Oh great, thanks #executivedysfunction! Perfect!

I have a #hyperfocus and I I have a weird obsession related to it, but you won't let me do anything about it!

I want to make a #guitar songbook for "my" songs with all the chords how I recommend myself to play them

I bought empty tab notebooks to put this in

How exactly do I want to organize it? *Obviously* just trying something is out!

OK, I'll google #DIY songbooks. Better open these ideas in browser tabs "to read later".

Nothing.

#adhd

It's a good thing I brought the #guitar from yesterday home already or I'd be playing it right now instead of working (and now I'm talking about it anyway)

#hyperfocus is bad enough, but I'm also much happier when I'm hyperfocusing

I can't even tell myself that One Day This Will Be Professionally Useful like some other recent focus points (#linearalgebra #dsp #fft #python #kalmanfilter #orbitalmechanics #geometricalgebra #electronics)

#adhd

It never feels like #hyperfocus or #obsession

This morning I realized I had nothing in my brain about work projects. Each thing was like ...oh yeah, that!

Meanwhile I'm wondering where I can get a good deal on a third #guitar to keep in my office to practice at odd moments

That's not a thing. Do not be That Guy.

Make a list of WORK things to do today. Do those things. Play guitar at home.

With great effort, I can shift focus for a while. (Maybe the mailing list will have one.) #adhd (?)

One not-fun part of #hyperfocus is not being able to tell when the work is actually done. #neurodivergent

Uh oh.

I picked up #acoustic #guitar during lockdown. At almost exactly 1y, gave up. Largely because learning #music + a physical skill was too much. Also work opening back up and wife hates "strumming".

Twins are going to college and one set her #ukelele out to be packed in the car.

I picked it up.

Strummed a few chords.

Put it down and went and got my guitar out of storage.

Second iteration on a #hyperfocus usually makes more progress. We'll see.

@Nick
I found accepting the reality of the way I hyperfocus to be more beneficial than trying to force my brain to be different. I just have special interests that I pick up and put down every few months or years, with no interaction with it in between.

I find my unwanted hyperfocus is worse when I am not doing well mentally. Like you, I will just doom scroll or be hyperfocusing. In those cases the hyperfocus isn't even about enjoyment, but giving me reprieve from other awful feelings. The hyperfocus itself can feel bad at times or disruptive, but I do find if I look at my wellbeing bigger picture, it is helping me run away from worse things. So I try to address the other stuff if I can. When I am more well, my hyperfocuses are much more enjoyable and sustainable.

My only tried and true hack to escape hyperfocus/doomscroll spiral temporarily (so I can rest) is to listen to podcasts I have already heard several times, while I walk outside. It has to be something I've already heard before or it doesn't work. The familiarity and security it provides seems to give my brain the off ramp so I can rest for a day.

#ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #hyperfocus #doomscrolling #mentalHealth

Technology should exist for our convenience, not for the convenience of anyone who wants to interrupt us.
from #Hyperfocus by #ChrisBailey

This resonates deeply with me. I loathe constant phone buzzing or browser notifications. Sometimes it feels like we’re slaves to the technology instead of us being the boss.

FYI the #book is not aimed at the #neurodiverse at all; my goal in reading it is to find #research-backed information that can help me understand and handle my distractions and maybe - just maybe - he’ll have some #tips that will be useful for *my* brain.

For example, knowing that it takes 29 minutes to get back on track after distracting ourselves (vs 6 minutes when distracted by someone else) quantifies the consequences of distractions. Thinking that a distraction = losing half an hour feels much more tangible.

#Bookstodon #Quotes #ADHD #AdultADHD #POSSE #Indieweb #ADHDer #Neurodiversity

https://whatwasidoingagain.com/adhd-asides/technology-should-exist-for-our-convenience/

Fast writing and instant communication has become built into our expectations of one another under #latecapitalist #academia. I find myself unable to keep up, which means I miss out on a lot of opportunities. But I’m grateful that my brain forces me into slowness because it makes my work better.
Fuck fast-food academia!
Fuck the neoliberal university!
Fuck ableist journals and departments!
Long live slow scholarship!
#neurodivergent #sensoryprocessingsensitivity #hyperfocus #slowscholarship

#ADHD #hyperfocus is a nasty thing sometimes.
I have spent the whole day so far doing spam-janitor housekeeping (needed because “AI” is a myth) because I felt like it… Or maybe because I have to figure out how to rig up a bespoke half-assed 2FA solution ASAP.

