As a kid I used to check out books from the library that had little BASIC games you could transcribe into your PC. Times have certainly changed.

Getting rid of as many time wasters as possible. Reddit, Instagram, etc. They never, ever end. With Lemmy, I’m done my feed in five minutes. YouTube is still a challenge though.

Thanks for the feedback, appreciated. I just wish the process was faster, somehow, for time and water/energy savings. Maybe I need a different shower head.

I listen to podcasts on a waterproof Bluetooth speaker. I wish I could speed my showers up though. IDK, I just always feel the need to rinse off my hands between every step, and it takes so long. Example steps: Put shampoo in hands, put hands into hair and uh agitate. Hands now covered in shampoo lather and shampoo lather running down my forehead to my eyes. To stop that, I need to rinse my hands. Awkwardly wave my hands in the thin water jets until clean. With clean hands, move the descending lather back into my hair, then step under the water to rinse my hair. Hair’s rinsed but hands not fully. Hand rinsing dance again. Next step, face wash, and on and on and on. God I wish I could speed it up.

Sure thing, check your DMs.

Thanks. I generally have notifications off because they’re too distracting.

I wrote a python script that downloads my calendar and displays my next meeting on a small e-ink screen plugged into a raspberry pi zero that I attached to the top of my computer screen. Basically I tend to get so zoned in (or out) that I always forget to check my calendar. I receive so many messages like “Are you joining the call???” 10 minutes after the start time. If anyone’s interested I will share a link to the source code.

I only found out when I got an email from my local ADHD support organization…on October 26.

Meds made the difference for me. I would have liked a career as a dev, but wasn’t able to because I was undiagnosed and had no idea what was wrong. After my dx and starting meds (in my 40s), I’m finally able to sit down and read documentation and do the work. I hope that helps you.

If you have an iPhone, put your medications into the health app and set them as critical. Even if your phone is on silent, it will give you a notification sound to remind you if you didn’t log it. I would forget my Concerta every day without it.

Big time daydreamer and conversation pre-planner over here. So, yes.

Yes. Do it. Different types may make you feel better than others.

For Vyvanse I feel super wired every time we increased the dose, but it would go away after a week. Pretty soon it felt like taking nothing, unless I missed a day, then it felt like the world was super distracting and my brain was throwing errors whenever I tried to speak my thoughts.

That’s good

“Sorry sir, but your warranty expired five months ago”

Mine will shut off after the timer finishes

Ooh, why is your username red?

Yes. Imagine more productive hyperfocus. I have been in love with the idea of becoming a computer programmer since I was a kid. I dabbled for basically 35 years until I was recently diagnosed with ADHD. Got put on Vyvanse and ever since I’ve been actually building very specific utilities for personal use from the ground up. Feels good man.

Support your favourite artists directly. That wasn’t an option in the Napster days.