Building Your Toolbox

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 779 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

ADHD can make it hard for us to work on our intentions. This is even harder when we forget the things that we want to do. When you are learning about new ADHD strategies while reading books or listening to podcasts (like this one!) it is really easy to forget your intention of implementing those strategies. In these instances when we learn about a new tool, what we can do is write down our intended strategy and put it into our ADHD Toolbox. Our toolbox is simply a way for us to record the strategies and ideas we have for working with our ADHD - a place we can go and look at our intentions when we are off track.

While new strategies are fun to add to our toolbox, we should also focus on adding things that are already working in our life to our toolbox. If you've found a great bedtime routine? Stick it in your toolbox. Figured out a great way to plan your upcoming week? Stick it in your toolbox. Found a great tool for keeping you focused? Stick it in your toolbox.

Just creating a toolbox for yourself isn't enough. We all know that we forget things. That we get off track. And sometimes when we are off track it takes us a while to realize what we are doing wrong. Use your toolbox to speed up the process of getting back in the groove of things. To do this you've got to set up regular times to check your toolbox.

But we also know that sometimes even when we set aside time to check something we aren't always going to get to it, which means we've got to set up redundant reminders for ourselves to make sure we don't miss out on our most important intentions.

This Episode's Top Tips

Set up a toolbox for yourself containing any tools or strategies you are currently using in your life
Set up times to regularly read through your toolbox
Create automated systems of redundant reminders so you don't forget about your toolbox

For all the tools and other goodies mentioned in this episode go to the full show notes on our web page: HackingYourADHD.com/podcast/Toolbox

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0:40.3	Welcome to Hacking Gear ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network. I'm William Kerb, and I'm celebrating ADHD Awareness Month with the launch of this podcast.
0:46.3	So thank you for joining me on the very first episode.
0:50.3	On this show, I'm going to be digging into the tools, strategies, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:57.6	On today's episode, we are going to be discussing building your ADHD toolbox and the benefits that come along with that toolbox.
1:05.0	No, we're not going to need any hammers or nails.
1:07.7	Although, you know, I've got quite a few projects those might come in handy for. I can never
1:12.0	remember to pick those up. Here, let me just make a quick reminder. Hey, Siri, remind me to buy
1:16.9	nails when I'm at the hardware store. Which hardware store? Tap the one you want. Okay,
1:22.2	I'll remind you when you arrive at McClendon Hardware. Thanks, Siri. And with that, let's get on with the show.
1:35.2	So what exactly am I talking about when I say we are going to be creating a toolbox?
1:40.9	Let's start by assuming that this isn't the only podcast that you listen to, that this isn't
1:46.3	your only ADHD resource. It's okay, I understand. I too also listen to other podcasts,
1:53.9	like ADHD rewired and ADHD essentials. Now, I'm also going to assume that while listening to podcasts or reading books or watching
2:04.1	videos, you've seen things that you've said to yourself would be good things to implement
2:08.4	in your life. Perhaps you heard about something like the Pomodoro technique where you use a
2:12.6	timer and create little 25-minute blocks of time to work in and then take a short break. And you thought
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