It’s not a new idea, the urgency matrix you see at the left, but it works. It can prioritize your ADHD life. If I were using it for that purpose, for short-term thinking (attacking a day’s tasks, say), I would draw out the quadrants just as you see them, and plug my tasks into the appropriate quadrant.
I’d begin my day by focusing on the “urgent and important” tasks.I find the matrix motivational in a larger sense. Most of the time, I want to keep things out of the urgent and important quadrant.
If I scare myself a little bit with the possibility of too many “urgent” tasks, I no longer procrastinate.As I struggle with anxiety, this tool takes on a different purpose.
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