Here’s a fun resolution for literally everyone on tumblr to have in 2019: stop sharing obvious misinformation and do a google search before you reblog something for once in your life please I’m actually begging you
While we’re at it stop reblogging stolen art and content and in general just try to think about the actual context in which the content you see was created before sharing it! Is it a picture of some animals in what seems like a very unnatural position (a.k.a. those frozen frogs riding on the back of other creatures)? Then those animals probably didn’t want to be in that position and are being manipulated for social media likes and you shouldn’t share it! A video of a parent making fun of their kid might be worth a chuckle but think about the actual person that made that video and whether or not that kind of relationship should be promoted! Check whether a funny meme of some art with text had the artists permission or gives them any kind of credit! Just use your brain and your conscience when you’re deciding what to share on social media the same way you do in the rest of your life!!!!! Anyway,
aka why tf am i procrastinating on The Thing (more like a flowchart, actually)
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
Ooh, this is a really lovely (and kind-hearted) guide for ADHD, executive dysfunction issues, or just plain ol’ brain fog! Should help with misplaced guilt, too.
1. Hear no evil, speak no evil-but still she sees. Utena as slowly being constrained but not fully by many sources, among them society, a man and expectations on a young teenager to conform.
2. We three imperfects The twisting of idealized forms, showing how shortsighted they can be.
3. The world-egg broken The coming of adolescence and a broken egg, full of worries about a young girl growing into a woman, unready yet approaching that state without rest or stop.
4. Stole the keys and locked herself out Two siblings, seperated by not simply a wall-their past, broken impossible promises and the crest of adolescence and awakening upon them.
5. Reflection of myself Do you see the tea? Or do you see the frightening truth?
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