A brief first-person reflection by Hinesh Chauhan on living with ADHD and poor short-term memory. He describes being able to focus on triage work using a priority list but struggling to resume tasks left for days, relying on "breadcrumbs" (notes/tabs) that often aren't enough, leading to confusion over why a tab or task was left open.
You know what a pro to having ADHD and a horrible short term memory is that I can focus on my triage work and just work off my priority list, but when it comes back to getting into anything that I've left behind for more than a few days, I'm screwed. And the other thing is, I leave little breadcrumbs, right? I leave breadcrumbs so I remember I can pick up from where I was before. But when you've got about six windows like that, I try to go back to an old task and remember why. What's this tab here? What was I supposed to do with it? Breadcrumbs weren't good enough. I'm gonna end up with some old lady in a house full of candy.
