Tell someone something is already done and that you’ll show them later.

Panic is a wonderful motivator.

This isn't a hack, but I try to do one thing at a time now.

If I'm cleaning the house and I'm tempted to deep clean a drawer or do some side quest that isn't actually the thing I should be going, I'll take note, say out loud "damnit focus, that isn't going to help right now" and regroup.

It's frustrating, but giving into my impulses is usually what makes shit take forever and never get done.

Also lots of caffeine and THC seems to help (?).

One of these days I'm going to try getting diagnosed for ADHD and get medicated, but making phone calls to do that and talking to someone sounds like a nightmare. That would be a truly unhinged solution for me.

I read a book that convinced me that anything I thought I 'should' do was completely optional. I did the 'had to's as I'd always done, and if a 'should' came up I did it if I felt like it and was able to not worry about it if I didn't. It was a pretty nice week. Therapist laughed at it when I told them, and that was the end of that.

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.

I misunderstood this as hacks to get adhd people stuck.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Meditate and realize that you don't know what you want to do.

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

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.

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

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

in college, I made a separate user that had no video games installed and knew none of my passwords. I made myself go to the library at a set time and had to stay for a set duration of working hours. I also used a social media blocker. Eventually it stopped working though and I would sit there and do nothing versus start.

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.