Then I open a spreadsheet that has my entire business on it - current income, hours I need to hit for each client, business expenses, and budget for the month. 'Next I open my calendar and make sure I have all my meetings in my planner. I choose one thing I am excited to do and two things that are hard. 'Every Monday, I wake up, meditate, set an intention for the week and pick three things I will accomplish no matter what. If something is urgent or I’m behind on it, I highlight it. In the moleskin planner, I write out all of my to-dos under each client, then on the week side I bullet what tasks need to be done on the due date. It also has to-do lists and goal-setting sections. I love it because it has a month layout and week layout with time slots.

The Passion Planner is where I keep track of all meetings, birthdays, events, etc. 'I have a Passion Planner and a Moleskine planner with the weekly-layout. Oftentimes, my house would look like it had been robbed, as I would start a project and abandon that project to move on to something different.' Liz and eight other women shared their tips and tricks for focus, organization, and kicking ass at work with their ADHD on their side. At work, I felt like I couldn't understand what the person was actually saying to me. I wasn't able to organize my thoughts, all tasks were done last-minute, and I never seemed to have a logical order for accomplishing errands. Liz, 47, who was diagnosed with ADHD last year, tells Bustle, 'Up until my diagnosis, I was constantly scattered. Coping with this mental illness can involve using medication or making lifestyle changes, and as nine women who live with ADHD tell Bustle, it can be a process of trial and error. Because of the gender divide in perceptions of ADHD, women often aren't diagnosed with ADHD until well into adulthood. Regardless of sex, though, ADHD in adults can create issues with focus, organization, attention, impulse control, and following through on plans. Many women and girls also have ADHD, but experts note they often struggle to receive diagnoses because ADHD tends to show up in different ways in women. ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is often thought as a disorder that only affects children, and particularly boys.

How to organize your life with adhd