Autism

Just do something, even if it's a terrible idea.

Example: I need to put up this shelf. I'll get my tools. But first I need to find the right position, measure, make sure it's level, line up the guide holes...well, before I pick the position, I should check for studs. Where's the stud finder? Oh, I need a pencil too. And those magic sponges. Do I need to buy more of those? HOLY SHIT, IT'S BEEN TWO HOURS AND I'VE DONE NOTHING?

Drills hole in wall.

Ok. Now there's a big hole in the wall. I need to resolve that before my wife comes home in an hour. That's motivating. Let's see if i can cover that with a shelf.

Getting arrested.

I wasn't arrested, but held for questioning because my car was near the scene of the incident. So I had to wait there for 30 minutes and give a statement.

Those 30 minutes, I was having a ball thinking creatively.

Have a child. They'll remind you when you're getting distracted again.

Least unhinged thing I do: request that people I know harass the fuck outta me to do chores. I'll regularly have a friend remind me to go a chore after a half hour of gaming and I'll begrudgingly go do the chore so I can go back to gaming.

Most unhinged: turn on angry music and think of people I hate to get energized and wound up by rage. Sometimes I'll scream too. I have a playlist called Grrr that's just all of my angry music but I'll often fixate on one song.

I had a period of extremely productive work a while back when putting on late '90s early 2000s teen comedies in the background. I got so much done while 10 Things I Hate About You and Can't Hardly Wait were playing in the background.

Don't do anything, just doomscroll on your phone for hours until the absolute last minute and then panic and finish whatever it was you were actually supposed to be doing. Repeat until everything is done.

Jokes on you (well, actually me), I don't have one! I'm just stuck and the only thing that helps that is another person making me do it.

ketamine. Doesn't work anymore, don't try it

but there has been at least three times I took some k and for some reason I got this primal, savage and wild urge to clean my house

why? idk

Stopping to sleep for a few day to get my brain out of loops or hyperfocus.

Induce panic. Just spiral out of control about that shit until you get the adrenaline, then start doing coping mechanisms to get the anxiety to a level you can function but you can only function on the thing you're specifically freaked the fuck out about.

It ain't good for you, but it works in a pinch

LSD applied directly to genitals you'll end up doing something at least and if you just stare at the wall it will look cool

Blasting my brain out with really loud music usually helps.

Besides that, my brain is a lot either/or.

I am not great a eating balanced, getting a balanced amount of exercise, or doing anything else balanced.

When I went to university, I either studied 10h/day every day, or I did not study at all.

As soon as I start slacking on my own extreme goals for specific task, I lose almost all ability to get that thing done.

It's extreme or nothing, it is now or not now.

Stare at a wall for 15min. At some point I actually tart tripping

Idk How much this really is related to Neurodivergency and how much is addiction/suppressing depression, but for me being at least to some degree stoned definitely helps with getting stuff done. At this point, I can do pretty much anything while being stoned. Housework, cleaning, even coding. All of it can be done while being stoned.

Mentioned it before but: Watch a show with crazy but functional characters until mirror-neurons/code-switching/whatever-the-hell-it-is kicks in and you start being able to act and think like them. Then do the task as that character. The more unhinged the character the better because then it’s just fun to kinda larp them in your head as you do your task, and it takes your mind off of the task itself but still gets you to do the task.

Also very helpful for writing essays btw. Like if normally you write essays “like a robot” just pick someone who speaks with charisma and write the essay in the way you think they would. I’m not joking, it really helps

today I wanted to sew up a hole in the shirt I wanted to wear so I sat at the sewing machine shirtless so that every time I would try to get up to go do something else, my tits being out would remind me oh yeah I want to sew this fucking hole in the shirt before I do anything fucking else.

unfortunately I wasn't able to finish setting up the sewing machine before my roommate needed me for something, so I just put on the shirt. it still has a hole. 😑

We just curse everything under around and above the sun like “Fuck Fuck fuck you fuck off fuck me fuck this Fuck that” etc And that tends to help

Buy absolutely miniscule amounts of food so hunger drives me out of my house to get things done.

I just don't eat till the evening.
Hunger triggers a caveman response of "you need to work to get food" which keeps me productive.

Micro dosing THC, like if a dose is 10 (mg?) I eat 2.5. Not enough to feel the effects at all, weed usually makes me so stupid and totally unproductive, but weirdly, a small amount focuses me. I'm like just zoned enough to not over think anything, but totally present enough to complete everything i need to do, well.

Beyond that, no breaks, no eating, just coffee. I can get a ton done, the bit of hunger also focuses me. In this mode, I just let the productivity flow, and don't try to necessarily stay on exact task. If half way through organizing all the toys in the house I remember to write a thank you note, I just get the supplies out, push a clear space in the toys and bang it out. Trying to ignore the impulses and stay perfectly on task just burns me out. Anyway, I get right back to the toys, and the letter is addressed with a stamp, so I end up with a bunch of tasks done.

I absolutely crash at the end of the day, feel sick from not eating with the caffeine, and my body hurts from zero breaks. But if I eat or sit at all I'm done for the day.