5/10/2023 0 Comments Copy evernote tasks to omnifocusIn fact, I strive for a balance between absolute simplicity and the minimum degree of complexity required to create a functional system. ![]() My ongoing productivity challenge is that too much complexity in my system tends to leave me stalled because I can’t decide which tool to use for a particular task or step in my process. My next favourite personal irony was taking about four years to finally read David Allen’s terrific book Getting Things Done and start implementing it more effectively. One of my most ironic experiences was losing about 2 days of work researching productivity systems. My fascination has often triggered my hyperfocus (ADHD adventurers generally don’t lack the capacity for focus, we just aren’t that good at invoking it at will). I am fascinated by productivity systems primarily because I had been so unproductive for so long. ![]() I also strongly suspect that I am a bit OCD too although this remains a working theory. It was only when I embraced my condition and started taking medication to help me leverage it better (Concerta for me) that my life changed, literally. Medication like Ritalin always carried a stigma as a child. I initially resisted the idea and the suggestion that I start medicating myself. It gave me a way to explain why I struggled to be productive for much of my time at school and working life until then. I was diagnosed a couple years ago with ADHD. The systems the article described seem pretty simple and I thought I’d share some of my processes that I have developed to help me deal with my conflicting tendencies. ![]() In honor of #ADHDAwarenessMonth, we asked ADHD coach how she takes control of it with Evernote. I just read an article about how many people with ADHD rely on services like Evernote to keep their tendencies to go off chasing squirrels in check long enough to be productive.
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