My limitless desire for information always gets hindered by my very limited memory.
My limitless desire for information always gets hindered by my very limited memory.
My limitless desire for information always gets hindered by my very limited memory.
There's nothing like the ADHD experience of going to google something and immediately forgetting what you were going to search so you have to look through your recent apps to find whatever triggered the thought, but then get distracted in the apps, then just rinse and repeat.😩
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One trick I use for that is to say it out loud, so I can access it in my echoic memory. Echoic memory doesn’t last very long, but sometimes long enough!
24Well that's a good idea. I'll try to remember to try that😅🤣
10When I need to remember a string of numbers... Yup just repeat it to myself over and over or I'll forget within a minute lol
3I feel you, but the rest of the office be like
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That's the beautiful thing... you get to enjoy learning something then you'll forget it and get to enjoy learning it again!
19A lot of the time, I start the re-learning process, only for my long-term memory to kick-in halfway through, and then I get annoyed because I "oh, I've read all of this before, it's boring now"
5You know the next sentence, but you don't understand the concept. You're bored of the familiar text, so you skip a few sentences, find out they are completely foreign, go back, realize you forgot the context or to actually read so you end up re reading the whole paragraph. But this time, the effort to concentrate takes the soul out of your body. And that's how you spend a full workday reading a one page document, while feeling burnt out.
And I'm not working again....
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You could try something like Obsidian to use as a second brain for storing information for later reference.
15This what I use! I've been using Obsidian for years now! There is something really nice about taking notes on a book and then always having those notes available. It's even better for school since a lot of stuff is repeatedly covered in classes.
6still wishing for a FOS alternative that's just as good : (
6I got ya. Try Anytype (https://anytype.io/).
(not affiliated, just a fan)
5I am using logSec, which has a lot of the same features and is Foss. I am primarily using the mobile app; and my mine gripe is not being able to drag around the nodes in the graph. Think it works fine in the desktop version.
4Have you any experience with Joplin? It's FOS, but I haven't tried it. There's documentation on how to set it up in this thread I found
https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-server-documentation/24026/13
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@brillotti @adhd oh! I never heard of obsidian!
Thanks.🙏
I've heard of Joplin but have never bit the bullet and paid for a sub. Now I'll have to spend 4 hours each researching about which would be better for me🤣
2Been using it for years but now trapped in a constant state of trying to improve the organization. Every time I think I’ve got it structured logically, I find some way I could have done better.
1I've been doing tags on files in a single folder. Ever note in the same folder. Notes get catagory tags. Doesnt match a catagory? New catagory. Its very simple and doesnt side track me with organisation as much
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You don't have limited memory, you have limited attention span. Stop telling yourself you have bad memory and force yourself to put more effort into taking in info and not just passing over it. Things like names are a good example. I used to always say "I'm terrible at remembering names". But I also wasn't really trying. I was leaning on that phrase as a crutch. When I started putting concentrated effort in, I found that suddenly I was able to learn and remember tons of names.
Another trick is to keep constant To-Do lists of various time frames. Like one for today, this week, this month. Put things in the appropriate list based on urgency and then check the list whenever you're unsure of what you need to do. Always put things on the list immediately. Use tools to make you're life more manageable. Don't lean on "well I have ADHD so this is just how I am, oh shucks". You can manage these things, it just takes time and effort to learn how.
-7I mean, I was only officially diagnosed at age 9 and have received numerous forms of treatment and therapy my whole life. But sure, shit on the guy trying to give you some advice that they learned themselves.
This is why I hate all you self-diagnosed twats. You don't want solutions, you just want something to lean on and point to as justification for your treatable and manageable behaviours. But nope "lol I'm just quirky!"
Grow up and take responsibility for your own actions and stop acting like some mysterious hand is hovering above you controlling you instead. You'll actually find that many of the things you "couldn't" do, you in fact, can. You're your own worst enemy and you don't see it.
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