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Gamify (youtube.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Note that this doesn't work for everyone. I find that gamifying your own tasks is a bit like trying to tickle yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

I love how simple, logical things that can't be argued against just get tossed to the wayside.

My executive function is constantly the Gru Master Plan meme:

We like games, not homework.

So we turn the homework into a game.

Got bored thinking of how to do that and played 10 hours of an actual game instead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I feel like his advice is really only applicable if the tasks are received pre-gamified, otherwise it's just the same task with double the work:

Here's a list of tasks

but it's boring and tedious

use the content of the list to create a game with structure that ties individually completed tasks to generate automatic, immediate, output/result/gratification

Begin accomplishing gamified list tasks <---- (should be starting here)

Finish quickly due to gamification.

That whole approach ain't gonna work on someone with ADHD. If it isn't received pre-gamified, I'm not gonna do a bunch of extra work before I can start the actual work.

"The hack to being unable to start a task, is to start an additional, more complicated task" - No

"The best way to get an ADHD brain to quickly accomplish simple task lists is by having accomplishments provide immediate results/rewards" - Yes