Clear the Decks before you Deck the Halls! Paper (etc) Decluttering Livestream
Channel: Devise & Conquer: Productivity, Technology, ADHD
Date: 2022-11-09

Calling all those with piles and files in need of attention! With fall rapidly changing into The Holiday Season™, we at The ADHD Guild wanted to host an event to prepare. Get ready for the coming deluge of mail by clearing out what’s already there! Join Colleen and Brittany as they set aside time to clear their decks before schedules get busy with other things. The event was inspired by the need to declutter and get rid of paper, especially mail. But feel free to bring any task that will help you prepare for the coming commitments and chaos.

No matter what social or other responsibilities we have at the end of the year, this time can often be disruptive and non-productive. Reasons may include, but are not limited to: stores and amenities closed, increased stress, contact with family, pleasant or unpleasant social events, increase in mail accumulation, sensory overwhelm, illness (and in recent years, the pandemic), pressure to make time or events special for ourselves or others, and changes in routine. The best way to minimize these factors is to ensure that any and all things we don't need to think about are dealt with and won't nag at us, worry us, or blow up in our faces unexpectedly. It's time to ask ourselves "What will get in the way of me surviving this time, the best I possibly can?"

Brittany Smith, Colleen Rutledge, and Stephanie Antoine, 3 ADHD Coaches, are here to walk through a paper (or email, or whatever) pre-Holiday Decluttering with you! After a start up, and hearing what intentions *you* have to declare, they will work on their own Decluttering (complete with commentary and mutterings!) Along the way, the coaches will drop some related nuggets of productivity wisdom, or things that have worked for them and their own neurodiversity. Join the fun, ask some questions, and get some support getting through those piles!

We use a modified Pomodoro technique. 
Timer color code: 
Pink = Break
Green = Work
Blue = Wrap it up, mark what you'll do when you come back from break

We strive to be completely authentic-- sharing our struggles and our lessons learned as we go through. 





You can find more:
https://adhdguild.com/ 

Brittany:
https://twitter.com/Devise_Conquer
https://conquer.consulting/
Colleen:
https://www.twitter.com/GreenDoorCoach
http://www.greendoorlifecoaching.com/
Stephanie:
https://www.stephanieantoine.com/

Course on setting up a task management system with ADHD:
https://devise-conquer.teachable.com/p/from-aggravated-to-navigated


#GTD #Declutter #ADHD #Neurodiverse #GetOrganized