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Hello and welcome from me too. I am very unorganized also. It's been a frustration for me my whole life and what I find that works best for me is to have calendars and things that I see as soon as I walk into the room. As soon as I make plans, have to pay a bill etc. I write it down. If I don't "see" it I might forget it. I also have an alarm that gets me up in the morning, an alarm for when I am cooking and my clocks are all set at least 15 minutes fast, including the clock in my car, drives my H crazy but he knows it works for me and my daughter who both have ADD. As for my messy house, I'm still working on that one. I think dropping one of my 2 jobs may help there and I may be able to do that soon as my H got a better job in November. I hope you find something that works for you from all the great tips everyone's given you. I sure do know how frustrating disorganization can be. I put everything into my Sidekick and an alarm goes off when I need to do something or go somewhere. I'd be lost without it.I would say do the crawling exercises from the book Stopping ADHD. These exercises have helped me more than all the medication I used to take. It is awesome and worth the read even if you don't end up doing the exercises. It is a totally different look at ADHD and the cause. It has changed my life.
I am more organized and more confident in organizing.
I wonder how much of our trouble began at home...not enough discipline,not brought up to believe in our abilities,not having the right role-models...It's like I learned how to survive,but not how to thrive!(Not that that skill hasn't come in handy!)Instead of worrying what tomorrow may bring,I got used to telling myself,"I'll always have enough for today!"..which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes..."He is richest who is content with the least!"...or is that like saying,"Never trying means never having to say you failed!"...what was the subject again?!.Time for me to say Good-night!
[QUOTE=newadder]wanted to know if anyone had any suggestion about getting organzied i am so bad about missing appointments ect is there suggestions[/QUOTE]
What kinds of behaviors come naturally to you that you can adapt to self-organizing? The reason I ask this is that there's so many organizational techniqes because people are so different in what works for them. If you are able to consistently execute a specific task, perhaps add an organizational component. For example, if you're the type that you sit down for breakfast everyday, then to that activity, add making your daily appointment and to-do list. Also consider some sort of alarm reminder. I have a watch with 2 alarm times I can set and a countdown timer so I can set multiple alarms to remind me of activities during a day.
Best of luck to you.
I have three diaries on the go at one time. One big house diary, a diary in my work bag and a diary in the car. I write in all three every night and look at each one in the morning too.
Usually works except when I forget to put the one in my bag and the one in the car 
Hi! Welcome to the board!
Different things work for different people, even though we all have ADHD. And I still miss appointments sometimes. Things that helped though:
Put a post it reminder on one, some, or all of the following: the steering wheel of your car, your bathroom mirror at eye level, on your car keys, the outside of your purse or wallet, the front door at eye level - think of places it would be impossible to miss - I do mean IMPOSSIBLE.
Leave yourself voice mail or email messages.
Ask someone to call and remind you. (Doctor's offices are usually really great at that.)
Wear a watch with an alarm function. Lots of people use PDAs or cell phones for this too.
If it is even remotely close to your appointment time and you remember, go right then before you get distracted. You can read a book or magazine for 30 minutes until the actual appointment time.
Come up with some interesting/funny/entertaining ideas of your own -- you know what sorts of things you notice and what things end up in the fog. What works best is usually something you come up with yourself.
I sit in front of the computer a large part of my day, both at work and some at home. I love the outlook reminders for at work. When I have a reminder of a daily task (I have 3), I just drop what I am doing and do the errand. If I ignore it, for even a moment, I know I will get engrossed back in my work and forget about it in 5 seconds flat.
My Thunderbird at home has the REminderFox add-on, which is almost the same, and I use it for EVERYTHING I need to remember, like change my filters, give my dogs their Heartguard, water the plants, bills due, etc.
For those who use computers, these are very wonderful, often underused tools.
I keep a little calender in my backpack and use it for everything. I have trained myself to just put my ego aside and know I will forget, so I write all my appointments down. It's also my checkbook, so I'm in there a lot and can check for upcoming appontments.
Also many cellphones have a reminder and alarm feature. It's kind of a pain to use, but well-worth the effort to avoid forgetting something and being a dork.
We also use notes on the door on the way out. Cannot miss 'em!
this means even if i do get re-engrossed in what i am doing and distracted - the alarm goes off again to remind me!
i find it phenomenally useful. because i almost always have my cell phone on me.
it's just a matter of plugging it into the phone and as i normally have my phone on me --- i try to do it straightaway the moment the appt is brought up.
i find it better than writing things down - because i don't necessarily notice the TIME for some reason. so i may know that i have to be somewhere today at three but i don't notice that it is two-thirty now. does that make sense. i only notice when it's half past four that three o'clock has passed and i have missed the meeting! the phone however has it's own clock and it's own date so i don't have to remember that bit.
good luck!
chjones38862.9859953704Notes, post it notes, and more notes....Did I say NOTES!!!
Welcome to the board!
My saying is, "Write it, don't say it!"
I use MS Outlook and my PDA. You have got to make yourself use it first but before you know it, you are in the habit of using it. If something comes up, put it on your calender or task list right then.
You could always make your employer hire you a personal assitant. Cite the ADA 