Because the founder, CEO and inventive director of LH Agenda, it’s honest to say I’ve A LOT of tabs open in my mind. I wrestle with staying organised and might simply turn out to be overwhelmed by my listing of tasks, and I do know I’m not the one one amongst ladies my age. However at 40 years outdated, I noticed an Instagram publish from Mel Robbins that made me surprise, “May I’ve ADHD?”
After studying by the ADHD signs Mel had skilled, many issues began so as to add up for me. The anxiousness, the forgetfulness, the frustration, the messiness… I’m but to be identified with ADHD (analysis could be a lengthy and complex course of), however this expertise has brought about me to mirror on why I created the LH planners the best way I did, and the way helpful they’re to ladies who wrestle with ADHD-related signs. In case you’re searching for planners that can assist you lastly discover organisation and psychological readability, right here’s how ours will help.
Understanding ADHD
Consideration Deficit Hyperactivity Dysfunction (ADHD), previously referred to as ADD, is a neurodevelopmental situation that impacts each kids and adults. It’s typically characterised by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity, which may all considerably affect every day life. My GP instructed me that almost all of present analysis on ADHD focuses on males, which means that many ladies with ADHD go undiagnosed. Identical to Mel.
Signs of ADHD
Whereas hyperactivity is one of many potential signs, ladies usually don’t see that within the bodily type of fidgeting or not having the ability to sit nonetheless. As a substitute, the hyperactivity is extra about what’s taking place within the mind.
In her publish, Mel Robbins talked about these signs of ADHD:
- Anxiousness about getting issues carried out
- To-do lists all over the place
- Leaving the tap operating
- Bother dealing with stress
- Frequent temper swings
- Low frustration tolerance
- Forgetting why you walked right into a room
- Dropping your practice of thought
My expertise
I actually associated to Mel’s publish and realised I wrestle with nearly the entire signs she describes. Whereas I haven’t left the tap operating, I do typically overlook that I’m making ready a meal and solely realise it hours later… after I come again to the kitchen and discover all of the substances nonetheless sitting on the bench!
I’ll make a cup of tea and overlook about it, solely to come back again and discover that the tea is already chilly. (Who’s with me right here?) I’ve even left the boot of my automotive open whereas going buying, solely to grasp it after I got here again. And whereas all of this stuff may not be unusual, it may be comforting to know that they could simply stem from a analysis outdoors of our management, in order that we will cease blaming ourselves for being merely ‘forgetful’.
Managing ADHD with LH planners
Individuals with ADHD typically wrestle with organising their time, staying centered on duties, and finishing initiatives. Nevertheless, with the appropriate instruments and techniques, it’s potential to handle the signs of ADHD whereas main a profitable life. That is the place LH planners are available.
Since conventional planners by no means labored for me, I made certain to incorporate sure options within the LH planners that made them precisely what I might need to use. Our planners present construction and help to individuals with ADHD, serving to them handle their time successfully and keep organised.
6 methods LH planners will help handle ADHD
1. Establishing a routine
One of many greatest challenges for individuals with ADHD is establishing a routine. LH planners present a visible illustration of the day, week, and month, which will help individuals with ADHD plan their actions and set up a routine. Get an LH planner and take a look at the Success Routines pages for assist staying on monitor along with your targets.
2. Breaking down duties
Individuals with ADHD typically wrestle with finishing duties as a result of they turn out to be overwhelmed by the quantity of labor concerned. However LH planners will help you break down duties into smaller, extra manageable steps. This could make duties really feel much less daunting and extra achievable – win-win! The Grasp To Do Listing and Undertaking pages in our LH planners assist you deal with one step at a time, quite than getting misplaced within the greater image.
3. Prioritising duties
Prioritising duties is crucial for individuals with ADHD as a result of it helps them deal with their most vital actions. LH planners will help you prioritise your duties by categorising them primarily based on urgency or significance. Additionally they can help you set three most vital duties for every day, so that you aren’t distracted by much less vital duties whereas getting every little thing it’s essential to do carried out.
4. Setting targets
Setting targets is a vital a part of managing ADHD. LH planners will help individuals with ADHD set lifelike targets, really feel a way of motivation and monitor their progress. LH planners also can assist you break down your targets into smaller, extra manageable steps so that you simply really feel they’re extra achievable, after which truly received out and obtain them!
5. Monitoring progress
Monitoring progress is crucial for individuals with ADHD as a result of it supplies a way of motivation and accomplishment. LH Planners embody month-to-month and quarterly check-ins, which is useful for monitoring progress as a result of it supplies a visible illustration of your accomplishments. This may be so simple as crossing off accomplished duties or utilizing stickers to mark achievements.
