After telling someone to throw out yet another useless book of advice for neurodivergent people clearly written by someone who isn’t neurodivergent I have one tip re developing a habit w ADHD: make it really easy to implement. Kids dropping wrappers on floor? Put out more trash cans in those areas
Adam Savage's book "Every Tool a Hammer" explicitly gives you permission to get a second x-acto knife and a second pair of pliers and leave a set at each spot you need them rather than wander around looking for where you last left The Tool and omg it is LIBERATING.
My kitchen scissors (since I live alone) have been living on the kitchen table for the past two months.
They get used and I get a lot less annoyed with random tasks that require scissors.
They only moved about 2 m from the cupboard.
I put a magnet on my fridge and stuck scissors to it, and then to a whole bunch of other stuff too. I used it do that in the lab, having scissors on each film processor. It's also satisfying to smack the scissors onto each surface when done.
My dad put a cardboard box on the hall of my place, way before I got my diagnosis, so I could just drop all papers in it. Lo and behold, no important paperwork has ever been lost since.
My wife also objected to me bringing the label maker into the kitchen or taping out the storage locations for key cooking implements but it doesn't mean I can't try to keep the right tools within arm's reach.
I don't get it either. Buying a portable labeling machine was the best decision of my life.
Do I mostly use it to put arrows on my remote controls so I find the light switch?
Sure. But that already makes it worth it's money.
I used my labeller, among other things, to print large numbers that Nana could read for her microwave. The actual numbers were tiny things in faint orange on black print
