My ADHD Artist out there…
7 months ago
As I’m finally working on things again. I’m curious,
How do you art? Like get the motivation?
Genuinely curious.
I do the whole like, get my shit together and make a nest . Only to not do anything for hours or force myself to do it.
I got a good flow but motivation is such a bitch.
And I know it’s an adhd thing. And I’m not looking for solutions.
Mostly just fishing for chit chat and wonder if people do what I do or do they look for motivation through social media, tv, etc.
How do you art? Like get the motivation?
Genuinely curious.
I do the whole like, get my shit together and make a nest . Only to not do anything for hours or force myself to do it.
I got a good flow but motivation is such a bitch.
And I know it’s an adhd thing. And I’m not looking for solutions.
Mostly just fishing for chit chat and wonder if people do what I do or do they look for motivation through social media, tv, etc.
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And it's even harder when you have so many hobbies and may be feeling a hyper focus on one thing over the other thing you "know" you wanna do but the thing you "want" to do wins.
So sometimes I'm like "Imma let my body lead the way" sort of view. But it's kind of counter productive to things you have to do. Which is the part that really sucks.
I feel bad that sometimes my commissioners will get art in like two weeks and others have to wait months.
Getting a physical planner definitely helped. And being on my prozac consistently helps to.
But sometimes I even forget to take my meds XD
Another thing I try to do is set my future self up for success. Get my cleaning out the way, take a look at the books, and then access what feels like a priority to me.
Prioritizing systematically so it doesn't feel like a manic thing helps. Aka making a list of things I want to do , in order of like what I feel I haven't spent enough time on lately to something I've done a lot of. Then access my mood and pick from there.
If I get decision paralysed, I also throw up a roulette wheel and let the universe decide what I should do.
I rambled a bit there but figured I'd share more insight from my P.O. V.
I look at literally anything in the world and ask myself "do I have any OCs that fit this vibe," or I just let any of my fandom hyperfixations take the wheel for a bit.
Helps me out anyway lol