And now my brain is crashing for the day. I really need to hop on the annoying crap first thing or it just doesn’t happen… You’d think I’d’ve learnt this by now.

#Autistic #hyperfocus is GREAT until I look up and it’s 12:20am and I missed my daily game, and then I look up again and it’s 3am.

Bringing Joy To Your Writing With Autistic Special Interests

Before I even knew I was autistic, I was including my special interests into my writing. Whether it was writing equestrian romances, especially those featuring predominantly English disciplines like sh

https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/bringing-joy-to-your-writing-with-autistic-special-interests/

#AuthorWellness #AutisticAuthors #NerodivergentAuthors #ADHD #autism #AutisticJoy #AutisticWriters #hyperfocus #SpecialInterests

#ActuallyAutistic #Hyperfocus and Obsessions are weird flipping beasts aren't they?

A month ago I was ABSOLUTELY obsessed with #CitiesSkylines. Couldn't play it enough. Huge metropolises!!

The after that ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with #Satisfactory. Building massive megafactories!

This week? Oh #PlanetZoo.. Setting up attractive and efficient zoos with conservation credit breeding programs for endangered animals..

Wonder what obsession next week will bring XD hehe

When you hyperfocus on a new interest and come out of it days later

#adhd #hyperfocus #gravityfalls

I've dove in and started listening to the @blindboyboatclub podcast. I've really gotten into podcasts as I can listen to them when I'm out to make the world feel smaller (agoraphobic tendencies) or when I'm stitching (because I can't just sit). Him talking about his writing flow (in his own hilarious way) reminded me very much of how I #hyperfocus on my essays. I fear this will be my downfall for my #dissertation 😭

Spent 12 hours today sorting that 7500-piece #Lego set as prep to start actual assembly tomorrow. The manual is 3400 pages/steps.

What, me, #autistic #hyperfocus? Nah.

This is me and the victim is usually my wife 😂😂😂

I’m reading #HyperFocus by #ChrisBailey, to see if there’s anything useful for #neurodiverse folk, like research on how the brain pays attention or gets distracted,

#ADHD #ADHDlife #ADHDer #AdultADHD #Bookstodon

What I should do: Work on a plan to promote my editing services.

What I want to do: Continue my lunchtime reflections on Deborah and Jael, biblical interpretation, and internalized misogyny.

If anyone happens to be writing a book on related topics and needs to hire an editor, hi. I'm available, qualified, and passionate about helping writers discuss important topics clearly and elegantly.

And I Iove it when my work and special interests intersect.

#AmEditing #AmWriting #Bible #hyperfocus

It's time to finally admit it. I'm addicted to miniature painting. Here's what I've learned so far. https://youtu.be/4TGADlj95Ck

#dnd #5e #d&d #dnd5e #miniaturepainting #minipainting #miniature #minis #painting #obsessed #adhd #hyperfocus

@gbrnt Here's some more #mukke to get you into the right #hyperfocus mood...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAYMJk9IsDA

#neurotypical people enjoy plenty of advantages. Not the least of which is the fact that, y'know, society is made by and for them, and so they're never expected to deal with *alien bullshit*.

But I sometimes pity them. Specifically, nt folks will literally never experience the pure, unfettered bliss that is to have a true #hyperFocus -- When you give yourself in fully to something that you care about, and time ceases to be a thing you even realise exists, and ten hours have gone by and you haven't eaten or done anything else BUT the thing you loved and it's not that you didn't care, you didn't even NOTICE there was anything else.

NT folks can never. They need to spend money on mind-altering chemicals to experience a fraction of this.

Now if only I could control when this comes...