I read something over at Idiomdrottning:

It's about GTD.

I remember GTD! I watched a nice summary video about it.

This kind of thing is quite interesting to me, and very useful, because my particular flavour of neurodivergence gives me a time-proof brain.

What this means is essentially, there is no guarantee about something going in, and staying in, and crucially, coming back out in the same state as it went in.

Example: Holy shit, this system of making notes and getting organised is great! I've used it for a few days and god damn is it effective.

Two weeks later: What? Oh yeah, that was cool, I guess.

How do you deal with that, if you can't make any guarantee that something you learn now will still be there later?

Strategies

Notes

Fuckin' loads of notes. Write shit down. Writing down slows you down, which makes things stay in your head longer. The note process also allows you to sort of review as you go and build connections.

Connections

Connect shit to stuff.

In terms of learning - connecting a concept to other concepts. It helps with recall, in the same way a mnemonic does.

In terms of habits - connecting a habit to another activity. Associating tasks with each other makes it easier for them to stick, because they stick together.

In terms of importance of stuff - still figuring this one out :(

Scheduling

Making reminders and time-bound events, to help you remember when to do stuff.

This works for some things for me, but I struggle with time-fuzzy events. I.E, things that don't have an exact time or an exact duration. So I like to put the time-firm things first and put time-fuzzy things second.

Variations

I'm sure there's a better word for this. I mean to mix it up and sort of change the approach to things to keep it fresh. This works well with interest cycles, to allow you to develop a broad skill whilst not burning out. For something like studying, some flexibility in what to study and when helps. Same for cleaning up.

These are my main tips. However, there are things I still struggle with. Making a timetable, and then trying to stick to it, is super hard.

I wonder how much neurotypical people struggle with this stuff. No brain is the same, after all.

Tobio