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I'm bored. I should clean my room but I don't really feel like it. It's not that messy, but I should put my clothes away and clean my desk so I can actually use it. I've also got to send an email to my accommodation coordinator about getting some help getting organized. It's pretty frustrating because I'm new to this whole scene, I just got diagnosed with ADHD last year in December (2007, last school year) and I got my AS diagnosis this summer, so I've never really had any treatment, I've never had to seek any help for these things, so I guess I was expecting them to know what to do for me since they're supposed to be the ones who know about these things and know how to help me. I guess I have to figure out how to deal with this myself again, I just thought someone would know what to do with me now that we know what's "wrong" with me.

I've also got to update my resume and write a cover letter. Does anyone know how to write a cover letter? I always found that to be the hardest part about applying to a job, I never know what to write in a cover letter. I think I do an OK job of it, my mom has a lot of experience with that kind of thing and helps me out, but I always feel weird writing one because I don't have any specific guidelines.

Just start with one thing. When I'm like that I tidy my desk first. That leads to me wanting to tidy up other things and before I know it I'm sat at the nice tidy desk doing what needs doing. One step at a time. Just take the first easy step.

oh yeah, i know i've just got to get started, i just don't really want to do it. i've also got to go to the gym since i told myself i was going to restart my training since i've been slacking off these last two months. i worked out every once in a while, an hour of cardio here and there, but nothing serious.

ok, i know what i'm going to do. i'm going to clean my room, get dressed (yes, i'm still in my pj's at 2:30pm, i don't have school today), go to the gym, eat, write my resume and emails, go skating (the world's largest outdoor skating rink, the rideau canal, is a two minute walk from my front door), and then oh crap i also have an assignment due today, i'll do that after i go skating, it's a simple assignment so it shouldn't take long.

There's no magical way to get moving and start. What helps a little though is structure.

You said you should clean your room - and immediately went on about what all to do. That's not working for AD(H)D. You're too many steps ahead already, thinking about several things that you have to get done. Clothes, desk, email, thoughts about treatment...

What things do you need to do to clean your room, for example? Make a short (incomplete) list. Pick 1 thing and do that one thing. Do your best to stay on it. Structure it. No idea how severe your ADHD is, so this could either sound helpful or too structured for you.

I know for me, putting clothes away is ... well, there's a stack of fresh but non-folded clothes right behind me. Since... 2 weeks? 3 weeks? Eh, well.

Anyway, putting clothes away means:
1. I have to fold them
2. I have to sort them
3. I have to put them away
4. I have to make space for them

Doesn't sound like a simple task once you break it up into these steps.

But if I start with one of the steps, it's a lot easier. Afterwards, I can take a break. But I got pretty good at planed organising throughout the years so usually I find it in me to sort them too and put them away.

You can break pretty much everything into smaller steps. Stay with what you do and only think about the next and start the next if you finished the previous step.

well i got started on my room, i've done everything except folding and putting away my clothes, i want to get on with the rest of my things but they're on my bed so i can't go to sleep until i do something about them.

I don't think my adhd is severe, but i think it's more than just a mild form, which is what i thought growing up since i didn't have a diagnosis but i always had trouble concentrating. now i see how much it affects me and i'm sure the only reason i wasn't identified early was because i had good marks, always scored at or near the top of the class on standardized tests, and i had other issues that psychologists and counsellors focused on. i think i'm going to get something i can mount on my wall so that i can make lists, that would probably be pretty helpful to me because i have a lot of trouble staying on task and i forget to do a lot of things, so i'm going to go to the bookstore while i'm on campus for the gym to see what they have.

this was really just going to be a random post because i was really bored but it's actually been a bit insightful, thanks for the suggestions, now i'm off to the gym.