Chances are, if you have Adult ADHD, you’re an “idea machine”–you come up with great new ideas all the time, maybe several in a day!
Problem is, the ideas are often unrelated to what you already decided to work on, and so each new idea becomes a distraction that takes you further away from your larger goals. What can a person with Adult ADHD and too many good ideas do?
I have Adult ADHD myself, and I have 10 great ideas a day, minimum, that are “million-dollar ideas.” How do I actually implement one of them and get something done? I don’t want to just stop having great ideas. I love thinking about new ideas. Its one of the things I’m best at doing.
I say, “Okay, when I have a great idea, its my job to figure out how I can take whats really great about that idea, and apply it to what I’m working on–that is, working on ALREADY.” This is something every person with Adult ADHD needs to train themselves to do.
Here’s how it works:
Lets say I’m working on a website about Attention-Deficit Disorder. What happens if I have a great idea about a restaurant they should...