I don’t know if this is related to ADHD or something else, but I’ve found that just communicating with someone can help me move things along. Up to just now I’ve assumed it was a problem solving help, but thinking about it in this context makes me wonder if it’s actually a motivation thing.
Like I know I need to do something but am not sure what to do next, so I seek help with the problem but then don’t want to make it seem like I haven’t tried any of the obvious approaches, which are suddenly also obvious to me.
I’ve found this works even without needing to actually do the communication. Like if I’m writing an email instead of a chat, I’ll get the same effect.
If you’re freelancing on your own, maybe make up an imaginary colleague that can help with many problems but will judge if you just offload your problems onto them without even trying. Or try it with an AI assistant, since they can actually participate in the back and forth and might even have real solutions to offer.
That might help at least for the problems like, “I should be doing this thing but it seems too hard because I haven’t yet thought it through to the point where I know what the next step is”.
I don’t know if this is related to ADHD or something else, but I’ve found that just communicating with someone can help me move things along. Up to just now I’ve assumed it was a problem solving help, but thinking about it in this context makes me wonder if it’s actually a motivation thing.
Like I know I need to do something but am not sure what to do next, so I seek help with the problem but then don’t want to make it seem like I haven’t tried any of the obvious approaches, which are suddenly also obvious to me.
I’ve found this works even without needing to actually do the communication. Like if I’m writing an email instead of a chat, I’ll get the same effect.
If you’re freelancing on your own, maybe make up an imaginary colleague that can help with many problems but will judge if you just offload your problems onto them without even trying. Or try it with an AI assistant, since they can actually participate in the back and forth and might even have real solutions to offer.
That might help at least for the problems like, “I should be doing this thing but it seems too hard because I haven’t yet thought it through to the point where I know what the next step is”.