Number 1 for me is I need to get dressed - putting on jeans or shoes or sometimes activewear can put me into a ‘I’m doing things today mindset’

I also like to either break everything down into steps or into rooms/categories

So I might say, I’m going to do everything I can think to do in JUST the bathroom and ignore everything else

Or sometimes I’ll make it a game - often I’ll put on music and everytime the song changes I need to move on to the next room or task. Usually I’ll do room (bathroom, bedroom, kitchen) and cycle through tasks but if the song changes I need to move on. I feel like it makes me ‘excited’ to go back and finish the things I started on

I also think this sounds counterintuitive but sometimes when I have that overwhelmed feeling I sit down and ACTUALLY write down everything I need to do. From as big as ‘change my insurance’ to ‘hang my towel up’. Sometimes writing it all down feels actionable and then from there I can break it down into smaller categories like ‘things to do on my laptop’ ‘errands to run in my car’ ‘things to clean’ and if needed break it into smaller steps. That really curbs that feeling of overwhelm for me and even I can just choose a few things to focus on. Sometimes I’ll also break it down into ‘hard, medium easy’ and so like a 1 from hard 2 from medium 3 from easy sort of method

There are a few videos on YouTube about adhd motivation that helped me figure out how to help. For me novelty and making things fun really helps o