6. Time blocking
Time blocking is a extremely efficient productiveness approach that may be notably useful for people with ADHD. It includes scheduling particular blocks of time for various actions or duties all through the day, lowering procrastination and overload and enhancing focus and organisation. With time blocking, you’ll develop extra conscious of how lengthy particular actions require and enhance your planning and time administration expertise over time. Our LH every day planners have one web page per day and half-hourly time slots for planning every day intimately that can assist you develop this ability.
How individuals with ADHD use LH planners
One in all our prospects, Debbie, not too long ago shared with us how she makes use of our planners to remain organised and handle her busy schedule. Debbie has ADHD and struggled with discovering a planner that labored for her till she discovered LH Agenda. Debbie makes use of our LH Planner, LH Organiser and Assembly Notebooks (the Productiveness Bundle) to organise her life. She finds that our planners present the construction and organisation that she wants to remain on monitor. Right here’s what Debbie has to say about utilizing these instruments.
Utilizing the LH Planner
“The perfect I’ve ever had! Although there are three, they’re EXACTLY what I wanted! I’ve so many partially used organisers I’ve bought I’m simply not pleased with, that they’ve now turn out to be mud collectors. They don’t present the sections I must preserve me organised, nor the separation of them to maintain my thoughts straight. Bullet journals don’t assist my ADHD mind AT ALL and are literally extra distracting and troublesome.”
“The LH planner retains my targets and initiatives organised and simple to trace. It’s my as soon as every week, as soon as a month, and quarterly go-to. Since I’m so busy with work, that is extra of a self-care planner. That is the place I ensure I find time for myself so I don’t get so overwhelmed with work. Self-care is important to work success. Although they’re separate, they’re nonetheless related. I nonetheless have work targets and initiatives right here, however extra in order that I ensure my time is balanced and productive.
Utilizing the LH Organiser
“My day organiser retains me on monitor with my every day to-do listing and follow-ups, private and enterprise. Right here, I can prioritise each self and work. It’s the place I organise my complete day from wake-up to sleep, from exercises to conferences, from meditation to initiatives.
Utilizing the LH Assembly Pocket book
“My conferences journal is the one I take advantage of totally for work, since my day is FILLED with conferences! It’s really easy to return and pull info from a earlier assembly, preserve monitor of delegations and tasks, and jot notes all through. Earlier than I had the assembly organiser, I wasted time gathering notes from completely different notebooks, emails, information. This retains all related data in a single location. It’s even modified the best way I file issues. The perforated pages and shade coded tabs are PERFECT and assist me preserve associated conferences collectively!
Our Assembly Pocket book is a useful device for anybody who has plenty of conferences to attend, offering devoted area for assembly notes and actionable gadgets. With perforated pages and part tabs, the Assembly Pocket book makes it simple to maintain associated conferences collectively and shortly discover the data you want.
“I’m a literal paper path individual, because the digital world may be misplaced with a glitch. I could also be old skool, however these organisers are what I wanted and the wait (AUS to USA), was WELL price it!!! They slot in my purse and I take them with me all over the place as a result of I by no means know when a chance, or impediment, will current itself. It additionally lets the individuals I’m with know that they’re vital, and I’m not simply texting randomly on my digital machine of their presence. Notion – it truly DOES make a distinction.
“With all that being stated, that is essentially the most organised I’ve been between work and life, in years! My thoughts truly appears like I can take a second to calm down. After I really feel a second of panic, I can simply take a look at the planners, and KNOW precisely the place the data is. I’m now not opening a drawer filled with partially used planners attempting to dig by them to seek out the data I would like.”
Our dedication to you
ADHD could be a difficult situation that makes it troublesome to remain organised and centered, however may be managed with the appropriate instruments. By establishing routines, breaking down duties, prioritising actions, setting targets, and monitoring progress, individuals with ADHD can handle their signs and obtain their targets identical to anybody else.
At LH Agenda, we’re obsessed with serving to all our prospects reside their greatest lives, and we imagine that instruments just like the LH Planner, LH Organiser and Assembly Pocket book could make an actual distinction. Their clearly separated sections present organisation with out overwhelm, they assist monitor a number of duties and priorities directly, and so they embody reminders for self-care and wholesome work-life steadiness. So when you’re struggling to remain organised and centered, give our merchandise a attempt.
Kasia Gospos is the founder, CEO and inventive director of LH Agenda. Kasia has a background as a industrial analyst, administration accountant (ACMA), and challenge administration skilled, and is obsessed with supporting and provoking ladies to assist them create fabulous companies, careers and private lives, on their very own phrases.
