It’s all about consistency! You don’t have to burn out. Don’t try to do it all at once! Give yourself permission to make sets and do sets and enjoy having energy for a change!
If you can’t sit still, then sure, do an extra set! But keep doing them in sets so when you are satisfied, you can enjoy the rest of your day and not feel like you emptied your tank.
Yes and if you go into pile mode then try to have some kind of storage boxes so once you hit the wall, you can put the piles into boxes to get back to. That’s what I try to do now because having the piles laying around just attracted more piles, mixes up in piles and just visual overload!
I hated cleaning my room as a kid and my folks would get so so mad at me that I would start cleaning and just get so overwhelmed that I threw everything out. I hate thinking about all the stories, poetry I had as a kid/teenager I just didn’t know how to organize so I threw it all out ☹️ so much creativity I threw away in those clean ups.
I purposely regulate them highs for this reason. Yes, I love being wound up and joyful, but I know in four hours I’ll be dead on the floor if I dont regulate the high.
My experience has also been that it’s harder to start doing it this way (because ADHD), but once it’s the habit, it’s much, much easier to keep doing it this way.
It’s all about consistency! You don’t have to burn out. Don’t try to do it all at once! Give yourself permission to make sets and do sets and enjoy having energy for a change!
If you can’t sit still, then sure, do an extra set! But keep doing them in sets so when you are satisfied, you can enjoy the rest of your day and not feel like you emptied your tank.
Yes and if you go into pile mode then try to have some kind of storage boxes so once you hit the wall, you can put the piles into boxes to get back to. That’s what I try to do now because having the piles laying around just attracted more piles, mixes up in piles and just visual overload!
I hated cleaning my room as a kid and my folks would get so so mad at me that I would start cleaning and just get so overwhelmed that I threw everything out. I hate thinking about all the stories, poetry I had as a kid/teenager I just didn’t know how to organize so I threw it all out ☹️ so much creativity I threw away in those clean ups.
Yeah, that’s why step one is to begin organizing things. Putting things in even a semblance of order reduces the visual overstimulation.
And the good news is that you can always create again! Losing your old work doesn’t have to be the last of your creative efforts.
This ia great advice
I purposely regulate them highs for this reason. Yes, I love being wound up and joyful, but I know in four hours I’ll be dead on the floor if I dont regulate the high.
My experience has also been that it’s harder to start doing it this way (because ADHD), but once it’s the habit, it’s much, much easier to keep doing it this way.
I should have written “try to” do this. Like anything, Its all practice.
Very true. It’s not about the days you don’t, it’s about the days you do.