| Author: 123456789 |
Do you need a 'Remember Where You Parked Your Car at the Airport' system? Do you like to think you're fairly smart, until you can't find your car? Well, people with ADD are usually very intelligent, but keeping things together at stressful times, can just skyrocket your stress level.
The key to systems, in general, is that you ask your ADD brain three different questions.
First, 'What's the problem'?
In the case of "I can't find my car at the airport," the problem is: "I can't find my car and I have to waste time running around the parking lot, trying to remember where I'm supposed to be."
The second question is, 'What am I doing naturally now that could help me'?
For example, maybe when you go to park your car at the airport, you naturally gravitate towards the same general area of the parking lot each time you arrive. People with ADD tend to do that. So you go, 'Well, I usually go to the ramp versus the surface lot.'
The final question is, 'How can I make it automatic'?
For example, drive in and purposely go to the same place instead of naturally going to the same place. Force your ADD brain to make the conscious decision.
Then, when you get a parking ticket, leave it right on your lap and be sure you have a pen. This is key to your system working--you've got to have convenience. ADD people thrive on convenience. Sometimes, when things get too complicated, people with ADD tend to balk.
So, put a piece of Velcro brand fastener on your dashboard and a piece around the pen so you will always have a pen handy'right there on the dashboard. Flip over the tag, and write the parking spot number on the back of the card.
Now, where do you put the ticket? Keep it on your person, but where?
There must be a specific place to put things and again, it's got to be ADD-convenient.
Carrying a little travel wallet specifically for 'Travel Stuff,' such as a calling card, a check or two, airplane tickets and flight numbers, hotel numbers, and of course, your parking ticket, so you neve have to think about it again.
Simple systems like these help people with ADD because they become automatic and you'll know even if you can't remember putting it in there--there it is, right where you put it.
Still, when you start a system, you won't be able to do it perfectly every time. Systems evolve. The best thing to do is to just start one. Ask yourself those three questions and then see if it's working for you. If you're struggling against it, if it's not working automatically'
Say if you decide you're going to find a system in order to always find your keys, but you find your keys laying all over the place, your system is not working. Adjust your system until it does.
The point is that with ADD, rituals like this will keep you on track. Creating them isn't hard, but sticking to them, until they become automatic may be for the ADD brain. The thing to remember is that if you can create a simple system, such as the airport routine, you'll find that your life goes much smoother, and rather than your ADD distracting you all over the place, you can use it to hyperfocus and stay in complete control. |
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