Give yourself the best chance at starting - and completing - your chores by infusing one of six ADHD motivators into the process. Here's some rather unique ways to knock out your chores using competition, urgency, novelty, interest, humor, and play.
Put together a selection of the songs that get you motivated. If you are getting organized with another person, make sure that the music takes both people’s taste into consideration. Playing music while you clean, get organized, and make plans gives your brain that jolt of dopamine it needs to stay engaged. And you can always take a moment to dance!Take a boring task, like sorting documents, and do it in your everyday clothes.
A client of mine, who was a hoarder, found that if she prepared herself for each organizing session by putting on a favorite dance outfit, she was less overwhelmed by the task. She surprised both of us by how quickly she was able to tackle her projects when she was dressed to dance.My friend, Leslie Josel, suggests doing work in the bathtub .
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