SOMETHING TO HELP ADHD-ERS STAY SOMEWHAT ORGANIZED: LABEL. EVERYTHING.
DISCLAIMER of course this won't help everyone, but this has genuinely helped me so much and I thing it's worth trying out if you're a disorganized creative fool like myself
My mind trying to be organized is like trying to herd cats, so I started to label stuff. Initially I was just doing this with my Magic the Gathering collection as I sorted them cards into boxes, but then I realized I could actually recognize what I needed/what I needed to put into each box without always needing to read the labels (To neurotypical fuckers this sounds stupid but you're blessed and neurotypical so suck my toes; thou dost not knoweth how vexing life can be with ADHD).
So now I'm in the process of labelling every box, every drawer, every thing that I put other things into wherein those things I place will vanish out of sight and therefore out of mind and therefore out of sheer existence. Behold just a few examples:
I particularly enjoy the sewing needle being held for ransom on my whiteboard.
WHY DOES THIS HELP: If I label a drawer/box/container, that is where that thing belongs; now my brain registers that this THING I have, whether it's a paint tube, a lone hostage sewing needle, a tablet stylus, I know where it is because I know where its home is because I FREAKING LABELLED IT SO IT HAS TO BE THERE AND IT MUST RETURN THERE.
I'm sure other ADHD homies have this phenomenon where we'll be using something and then, when we're done with it, we don't remember putting it down and then we suddenly have no clue where it is. This is especially prevalent with art supplies for me, and I have tons of random crap including papers/painting pads/inks/paint tubes/dip pens/etc, but the worst offender for me is sandpaper. I always lose it. It's such a skinny boy but I can never find it ever
But then I labelled a box and decided I'll put any sandpaper I find in there and GUESS WHAT
My cup runneth over. So much sandpaper. I can sand all the things and not get exasperated and frustrated that I can't keep my shit organized despite having those dumb little drawer organizers.
It sounds so simple, but it has deadass calmed the ants in my brain so much just by doing this. It feels so GOOD to just KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE.
I hope this helps some people who feel overwhelmed and anxious by their workspace/surroundings!! We can totally stay organized, it just takes a bit of a tape and marker
Learned today that the higher the stakes for a task, the *MORE likely an ADHD bih like myself will freeze and procrastinate on doing it and then said ADHD bih will be stuck in a self-loathing cycle and WOW I cannot agree more
Y'all I almost passed away because I thought I posted something meant for my sekret Reader-Insert writing acc on THIS ACC. Holy moly I almost shitted!!!! idc if ppl know I write reader-inserts but i can't let y'all SEE THEM
SINCE IM ONLY STREAMING ONCE A WEEK ATM, I'm gonna move it to Wednesdays (still at 9am PST) for a bit to see if that works better, and to see if more of my mods will have availability then UWU OK THAT IS ALL WOOHOO SEE U TOMORROW
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MINI PRINTS!! Only did a few to see how I like them, and HOLY MOLY I love how these look 😭 ❤️ There's a pearlescent finish on them that's hard to catch on camera but OH BOY IT'S NEAT
Hopefully it's kinda noticeable akdkfjkw LOVE IT, SO COOL, CAN'T WAIT TO DO MORE PRINTS
DON'T TELL ME the reason Painted!Alicia and Real!Verso are in black and white is bc some old masters painted monochromatic underlayers in black and white adn those are called THE DEAD COLOUR LAYER
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