Living a normal life while suffering from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) can be quite a challenge.
If when you were a child, people understood more quickly your focusing problems and your extra energy, now, as an adult, they seem to agree less.
Especially at work, your superiors might want to see good job performances instead of a person who is always distracted and has difficulties in finishing a particular task. Any adult should be able to support himself, so you should too, regardless of your attention deficit problems.
For your notice, there are a couple of things you can do to improve your concentration at work and deliver better results. Just check the following line and see what you have to do.
Aspects that can affect a career:
Surprisingly, there is a good number of adults out there that have problems focusing or have difficulties in sitting still for a longer period, but they haven’t been formally diagnosed with ADHD.
If you find yourself losing your focus rather quickly and feel like you can’t stay in one place for an extended period of time, like an office job, you should see a specialized doctor in ADHD.
There are special treatments used in the cases of adult ADHD, which will help you control these symptoms, especially at your workplace.
Now that we discussed a little about the symptoms of ADHD, if you are in this particular case you should try to find a job that is more appropriate to your needs and interests.
Ask a career counselor to help you with an evaluation on which he can then recommend the best job for you. If you find a job that is closer to the way you are and in your range of interests, it will much more quickly to focus and deliver better results since you are doing it out of pleasure.
Once you have found it, you need to keep it
Now that you have found a job, and you are enthusiastic about your new career, you have to make sure you will be able to keep it also.
It is not difficult at all, but there are some tips that might help your mission at work to be easier:
1. Ask for your office at work, where you can be alone without the risk of getting distracted. If you work alongside with your other peers, this risk will be increased, and your mind can quickly fly somewhere else but your job.
2. Find someone reliable that can help you out with guidance throughout your projects and tasks. A manager, or even a more experienced colleague can be the person you are looking for.
3. Keep an up-to-date agenda in which you will note tasks and things you have to do. Check and refresh the list every day, to make sure you don’t miss anything.
If you have a computer in your office, program it to send you reminders of the important things you have to do.
4. During meetings, you should take notes. You should do the same with phone calls. All the new information you should add to your to-do list in your daily agenda.
5. When you set your goals, make sure they are real. Do not aim for things that have slight chances to achieve. Split your tasks and objectives and deal with them one at a time. Set time schedules to know when it is time to move to another goal.
When you successfully finish a task, make sure you offer yourself a reward, like a delicious lunch or something you really want to have.
6. You can improve your concentration level by practicing relaxation methods, like breathing and meditation.
7. Take a break after every hour of work and walk a little, have a glass of water or even make a small conversation with a colleague. It will help you loosen your mind a little and get you prepared for another task.
