Yeah. I hate it so much.
2 things i learned that help a little is to make the task as tiny as possible. Have to do dishes? What if i just wash 1 glass and make myself a chocolate milk? Or if i wash just this bowl and get some peanuts? And then when i am washing just that one thing, it is soooo much easier to wash the rest.
The other one is breaking my project down into tiny tasks. This one might be more for my autism, but having a list of what to do helps me so much.
Things feel like gigantic tasks and i won’t know where to start. But if i figure out what needs to be done, it makes it a lot easier.
But then making a list is hard because of my adhd… so… 🤷
Yes, in fact (for me) I don’t think it’s so much breaking things down than tricking myself into thinking there’s less than there actually is. I don’t start by washing one bowl, I tell myself that’s all there is to wash. And then when that one bowl is clean, the total amount of chores has shrunk by that much. It seems my brain can’t fathom doing all in small chunks, almost as if it couldn’t stand the idea of stopping midway through it for the day and resume tomorrow. It has to be either done today, or not done at all. The idea of half-done is unacceptable.
Yeah, washing one thing is simple, but a long sequences of things to wash is ensuring to think about… There are greasy things, crusted things, that all need different methods to wash. Also, it takes a long time for the water to become hot. Then drying…
But then, once the first thing has been washed, the water is already hot and soap is already partially washing the other greasy things! Might as well do a little bit more washing while we’re at it. If i stop, i have to dry my hands and wipe the countertop…
I do this too. I kinda hate brushing my teeth, but I just tell myself “oh, what if I just brush them real quick, for just 30 seconds or so” and then once I’ve started it doesn’t bother me at all, so I just brush them properly. Been doing it like this for years now.
Yeah. I hate it so much. 2 things i learned that help a little is to make the task as tiny as possible. Have to do dishes? What if i just wash 1 glass and make myself a chocolate milk? Or if i wash just this bowl and get some peanuts? And then when i am washing just that one thing, it is soooo much easier to wash the rest.
The other one is breaking my project down into tiny tasks. This one might be more for my autism, but having a list of what to do helps me so much. Things feel like gigantic tasks and i won’t know where to start. But if i figure out what needs to be done, it makes it a lot easier.
But then making a list is hard because of my adhd… so… 🤷
Yes, in fact (for me) I don’t think it’s so much breaking things down than tricking myself into thinking there’s less than there actually is. I don’t start by washing one bowl, I tell myself that’s all there is to wash. And then when that one bowl is clean, the total amount of chores has shrunk by that much. It seems my brain can’t fathom doing all in small chunks, almost as if it couldn’t stand the idea of stopping midway through it for the day and resume tomorrow. It has to be either done today, or not done at all. The idea of half-done is unacceptable.
Yeah, washing one thing is simple, but a long sequences of things to wash is ensuring to think about… There are greasy things, crusted things, that all need different methods to wash. Also, it takes a long time for the water to become hot. Then drying…
But then, once the first thing has been washed, the water is already hot and soap is already partially washing the other greasy things! Might as well do a little bit more washing while we’re at it. If i stop, i have to dry my hands and wipe the countertop…
I do this too. I kinda hate brushing my teeth, but I just tell myself “oh, what if I just brush them real quick, for just 30 seconds or so” and then once I’ve started it doesn’t bother me at all, so I just brush them properly. Been doing it like this for years now.