Note that this doesn’t work for everyone. I find that gamifying your own tasks is a bit like trying to tickle yourself.

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    I feel like his advice is really only applicable if the tasks are received pre-gamified, otherwise it’s just the same task with double the work:

    Here’s a list of tasks

    but it’s boring and tedious

    use the content of the list to create a game with structure that ties individually completed tasks to generate automatic, immediate, output/result/gratification

    Begin accomplishing gamified list tasks <---- (should be starting here)

    Finish quickly due to gamification.

    That whole approach ain’t gonna work on someone with ADHD. If it isn’t received pre-gamified, I’m not gonna do a bunch of extra work before I can start the actual work.

    “The hack to being unable to start a task, is to start an additional, more complicated task” - No

    “The best way to get an ADHD brain to quickly accomplish simple task lists is by having accomplishments provide immediate results/rewards” - Yes