Perhaps this can help you guys: making daily acheivements

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Feel free to try this, but only if you want to and it makes sense to you:

I'm thinking maybe if you take difficult tasks as if they were part of a game and to break them up into smaller parts so it seems less overwhelming than a whole task at once. For example if you must clean hour house, you can take one part to do first and set a time limit to prevent you from getting lazy.

With people also pretend it's like a game. I do my best to be attentive at work because to get ahead at work I have to make connections with people, so I make small talk when it's required.

Don't worry if your not very good with people, your not supposed to be amazing in the beginning. If you practice something, consistently you will always improve. It's like when you start a computer game and pick a character, you always start from 0 and you have to work to gain a higher score.
However to gain anything and learn more you must always but 100% effort into what you do. If you put in 95% effort, that's not good.


So in conclusion :
Always do your best no matter what, that way you get results. Try not to think about too much but think about small goals only and you find everything becomes easier.

This is excellent advice, starfox! I am most affective when I approach my work in this way. I have also been using this approach, while unpacking my things, after moving into my new home. It is literally the only way that works for me, in terms of reaching my goals.

Thank you britte

"chunking" is a well known coping mechanism for people with executive functioning deficits which are common in Autism

https://books.google.com/books?id=UwL8RoRbCdgC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=chunking+executive+function&source=bl&ots=SAW8z8C7WA&sig=h_T9mlnK9QlY8oZaWR7BKIJI39A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMIsp_tydO4xwIVxaseCh0vjQbj#v=onepage&q=chunking%20executive%20function&f=false

ASpartofme thanks for the link.

A suggestion that I have, is whenever I want to learn something new, I do so by reading a CHILDREN'S book, on the topic.

Years ago (though, still an adult), when I wanted to learn Chess, and needed a refresher on Crochet, I bought children's books, and learned, in no time----whereas, if I would've gotten an adult book, I would have gotten overwhelmed, and given-up (speaking from past experiences).

This is a great lesson, and the beginning is an intriguing idea--in fact, it's quite similar to one I saw on a Ted Talk by a game designer who created the website superbetter.com. I'd encourage you to look into it.

Breaking up goals is a strategy I've heard of before. I guess people are prone to psyching themselves out, but it works for me, too.

Something similar is the Pomodoro technique for working in short, scheduled bursts or on small tasks.

Hi Campin' Cat, (pertaining to our interaction/your response within the "Envy" thread) - there are "Children's" guitar lesson books - in case you weren't aware of this, and might be more inclined to give it a try. Perhaps there are "Children's" left-handed lesson books, as well. : ) No pressure, though -

For years, I have been practicing what I call 'compartmentization'. I take anything that comes at me, note the pattern in it, and break it down into small, managable pieces. This works about 95% of the time if someone doesn't mess with me and interfere.

Yes I'm sure it can be helpful to break overwhelming tasks down into smaller, well-defined chunks. I've been doing that for years. For example, the very thought of tidying up my house completely overwhelms me, but I have little trouble in a nice finite task like cleaning the cooker.

A similar kind of strategy that's served me well is this: if I find a task too daunting to jump into, and it can't easily be divided into chunks, I spend some time preparing everything to render the task as easy possible, so that it's all ready to go when I finally pluck up the courage to get on with it. Works very well with music recording projects which can take many hours to complete.