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This is my chance to share one of my favourite Douglas Adams quotes:
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."But I also need the pressure to motivate me to hit my goals or I’ll just keep kicking that can further down the road.
Deadlines stress me out, I’ll usually start the task immediately and get it done halfway, then days later I’ll think “well it’s already half done so I can probably just do it later”, then later comes and it turns out that I only finished the easier half of the task and have to rush to actually get it done.
addendum
I am not autistic, just sharing my experience with deadlines
How do you manage it?
I don’t and I think I’m starting to fall apart…
I fell apart. But now I’ve put myself back together and doing so I’m quit drinking and smoking and I’ve eliminated every single narcissist in my life. They are still alive. They’re just not near me. Lol. I’m here if you have any questions about how that worked, but I have AuDHD, PDA, CPTSD and life is still hard. Filling my days with education and focusing on diet and health is key.
I’ve eliminated every single narcissist in my life. They are still alive. They’re just not near me. Lol
This made me smile and laugh ❤️
I’m happy to hear that you found a way to find peace for yourself ❤️ It sounds like your journey wasn’t easy at all, so you really have to be proud of yourself for succeeding!
i hate deadlines.
okay, just get it done when you can.
thanks, i turn brittle and burned out with too much structure. *never gets thing done*
The best solution I’ve found for my PDA brain to deal with tons of corporate deadlines is two parts: (1) make my own deadlines before theirs so my deadline, and (2) find a way to add my uniqueness to each project.
Still not foolproof. Especially with anything resembling busywork.
I haaaaate that. I need that freaking deadline or im literally never doing it. Came from hungary where everything has strict deadlines to sweden where they sorta just tell you to do it, its hell for me.
That’s the neat part…
I didn’t, i just rejected deadlines. Those aren’t my concern. I offloaded deadlines to others. I just keep on going on my own pace and it’s someone else job to plan that so it would fit into their deadlines.
