Surprisingly, every-single-time I believe that I will for the rest of my life do the thing on time, incrementally and with no effort. Especially after a long cleaning effort. Sure, of course I will now always do a little bit every day, and the way the place looks now will be how I will always live ...

With treatment, this is finally a reality. And just now I realise how ridiculous the idea was to do it like that before. My brain plans as if it were healthy, it's really weird.

I call it dread, but anxiety works too.

Might I recommend adding a cat or twelve? At least then you'll have a good excuse for why it needs more cleaning!

Usually both at the same time for me.

I worked as a baker for a while years ago. The guy who trained me made that part of the training and I thought he was kind of weird for it. Like it was written into his schedule that he gave me for time frames. "4:45 take Sourdough out of oven, 5:00 Take bagels out of oven, 5:15 admire your work". I thought it was silly at first but it really does help you to appreciate the effort you put in.

Factor in at least 10% of the time you took [...]

This is beyond my current executive functioning capabilities.

When I finally have a day where I get all the house chores done, basking is the end goal of it.

Nothing is better to me, than basking in a freshly clean home. Bare feet on clean floors, lighting the candle when Im done, and just enjoying the delightful place I've cleaned and made pretty.

Trying to teach my severly adhd son about basking. He's not getting it yet, but my god a job well done deserves a moment. Appreciate yourself!

Oh goodness this. The simple job turns into: 40 minutes of looking for tools, parts, etc. that were needed to do the job. Trips to the store to acquire things you didn’t know you’d need to complete the job, or replace things you’re quite sure you had but can’t find. Discover that the simple thing you’d planned doesn’t quite fit how you’d expected and you have to expend extra effort to try to rig it to work (because you took to long to start the job it’s well past any return window) or worse yet, have to go buy yet another thing that will actually work like it’s supposed to.

A ten minute job is now the better part of the day, costs more, and became far more frustrating than it ever should have been. Thanks, adhd…

It’s not unheard of. The genetic factors for several types of conditions can overlap. Not a guarantee, and everyone is different, but… 🌈💫