old stuff and start writing. When it's full it goes on the pile with the rest and I start a new one.

I sometimes write multiple times a day. Sometimes daily. I've gone months without writing. But the freedom to come back in any way I like allows me to do so without hesitation. I just start off where I stop.

[Ohmeow_im_ari]

I “tried” journaling, and all the results I got was a collection of notebooks each with something random in it (nothing to do with journaling) and some with nothing in it, all sitting on my bookshelves😅 and also an obsession with notebooks, I can’t go in a store that have notebooks without going to the notebook aisle even though I don’t have money to buy one😅 and I don’t know how big is my collection now😅 I love notebooks, I stopped trying to journal a couple years ago and just keep growing my collection just because I love notebooks😂

[MissingRaptor]

This is exactly why I don't journal. It just doesn't work for me. Then I forget about doing it. Next thing I know, I'm months behind and working on other stuff.

[melissaw]

My brain doesn't have time to stop and think of how to write a thought for no reason. I don't want to read my thoughts, I will just thing about them again when they pop back into my head.

[phillyks]

I'm not trying to write down how crazy I am. That's for me and me to know. I replace my thoughts with constantly starting projects every 45 minutes or so.

[BR-xhvb]

This is how I failed my classes from late high school to progressively more boring classes. Sometimes it's the lack of focus and sometimes I just can't absorb the info.
I could've saved myself from student loans and sought out therapy first. 😑

[YamchaCanDoBettr]

Ive tried writing and journaling for a long time. I can get started, but like most other projects, i soon lose focus and it slips down my list of priorities.

[rachellehensley]

i subscribed to you so i can show my grama, cuz i never know how to explain. so thank you, for all ur videos!

[AuthentiCase]

That voice of logic trying desperately to stay at the top of the focus… truth

[ebeb]

I would have definitely gone with the turkey 🦃 shape hand drawing as my first entry.