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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
A calm, undemanding life is supposed to be the goal, and for a lot of people with ADHD it is quietly unbearable. Comfort does not hold you. Something with a bit of pull to it does.
This is worth knowing when you are building a plan around less: fewer commitments, lighter workload, nothing too taxing. Take out all the demand and…
Give a dull task some fuel: music, a timer, a stake, a partner. Your brain runs on interest.
Do not expect a low-interest task to run on willpower alone. Add the spark it needs to catch.
One psychiatrist took up a dance class in lockdown, three times a week, at something he was frankly not good at. Being bad at it was the reason it kept working.
A repetitive session on a machine asks very little of you once your body knows it. Something with steps to follow, in time with other people, keeps…
Some of the low, grey stretches are not depression. They are what happens when there has been nothing on the go for a while, and the colour comes back when a project starts.
It is a quieter thing than depression and it does not look like much from outside. Sleep is fine, you are still working, but the zest has gone out of…
Build your work around what your mind does well, novelty, hyperfocus, big-picture, not only around your gaps.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
You will go further leaning on your strengths than endlessly sanding down your weaknesses.