[video description: a white person with short light brown hair and some stubble. they are wearing a black shirt and a fiery looking mask around their neck. as they speak, some captions appear on screen reiterating the points they are making.
âADHD tip! i use this one more than any other one by far. (except, for white board of course)â [smiles and there is a heart emoji on the screen]
âif thereâs something you have to do but youâve avoided starting doing it, think of the smallest amount of time that you know you can force yourself to do, and set a timer for that amount, and do it for that amount of time. and then once the timerâs up, you can stop.â
ânow you might be thinking, [higher-pitched voice]Â hey eric i have ADHD iâm supposed to be wanting to complete stuff and stuff, why would i want to quit in the middle of a task?! well i would say not starting a task at all is a much bigger problem than not completing it. and, once youâve started it itâs much easier to keep going.â
âfor example, i needed to clean my kitchen yesterday, and i could not get myself to start doing it. but i thought, i can definitely clean my kitchen for three minutes. so i started a timer for three minutes and started doing the stuff. and when the timer was up, i thought well, i... i can do another three minutes. and so i did. and then when that was up, i was like, goinâ. and if you stop after the initial timer goes off, you succeeded in your goal of doing the thing for that amount of time!â
[yelling]Â âuse those timers!!!â
[username @heygude appears on screen.]
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