My art mentor suggested this to me, and I definitely feel like it improves my focus
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It's a lifesaver if you have issue staying focused or being productive. Which, due to my ADHD, are things I always struggle with. I tried it on suggestion of my therapist, and it was a lifesaver.
It obviously works the best with the tomato kitchen timers this was based on, but there are apps that have Pomodoro timers which accomplish the same thing.
It basically ensures you get focused enough to do the work, but you never fall into hyperfocus, which can be disruptive in its own way. Helps regulate things, at least for me.
Tonight I caught up with a group of 8 friends who were other students in a group selected to go on my first ever trip to Japan back in 2016. It was great catching up to see how everyone is doing and reminiscing about that trip.
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For more pressing matters, my family is going through a lot right now, and I'm helping every way I can. My dog isn't eating, she's old, and she's been having diarrhea. We put her on the med and diet plan, but I don't know if that will be enough. I'm hoping my dog will recover soon, everybody in my family is catching covid, including me. But I'm putting myself out there to help my family whenever they call upon it. I just hope things don't turn for the worst.
If anybody is curious as to what became of my old account, or any of the posts made on it the account name is currently @DeletedUser8
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Mikey the Moblin
if I had a nickel for every time I ran out of spac
I'm the kind of person that can't take breaks or I can't get back into my task, although I suppose pomodoro is more for the times when you have to do something you don't want to and breaking it into chunks makes it more manageable
Everyone's different. I find it helps me be productive without jumping into hyperfocus and letting time get away from me.
For example, another band in my area needed a bass player, and I can play bass, so I volunteered. I can really easily let time get away from me learning a band's setlist, so I'm using it to prevent me from hyperfocusing.
My issue with hyperfocus is that I get too involved that I forget to eat, go to the bathroom, things of that nature.
I didn't get the cool "hyperfocus for 2 hours" ADHD, I got the "executive disfunction and can't get my crap together for 30 minutes" ADHD 
I got both.I didn't get the cool "hyperfocus for 2 hours" ADHD, I got the "executive disfunction and can't get my crap together for 30 minutes" ADHD
Just for practicing and learning music, it easily triggers it for me, and I need to reign it in, otherwise I'm there for like 9 hours, stomach growling, eyes red, fingers need a break, but I still insist on going.
Everything else I get easily distracted.
Mr Vee wants to put up two christmas trees this year. One filled with 3D christmas decorations and guess who's the Lucky one to make then? Yep...me ...yay 0-o
I wonder if I'm not taking this years Linktober seriously enough. This whole month I've been having trouble motivating myself to actually do the drawings. Some of the prompts I haven't shared here I've done for the regular inktober calendar so I'm not missing many days. But like, Saturday, my options were Ganondorf or Castle and I just couldn't get myself to do either. I just stared at a page for a few minutes and said nah.
I was looking at last year's Linktober page and I actually spent 7 hours on one of those drawings??? I have all the free time in the world to draw but this year I'm having trouble doing more than an hour a day. And then I wonder why my pictures aren't turning out so good lol. I know it's not that serious, nobody is forcing me to draw every day but I have no clue why I'm struggling so much. I didn't even have this hard of a time when I was still in school.
I was looking at last year's Linktober page and I actually spent 7 hours on one of those drawings??? I have all the free time in the world to draw but this year I'm having trouble doing more than an hour a day. And then I wonder why my pictures aren't turning out so good lol. I know it's not that serious, nobody is forcing me to draw every day but I have no clue why I'm struggling so much. I didn't even have this hard of a time when I was still in school.
This might be part of it tbh. If you have absolutely nothing to do all day, then it's harder to do anything. I've been there.
Mikey the Moblin
if I had a nickel for every time I ran out of spac
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I get it for sure. I have about the same time restraints to do it this year as last year, and I did all the prompts last year.
I can paint faster now than I could last year, so I technically should be having an easier time prepping ahead for prompts, but I'm not.
I guess I just don't feel as inspired to do every prompt this year, because I do have other projects looming over me that I should be focusing on.
You're doing good. Atleast you do some prompts. It's better than not doing anything at all.
Btw, You do both Inktober and Linktober??
Even though I really love rock music the most I find myself listen to good ol' Gilbert O' Sullivan lately. I like his style 