Does Time-blocking work with ADHD?

00:00:00.000 | Our first query comes from Jack. Jack asked any tips for time blocking for those of us in ADHD

00:00:14.400 | land? Well, Jack, I hear a lot from people with ADHD. And they talk about the various habits I

00:00:22.880 | talk about which ones work well, which ones don't, which ones need to be adjusted. And the thing I

00:00:26.880 | hear most consistently about time blocking is that it's a double edged sword. So time blocking for

00:00:34.160 | those in ADHD land is actually really, really useful, in the sense that having clarity about

00:00:38.720 | I'm doing this, and I'm doing that, and then I'm doing this. I mean, committed to that habit can

00:00:43.840 | be a really good target aimer for your attention, and make it less likely that you fall into a

00:00:51.280 | rabbit hole, as compared to, let's say, a list reactive approach where after each task, you say,

00:00:55.360 | let me just look at my inboxes and calendars and think about what I want to do next. If you're in

00:00:58.720 | that mode, and you're combining that with ADHD, it's very difficult to make, let's say, difficult,

00:01:04.560 | persistent progress on things that need to get done, because there's so many shining objects

00:01:08.560 | pulling at you. The double edged sword of time blocking in this context is you can't over block

00:01:14.240 | it, you can't overdo it. If you try to build one of these heroic time block schedules, that's 10

00:01:19.920 | hours long with 15 different precision blocks, is really asking a lot from anybody to stay so on

00:01:27.520 | task and so focused and deny the lack the cognitive energy draining the distractions pulling us that's

00:01:33.520 | hard for anybody, but if ADHD that becomes almost impossible. So you need to rely on blocks while at

00:01:38.480 | the same time not blocking too much, bigger blocks, break blocks, and not trying to squeeze too much

00:01:45.120 | precision work into any one day. So that's why it seems to be a double edged sword. You're kind

00:01:50.480 | of screwed if you don't do anything like that. But you're also setting yourself up for failure

00:01:54.800 | if you go overboard with the method. So hope you find that useful.