Comments on: Paper Piles an ADD Nightmare http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/ Embrace the ADHD Venture Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cathy Jantzen http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Cathy Jantzen Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:41:53 +0000 http://www.adhdventures.com/blog/?p=276#comment-172 John, welcome. You are so right about storage boxes. That's been a problem in the past. Interesting idea about the index cards. I could see using colored index cards matching box to card info. Visual cues, like matching card to box, can be such a help in ADHD organizing. Thanks for the tip about the sign-in names and passwords. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to get on to an internet radio talk show cause I couldn't find my sign-in name. I definitely get your last suggestion. I'd have to use smiley faces and colored pens so I wouldn't feel like I was picking on myself. :) Just not a fan of that. John, welcome. You are so right about storage boxes. That’s been a problem in the past. Interesting idea about the index cards. I could see using colored index cards matching box to card info. Visual cues, like matching card to box, can be such a help in ADHD organizing.

Thanks for the tip about the sign-in names and passwords. I just spent about 10 minutes trying to get on to an internet radio talk show cause I couldn’t find my sign-in name.

I definitely get your last suggestion. I’d have to use smiley faces and colored pens so I wouldn’t feel like I was picking on myself. :) Just not a fan of that.

]]> By: Cathy Jantzen http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Cathy Jantzen Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:21:52 +0000 http://www.adhdventures.com/blog/?p=276#comment-174 Hi Suzanne, I am so glad you dropped by. And glad you like the site. It's a lot of fun. About the paper monsters: I am just so tickled with myself. I'm adding tools to organize so the carts don't end up creeping out of my office like the piles. I choose see through for obvious reasons. And, for more visual help I'll attach pictures that I connect with what's in the drawers. I'm looking forward to perusing my magazine collection for that. I've never heard of Paper Tiger. Is that something I can google? Love hearing your intention. Clearer environment. Me too. Hi Suzanne, I am so glad you dropped by. And glad you like the site. It’s a lot of fun. About the paper monsters: I am just so tickled with myself. I’m adding tools to organize so the carts don’t end up creeping out of my office like the piles. I choose see through for obvious reasons. And, for more visual help I’ll attach pictures that I connect with what’s in the drawers. I’m looking forward to perusing my magazine collection for that. I’ve never heard of Paper Tiger. Is that something I can google?

Love hearing your intention. Clearer environment. Me too.

]]> By: John Chancellor http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-173 John Chancellor Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:14:23 +0000 http://www.adhdventures.com/blog/?p=276#comment-173 While putting papers in any storage box gets it off your desk, unless you have a way of finding which box it is in you can find yourself still spending hours looking for that elusive piece of paper. One solution is to get a set of 3 X 5 index cards and a card holder box. You will want to organize the 3 X 5 cards in alphabetical order. Then when you file something away, mark on a card the date and box where it was filed. When you get ready to retrieve the paper, simply look in your index card storage box and you will be able to go right to it. I also keep a card with sign-in names, passwords, etc. for various online sites. There is no way I can remember them all. One other technique to alert you to get something off your desk. Mark a dot in the upper right hand corner each time you handle a piece of paper. Soon you will get a great visual of how many times you are handling the same piece of paper. While putting papers in any storage box gets it off your desk, unless you have a way of finding which box it is in you can find yourself still spending hours looking for that elusive piece of paper. One solution is to get a set of 3 X 5 index cards and a card holder box. You will want to organize the 3 X 5 cards in alphabetical order. Then when you file something away, mark on a card the date and box where it was filed. When you get ready to retrieve the paper, simply look in your index card storage box and you will be able to go right to it.

I also keep a card with sign-in names, passwords, etc. for various online sites. There is no way I can remember them all.

One other technique to alert you to get something off your desk. Mark a dot in the upper right hand corner each time you handle a piece of paper. Soon you will get a great visual of how many times you are handling the same piece of paper.

]]> By: Suzanne Holman http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Suzanne Holman Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:13:04 +0000 http://www.adhdventures.com/blog/?p=276#comment-176 OH...and I love your site and blog! Great design and components! OH…and I love your site and blog!
Great design and components!

]]> By: Suzanne Holman http://www.adhdventures.com/2009/02/paper-piles-an-add-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Suzanne Holman Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:11:41 +0000 http://www.adhdventures.com/blog/?p=276#comment-175 What a great solution for you, Cathy! I have tried most everything....plastic trays, Paper Tiger, tickler file, a stack of trays that can snap together...10 high...all labeled, printing everything to PDF.... All help, but nothing has been a perfect solution that I've been consistent with... I'm intending that this is the year for a clearer environment! s:) What a great solution for you, Cathy!
I have tried most everything….plastic trays, Paper Tiger, tickler file, a stack of trays that can snap together…10 high…all labeled, printing everything to PDF…. All help, but nothing has been a perfect solution that I’ve been consistent with…
I’m intending that this is the year for a clearer environment!
s:)

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