You can even have the reminder text-messaged directly to your cell phone.īut what comes out of these programs is only as good as what goes into them. You simply enter the date, time, and task that needs doing, and the computer automatically sends you a heads-up chime or an e-mail at the appropriate time. These programs are much clearer than handwritten to-do lists. Then I tried ADHD organization tools: calendar/task-management software, of the sort that comes with Internet-based e-mail accounts, such as Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail, as well as in programs like Microsoft Outlook and Entourage. Even on ADHD “superstar days,” when I’d get 50 things done, I would always miss an important item or two-and feel that I had wasted the day. I would forget to add some tasks to the lists, while listing others more than once. My daily to-do lists used to read like the stream-of-consciousness scribblings of a deranged novelist, lots of words with little structure. Do you have a hard time getting things done? Many of my clients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do.
