u/Alienate14

I’ve known I had ADHD since I was a kid, but at 26, I’m finally figuring out how to hack my brain without meds just by observing my habits.
Here is what is actually working for me:

1. ADHD brains link habits to places instantly, so I move my desk angle or work in three walled corners to block distractions and reset my focus.
2. I randomly drop my phone somewhere in the house and forget it so I am not tempted to scroll when I need to get things done.
3. I freelance in open cafes because the feeling that people are around provides the social pressure I need to stay on task.
4. Instead of coffee, I visualize a focused version of myself before bed and it surprisingly gives me five hours of energy the next day.
5. I stopped saying yes to everything and now use the phrase let me think about it to avoid overcommitting and burning out.
6. I treat tasks like a simulation by giving myself specific rewards for everything I finish to keep my motivation up.
   Where I am still struggling:
   - I am a chronic over planner with hundreds of projects but zero execution which leads to a lot of anxiety and regret.
   - I spend all my energy thinking and none of it doing so I have nothing to show for my work.
   How do you guys actually stop planning and just start?

Had real fun building an App from scratch for the buildathon - this is my first time and this showed me how much can be done in just 24hours

https://tool-forge--anu14official.replit.app - I faced this problem often while working with AI, so built a solution for it. I may not be in top but am happy building, solving problems.