The problem with things that don’t have external deadlines, is that it’s easy to procrastinate on them. This becomes particularly true when you have ADHD, and so things like Executive Function, and just being able to focus aren’t exactly your strong suits. But, I have things I need to get done. Things I have procrastinated on for far too long. And it’s time I figured out a way to get myself to do them.

So, here is my plan going forward. Over the next 9 days, I am going to finish my last two lessons for school. I am also going to put together a proper Milwordy spreadsheet, and come up with an exercise plan. Because starting Sunday, I need to start buckling down on things. I’m not going to bother tracking word count for January and February. Not in the mood to go back and try to figure out my daily totals. So, I’m going to be starting fresh word count wise, on Sunday. Which means 10 months to write 500k words. Which basically comes out to 10 Nanos in a row. But, the way I see it, if I can get my butt in gear, that’s not actually going to be THAT hard. 1k on my novel, 500 words of fan fiction, my CYOA story on Twitter, and a blog post. That’s all it will take. Granted, some time in April I’ll be losing my current novel as that will hit the revision stage, but that just means I’ll need to also work on another book while I revise that one. It can still be done.

I also want to start exercising regularly, and trying to eat better. And track my spending so I can create a proper budget. And look for another job. And get my bedroom actually organized. And, that looks like a lot of things I’ll be trying to cram into my day. But, exercising shouldn’t take more than 15-30 minutes. I want to do a daily 20 minute organizing sprint. And if I enter expenses into my app and my Happy Planner as they happen, that’s a minute here, a minute there. All in all, I’m probably looking at about 2 hours or so. Hardly a real problem finding the time. It’s more an issue of finding the mental energy, because of the whole ADHD thing.

But, I’ll have apps and my Happy Planner. So, I’ll make to-do lists and a habit tracker. And hopefully checking things off will be helpful. Plus, and this is where the “accountability” part of the title of this post comes in, I’m going to be posting daily check-ins to Twitter. The last thing I do every day before bed will be to tweet what I accomplished that day. Word count, broken down into what I worked on, what I managed to clean, if I exercised, whatever else may seem pertinent. I’ll probably also post weekly updates to my blog. The daily ones were a bit overwhelming. But, no reason why I can’t write something every Thursday (my one day of the week that I’m off no matter what week it is) saying what I’ve accomplished that week.

I have two different timer apps. I have Twitter. I have a to-do list app and a Happy Planner. I have my coping strategies in place. I just need to start implementing them. I can do this.