Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Discover simple strategies for mastering your daily planning #dailyroutine #timemanagement

10 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this coaching monologue, the speaker urges listeners to habitually write down every activity—both before and after it occurs—and then cross it off the list once completed. By documenting mundane tasks such as brushing teeth, feeding a baby, or making coffee, individuals create a tangible record of accomplishments that reinforces a "reality of success." The speaker acknowledges that future‑oriented planning can be especially challenging for people with ADHD or other neurodivergent traits, but emphasizes that retroactive logging still cultivates a success mindset. The core recommendation is to start today, turn task‑writing into a habit, and use the completed list as a confidence‑building reality check.

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I want you to start writing it down as you're doing things. Or heck, if you did something and you didn't write it down, I want you to start writing it down even after you've done it and then cross it off your list because you did it. And brushing your teeth, that is a thing to put on your list and cross off. Feeding the baby, put it on your list, cross it off. Making yourself a cup of coffee, put it on the list, cross it off. I want you to plan in the past. So I want you to get in the habit today of creating a reality of success. This is our reality check today. Sometimes we can't plan for our future, and that's some— that's a major habit that's really hard to build, and it can be a struggle when you're ADHD or otherwise neurodivergent. But if you start planning and writing things down even after you've done them, and again, everything that you do is a success.