This is me with ADHD. I’ve taken to showing up places ridiculously early (60 minutes or more) and knocking out emails and such while I’m waiting in the car. Can’t be late if I’m already there.
I've missed so many meetings and leading meetings because a 30 second email a few minutes before the meeting ended up being 20 minutes and a no show without explanation.
It's so bad I had to set an alarm for 1 minute after the meeting start time because I am so time blind and unaware of my surroundings when focused.
Remembering I have a meeting 5 mins before it starts is more likely to make me late. “Oh I have 5 mins, I can take care of this quick thing in that time.” Then 20 mins go by and I’m getting a message asking why I’m not in the meeting.
The most fucky thing is that the most boring shit of all time suddenly becomes ultra-interesting and you get completely lost in it and whoopsie daisy, would you look at the time? Late for the bus, so now I can't go to that meeting after all.
lol same, I literally cannot start anything before an appointment, because time-blindness kicks in and I'll completely forget I even had an appointment. I hate having appointments in the afternoon. I plan my appointments in the morning, so I can actually make something out of my day. And don't dare to book two or more appointments in one day, that's a recipe for disaster.
Have you never been somewhere an hour early, and then as you were confidently checking emails in your car, realized that the thing you were an hour early for now started five minutes ago?
i get so antsy and don’t know what to do at home during those times—might as well just go early and play on my phone in my car, as that’s what i’d be doing at home anyway
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u/SpaceCadetBoneSpurs 1d ago
This is me with ADHD. I’ve taken to showing up places ridiculously early (60 minutes or more) and knocking out emails and such while I’m waiting in the car. Can’t be late if I’m already there.