Hi i struggle to focus on assignments as i think i have ADHD , any tips on how to improve this?

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I am on pc and I am wondering if you know any app that restricts app use to only weekends or something like that. It would help me a lot!

I have an absolute metric f-ton of projects at work I need to get done before the 13 of December, 2 weeks from today. I'm very bad at focusing and im a procastinator. I don't have time to do that that though. I need help finding things to help me focus for the coming 2 weeks. To be clear, its not organization im stuck on, its staying productive and not getting distracted, since I rrally would rather do ANYTHING else. It doesnt help that I work from home, so Im constantly wanting to play video games or go into my shop and find some woodworking or electrical project to work on.

Thanks in advance guys.

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i cant focus on anything. i used to love movies but now i cant focus on them. i’m in school and i want to get my grades up i truly want to study but i just can’t. focusing is so hard for me. if it’s not something i’m hyperfixated on then i can’t focus. sometimes i just sit there and look at my homework and think about anything but what i’m supposed to be doing. any tips?

For me it’s 5-minute ritual of tech detox. I distance myself from the digital buzz, turn on relaxed music and start with 3 key things I want to achieve in the next few hours.

What gets you in the zone before tackling a task?

hey everyone, i'm Sina Mobasser – i created an iPhone app called Soundtrack that contains an endless stream of free focus music.

i just launched the app and would love to get your feedback on it... specifically, it if helps your focus!

to play music: tap Focus / Chill Work. that's it!

here's a link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6453002320

i really appreciate your time in doing so 🙏

Sina

There is a task that takes more than an hour. I begin, and a minute later random thoughts about unrelated and important topics appear in my mind. It gets worse and worse until I give in and end up in time sucking rabbit holes on the internet. End of the day I got nothing productive done. I just cannot . I cant stay focused.

I tried pomodoro, I tried short breaks, long breaks, frequent breaks, it all just doesn't work.

The only time I can focus is when all of these requirements are met:

1. I'm well rested from a good night of sleep
2. I need time. A long enough part of the day to focus uninterrupted.
3. My mind is clear, no distracting junk information flooding through it
4. I told myself a clear intention: "I'm going to focus on this task for x minutes/hours"
5. Nothing and no one interrupts me during my focus time
6. I dont take a short break because once I do that its over with my focus. I take a break = give my mind a chance to fill itself with information irrelevant to the task.

There are just so many requirements to be met. If one of them is not, then I feel way too much resistance and can't focus. I will be trying to focus and find myself getting distracted heavily and then I will only be draining my energy trying to be productive while not actually being productive.

I have had extremely low productivity for the last 3 years. I have been in therapy a long time, I have tried so many things, but I just cannot focus consistently. Please help-

lately I've been doing things without thinking, in fact this problem has been there since sometime now, I don't understand what's wrong with me. Something as simple as entering a upi pin would initiate a transaction hasn't flashed my mind! something as simple as not doing what I'm not supposed to seems hard. I've been mindlessly doing things and now it's a serious issue that I don't know how to address. I lack concentration and can't focus more for than 5 minutes. I feel very stupid. what disorders do I have? what do I start working on? please help.

PS: I'm tired of waking up to the feeling that I'm a dumass.

Both of them stopped working, and I can’t find what fuse they are on.

Anyone interested in doing some virtual zoom co-working with me to help keep each other focused and motivated on doing work?

I'm specifically looking for someone who's interested in putting in a couple of hours on most saturdays/sundays - we'll just be on a zoom working independently on whatever our own work is, but we'll have each other's accountability!

I've done this before and found that it has helped me the most having someone there to hold me accountable.

Hello,

Focus is something that I struggle with and I've been looking for resources that actually help improve this skill. From looking online some of the most popular resources seem to be:

• Deep Work By Cal Newport
• The ADHD Episode on the Huberman Podcast
• Getting Things Done By David Allen

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First, from your personal experiences are these resources beneficial in helping you improve focus? And if not, what other strategies/resources/guides have helped you guys out?

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Please let me know!

I already did basically anything possible to reduce the focus stealing possibilities a smartphone brings. Deactivated all pop-up messages either WhatsApp, telegram, Instagram and so on.

The problem is that I sometimes have to look at single chats, in WhatsApp, but not really going to see all of the other chats and what’s new in them, but I also don’t want to move all of the other chats to archive, and have a lot of back-and-forth.

Is there any app or extension possible to WhatsApp that lets me choose a Given number of chats Which I have in direct focus And all the others are not visible in that moment, but can easily be brought back with a few simple clicks if the need is there. Or possibly grouping some of the people or chats together so I can go through them when the time is right.

One idea would be I don’t know if this is possible, to place shortcuts for certain often used and non-focus killing chats Onto the home screen and access them via that, and then basically grouping those into folders...

Let me know if you have encountered similar problems and maybe you even have An appropriate solution for it.

Best wishes to all of you !

In our school engineering class, we have been assigned the task to develop a product to help people focus. Part of our research phase is to interview people who may or may not struggle with focus. It would really help us out if you guys filled out this google form!

https://forms.gle/DyxKi1rf4m2g5QEZ9