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I primarily struggle with low working memory.

I'm struggling with indecision paralysis…I sadly have no idea how to conquer [indecision paralysis].

I relate to you; I also struggle with indecision paralysis. I want to do a programming project with Lisp; but I can't start a project; there's so many ideas to choose.

Thanks for posting this question! I rarely see questions about ADHD on the Fediverse and they're refreshing when I find them here.

You're welcome. It's also refreshing to find neurodivergent fediverse users.

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keegomatic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

I want to do a programming project with Lisp; but I can’t start a project; there’s so many ideas to choose.

I've dealt with this. The trick is to do one that you don't care too much about. You think of a crappy idea, and you start it. After a couple weeks of working on it in your free time, you might get bored and start some other idea and decide to come back to it later. It's okay—start the new thing. You may not ever come back to it (I almost never do) but it will break your block. Eventually you'll have a halfway decent idea that you'll keep working on for a longer period of time, and you'll be satisfied.

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- Amicchan@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  I just used this trick to render an X at any position; I just start to work on the idea until I got bored; but I managed to complete that idea before I got bored!
  
  I didn't realize that I didn't have to complete an idea, until you said something about it.
  
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  - keegomatic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    That's great news. I'm glad I could help. I find that when you roll with your ADHD instead of against it, for certain problems like this, you can often find some peace and flow. Let yourself wander, and don't feel like your personal projects are obligations in some way; they're yours, so they can just be yours... unfinished or finished, good or bad.
    
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jackalope@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Yeah low working memory is my biggest issue too.

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realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
I ended up asking one of my ADHD IRL friends about the indecision paralysis issue, he said he'd follow up with me (we're busy college students lol)

I may circle back when I hear from him and tried out what he's suggested!