lazyguru

I'm 44. I've worked remote for a number of years and I think that's helped me cope as I was able to break my work time up with "life" stuff when I had trouble focusing on work things. However, I've struggled with personal projects where I will have times that I can sit and make a ton of progress and then other times where I will stare at a computer screen or the mechanical keyboard I want to build and my brain will simple refuse to allow me to get started. I've found Inflow to be informative and I've been working with one of their coaches on implementing different tools to help with focus during work meetings, etc...

Somewhere in Providence. Not exactly sure. I have an uncle that has like 5 acres of land up in a wooded area. He built his driveway like an "S" so you can't see the house from the street.

I have family there

Not sure why people don't like it. The video resonated with me and helped explain issues with motivation when it comes to ADHD. Maybe my comments on the post should have been more/longer?

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

This is one of the reasons I have soooo many unstarted side projects 🙁. It’s hard. Sometimes going for a walk helps. I suspect having an accountability partner would help a lot (assuming that person is up to the task of holding you accountable)

I usually have to have something (music, twitch, etc…) going or I’ll start talking to myself (you’ve seen this happen, lol)

Shawshank Redemption is easily in my top 3 movies. The underlying theme of the movie is hope.

Welcome to the community. We are glad you found us

TIL. Thanks for sharing that

They prefer the personal connection you can build in-person. Also, one of them mentioned the lack of ability for the counselor to be able to read body language in a video call as well as they could in-person

It’s hard to not be tough on yourself. Look at the positives though. Not every day has to have a “I saved a baby from a burning building” win in it. Sometimes we need to celebrate the small stuff too