COME TO THE CHARITY LIVE STREAM ON DECEMBER 1st TO STAND UP TO CANCER
10 AM PACIFIC TIME
This is helpful❤
lots of people who have executive function difficulties worry about whether they’re procrastinating on a task out of laziness/simply wanting to be a jerk or mental struggles. this checklist might help you figure out which it is at any given time! (hint: it’s almost never laziness or being a jerk.) (obligatory disclaimer: this is just what works for me! something different might work better for you.)
1) do I honestly intend to start the task despite my lack of success?
yes: it’s a Brain Problem. next question
no: it’s shitty to say one thing & do another. better be honest with myself & anyone expecting me to do the task.
2) am I fed, watered, well-rested, medicated properly, etc?
yes: next question
no: guess what? this is the real next task
3) does the idea of starting the task make me feel scared or anxious?
yes: Anxiety Brain. identify what’s scaring me first.
no: next question
4) do I know how to start the task?
yes: next question
no: ADHD Brain. time to make an order of operations list.
5) do I have everything I need to start the task?
yes: next question
no: ADHD Brain lying to me about the steps again, dangit. first task is ‘gather the materials’.
6) why am i having a hard time switching from my current task to this new task?
i’m having fun doing what i’m doing: it’s okay to have fun doing a thing! if task is time-sensitive, go to next question.
i have to finish doing what i’m doing: might be ADHD brain. can I actually finish the current task or will I get trapped in a cycle? does this task really need to be finished?
the next task will be boring/boring-er than the current task: ADHD brain. re-think the next task. what would make it exciting? what am I looking forward to?
I might not have enough time to complete the task: ADHD brain wants to finish everything it starts. (if task is time-sensitive, go to next question)
i just want to make the person who asked me to do it angry: sounds like anxiety brain trying to punish itself, because I know I’ll be miserable if someone is angry at me. why do i think I deserve punishment?
no, I seriously want to piss them off: okay, i’m being a shithead
7) have I already procrastinated so badly that I now cannot finish the task in time?
yes: ADHD brain is probably caught in a guilt-perfection cycle. since I can’t have the task done on time, i don’t even want to start.
reality check: having part of a thing done is almost always better than none of a thing done. if I can get an extension, having part of it done will help me keep from stalling out until the extension deadline. i’ll feel better if I at least try to finish it.
no, there’s still a chance to finish on time: ADHD brain thinks that I have all the time in the world, but the truth is I don’t.
reality check: if i’m having fun doing what I’m doing, I can keep doing it, but I should probably set a timer & ask someone to check on me to make sure I start doing the task later today.
8) I’ve completed the checklist and still don’t know what’s wrong!
probably wasn’t honest enough with myself. take one more look.
if I’m still mystified, ask a friend to help me talk it out.
hope this helps some of you! YOU’RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE DON’T GIVE UP ON YOU
Mmmmmm so true
-Let the play begin-
[OPENING SCENE]
Parent: You knew I didn’t want you to do that! Why did you do it anyway?
Me, put on the spot: uh - well, um …
Parent: what were you *thinking*?
Me, trying to sort out the thoughts of Past!Me: hmm …
—FLASHBACK—
Past Me, presented with solutions a, b, and c to handle a minor dilemma, and under a time crunch because of procrastination: i dont’ like any of these options.
My Good Instincts, zooming up & dodging past my executive dysfunction: Option B is the best one.
Me, easily persuaded: thanks, Good Instincts! I agree.
ADHD Galaxy Brain, arriving dramatically, 15 minutes late with Starbucks: but is it really the best option?
Me, instantly distracted: is it?
ADHD Galaxy Brain, an asshole: What about option D?
Good Instincts: *quickly* option d wasn’t up for consideration in the f–
ADHD Galaxy Brain: *bats Good Instincts into the sun*
ADHD Galaxy Brain: *to Me* well?
Me: I hadn’t considered option D! but I can’t remember why I didn’t consider it.
ADHD Galaxy Brain: Neither can I!
ADHD Galaxy Brain: but here, have 32 reasons why option D is definitely the best one. It took 2.8 seconds for me to come up with them, so you better appreciate it.
Me, mistaking this for critical reasoning: wow, those are all really good reasons! This is why people say you should carefully consider your options before acting.
Good Instincts: *yelling from the sun’s surface, but too far away to be understood*
Me, a fool: welp, you’ve convinced me. Option D is definitely the best one. But I feel like my instincts are trying to tell me something?
ADHD Galaxy Brain: could be. but do we really have time to check? besides, if we undo all this critical reasoning, we’ll have to start all over again, and I hate doing things twice.
Me, a person who struggles to do things even once: yeah, that sounds boring.
Me, satisfied: Option D it is! sorry, Instincts, but the feeling of foreboding your indistinct yelling gives me requires too much time&effort to understand!
—
Good Instincts, watching from the surface of the Sun as I execute option D: i SAID, your PARENTS will be ANGRY if you go with Option D!!
Good Instincts: THAT’S WHY IT WASN’T ON THE TABLE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!
–END FLASHBACK–
Present Me, struggling to put words to this: …
Parent, out of patience: well????
Me: I—
Me:
Me: …
Me: i don’t know.
—FADE TO BLACK—
NARRATOR VOICEOVER, grave: the truth is, they *did* know. They remembered it all with remarkable clarity, considering how quickly their decision was made.
NARRATOR VOICEOVER: but they also knew from previous experience … that they would never have the words to explain it.
-The End-
We’ll go on an adventure and relive history
So please, please, please won’t you join me
Until the very end
I forgot some info so I had to reupload this. Tell everyone about the charity livestream, yell on top of rooftops! Make billboards, pay some sky writers! Pretty much spread the word as crazy as people did for Pewdiepie!
@markiplier
headbonk might be my new favorite thing to draw
TWO MONTHS LEFT OF THE 2010S HOW ARE WE FEELING
Aahh do you all remember the old ships that were once really popular and have now become forgotten? Because I do!
I remember the old popular ships like SkyLox, Merome (This one kinda lives but it isn’t like the old days), Poofless (Same as Merome tbh), SetoSolace (I still cry ;-;), MunchingUniverse, SkyMU, SsunKipz, SkyDil40, Vikklan, Setolox, SimDil40, Wooflan… And of course my favourite ship, my original OTP and the one that brought me to tumblr/shipping in general… The famous amazing lovely ship SparkAnt
Shopping for laptops fucking sucks ‘cause I don’t know shit about computers. I’ve never had a computer with a functional webcam or microphone or the ability to play computer games made later than 2005 or a speaker that could play anything loud enough to hear from more than a foot away. How the hell should I know what I want?!
I just reached 7k followers! As a way to say thank you I decided to hold an art raffle!
Rules:
·Must be following me (Both new and old followers can join).
·Like or reblog this post to enter the raffle. You can reblog it as many times as you’d like.
· keep your ask box or chat open. I will message the winners. If I don’t get a reply within 3 days I will choose another winner.
I will randomly pick three winners.
Each winner will get a full body colored drawing of their choice (1 character per winner).
I Will draw:
• Original characters
• Fandom stuff
I Won’t draw:
• NSFW
• Animals
• Furries
• Mecha
• Extreme gore or violence
• Anything relating to religion, politics or other controversial topics/themes.
Deadline: 3 August 2019
Good luck! ^^