Originally Posted by
rosefarts
A hallmark of ADHD is clutter, I seriously struggle with this in my workshop. It's easy to spend half my time looking for the right tool only to find it right in front of me. A basically clean workspace with only the primary things really helps me keep moving. Keep the rest organized in drawers or wall hooks or however you've got it laid out in case you need it.
Absolutely, it's important that everything should have its place, and get put back after use, something I really don't manage in my home shop, I"ve not been so bad at work because everything had to be put away at the end of the day, regardless of unfinished jobs. Interrupting an activity because you can't find a tool or small part can be very disruptive, I can lose track of what I'm supposed to be doing, and what time it is.* The other ADHD thing that makes time management difficult is forgetting things that need to be done by a certain time,
* I just lost over an hour to nothing in particular, when I was interrupted in the middle of writing this comment. Fortunately I only have one thing to finish today, but I have a big thing to be ready by Friday afternoon and I'm starting to worry about that because I'm clearly not managing my time effectively, and I can be distracted by just about anything. But then I can get really into a task and hyper-focused - it's a shame that's not available on-demand.