I hear ya. It's a cruel situation. I've likened it to building an asthma clinic on top of a mountain: if I could jump through all these hoops, I probably wouldn't need the help in the first place.
I absolutely, 100%, completely agree that the medicine is only a small part of it. I have a hundred little rituals and coping mechanisms that had let me manage my life without it. Small examples:
- Appointments go straight to my calendar the instant I schedule something. If something's not on my calendar, it doesn't exist. I make liberal use of early reminders, too.
- I'm not a GTD purist, but I track it pretty closely. When I say I'll do something, I put it in my inbox. Same as with my calendar: if a to-do isn't in my to-do app, it's not getting to-done. There's nothing I've committed to that isn't in one of those 2 places.
There are plenty of others that I've been doing so long that they're unconscious habit.
These are the things that work for me. If the things you talk about work for you, and other people are willing to pay you to help get them on track, excellent!
I absolutely, 100%, completely agree that the medicine is only a small part of it. I have a hundred little rituals and coping mechanisms that had let me manage my life without it. Small examples:
- Appointments go straight to my calendar the instant I schedule something. If something's not on my calendar, it doesn't exist. I make liberal use of early reminders, too.
- I'm not a GTD purist, but I track it pretty closely. When I say I'll do something, I put it in my inbox. Same as with my calendar: if a to-do isn't in my to-do app, it's not getting to-done. There's nothing I've committed to that isn't in one of those 2 places.
There are plenty of others that I've been doing so long that they're unconscious habit.
These are the things that work for me. If the things you talk about work for you, and other people are willing to pay you to help get them on track, excellent!