one thing that causes me a lot of grief is time management.
i can be deeply engaged, working fast, and the hours fly by. i can't work fast enough to keep up with the clock.
i play music and keep excellent time, almost a human metronome. i can guess the time on the clock with great and reliable accuracy.
i cannot, however, gauge time when i'm super involved in something. and at these times, the faster i try to work, the faster the clock moves. sometimes, i'm up all night due to my temporal detachment. (new terminology?)
am i alone in this?
Seeker - you're on the topic that hits us all - it's a major nexus for all with ADHD. We all end up either seeing time restraints and finding things to keep us from trying, or we get into the activity and look up and it's been hours or even days! All or nothing right?
I find with my medication I don't get so riveted in things as I used to. It's kind of like where it was a shield around me letting in no sound or vision, now I can see around me while working. I find that I look up and check time even when it's fascinating or engrossing work/play. It's nice not wasting so much time, computer chat used to be my bugaboo. Not anymore it's nice, small chunks. I still play but manageable now.
Have you checked your community college for time management classes? They offer them for busy business people to find methods to arrange life so as to allow things to get done. I took one in university (went over my head then - was undiagnosed at the time) and I know they still offer them and they aren't overly expensive.Just know you're not alone - we all have time issues for sure.
Hope you find that happy medium we all strive for.
- Glen
The problem with time is that once you think you have a handle on it, it's gone.