Step 3: Allocate time to do the work

Now you are aware of your relationship with time, you can make subtle changes to our working environment and lifestyle to accommodate it. There are some useful tried and tested templates in order to plan your day, week and life accordingly to get on top again. These will help you improve your relationship with time and, by extension, your relationship with yourself.

Coach Advice:

"Set yourself no more than 3 goals
and once you find a system that works for you - stick to it!”

Remember that it is about your relationship with time and one of the core roots could be related to not taking responsibility for your life. Therefore, take small steps to make changes to improve your planning and organisation skills and celebrate along the way to reinforce positive organisation habits. Get present to the consequences of not planning and organising to give yourself the motivation to stick to a system that works for you. Please remember to apply compassion to yourself as your brain thinks differently, once you raise awareness on this you can share with others so they are more aware that you find planning and organisation difficult. We have to accept what is and refrain from covering it up with our defense mechanisms. If you are working for someone else, it is important to make your boss aware so then measures can be put in place to help you manage time more effectively otherwise you may be at risk of losing your job. If you are unsure how to approach this, perhaps book a coaching session.

Step 4: Download the templates

In order to help you put some changes in place, templates for planning are provided so you don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Of course there are also many apps that can help along the way too, but the important thing is to be consistent with what works for you. Just download each one and print your own copies. Alternatively you can create your own in evernote or another note organising app. The daily planner has been the most useful template for our clients so it is possible to purchase a printed pad below.

Celebrating ADHD run weekly group sessions on each module so you might find it useful to join one of those LIVE online webinars. The benefits of this is that you will start to realise that you are not alone in these struggles with planning and organsiation. We want you to start fulfilling your potential and thriving with ADHD so start listening to our Celebrating ADHD podcast to get some inspiration. There is a recommended episode for each module.

Recommended Podcast for this module:

ADHD Tips for Getting things done:

Recommended Meditation for this module:

Loving-kindness meditation is a proven beginner meditation designed to increase benevolence to yourself and those around you. It is a 30-minute guided meditation that includes visualisation practices to open your heart and increase your connectivity with others. More importantly, it starts with giving love and compassion to yourself. This is essential in order to organise your life more effectively as most of the time we spend beating ourselves up that we missed that appointment or didn’t plan for something in the future. If we can be kinder to ourselves then we may actually start to enjoy planning the day, week, month or year without seeing it as a chore! We suggest you practice this guided meditation daily throughout this module until you move to the next one.

Step 5: Book a coaching review or take time out to reflect yourself

It is important to monitor and track our progress along the way in order to take charge of your ADHD. For example through taking the time out to do this reflection will highlight what is working for and what is not. This will save time in the long term as why to continue doing something that is not working for you and also if something is working for you, then why not do more of it? Therefore, please take this step as it is essential to the journey. You can even book a review session with a professional ADHD coach at a reduced rate below and then an online form will be sent to you in order to prepare for the session.