{"id":462,"date":"2009-11-28T19:49:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=462"},"modified":"2009-11-28T19:49:32","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T13:49:32","slug":"add-and-follow-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/","title":{"rendered":"ADD and Follow Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">My clients with ADD are passionate about their projects.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Their energy for a project is an incredible resource and an important aspect for follow through and completion. As a task moves forward, the energy wanes and people with ADD are less enthusiastic.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Staying engaged in the task and completion is equally important.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>In addition, people with ADD have trouble breaking down ideas into a series of smaller scheduled steps that help them make progress toward their goals.\u00a0 They tend to procrastinate which compounds the situation.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Creating a time line is important in following through for people with ADD.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>People with ADD know what they want, but how much time it will take and what sequence to work in often elude them.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Start with the goal in writing and write out the specific steps in the project.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Assess the time each step will take.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Work backwards in a time line with a month at a glance calendar <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>and write in a workable time line for completion.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>For people with ADD, enlisting help to get through the detail work with partners and designing a plan with accountability is a significant step.\u00a0<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Help them find incredible partners who are have the skills they lack, whether it is knowledge of technology or other skills sets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Acknowledge the procrastination that can occur with people with ADD and find a trigger to help move forward.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>The trigger can be a simple one, such as a great location to work in, background music, or establishing a time of day to work. It is in partnering and accountability that completion occurs.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">Trouble completing a task or project? How did you\u00a0get to completion?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My clients with ADD are passionate about their projects.\u00a0 Their energy for a project is an incredible resource and an important aspect for follow through and completion. As a task moves forward, the energy wanes and people with ADD are less enthusiastic.\u00a0 Staying engaged in the task and completion is equally important.\u00a0 In addition, people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,6,5],"tags":[154,1508,158,157,155,156,21],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organizing-skills","category-paper-management","category-time-management","tag-adhd","tag-add","tag-completing","tag-finishing","tag-following-through","tag-not-getting-things-done","tag-procrastination"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My clients with ADD are passionate about their projects.\u00a0 Their energy for a project is an incredible resource and an important aspect for follow through and completion. As a task moves forward, the energy wanes and people with ADD are less enthusiastic.\u00a0 Staying engaged in the task and completion is equally important.\u00a0 In addition, people [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ellen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\"},\"headline\":\"ADD and Follow Through\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"AD\\\/HD\",\"ADD\",\"completing\",\"finishing\",\"following through\",\"not getting things done\",\"Procrastination\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Organizing Skills\",\"Paper management\",\"Time management\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/\",\"name\":\"ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/add-and-follow-through\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ADD and Follow Through\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\",\"description\":\"Organizing Houston One Family at a Time!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\",\"name\":\"Ellen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen\"},\"description\":\"Ellen Delap is a professional organizer, family manager coach and productivity consultant in the greater Houston area. She is passionate about making a difference for families and being an organizing resource for the community. Her blog notes her remarkable encounters and experiences in organizing.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.professional-organizer.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","og_description":"My clients with ADD are passionate about their projects.\u00a0 Their energy for a project is an incredible resource and an important aspect for follow through and completion. As a task moves forward, the energy wanes and people with ADD are less enthusiastic.\u00a0 Staying engaged in the task and completion is equally important.\u00a0 In addition, people [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/","og_site_name":"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","article_published_time":"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00","author":"Ellen","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/"},"author":{"name":"Ellen","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be"},"headline":"ADD and Follow Through","datePublished":"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/"},"wordCount":279,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["AD\/HD","ADD","completing","finishing","following through","not getting things done","Procrastination"],"articleSection":["Organizing Skills","Paper management","Time management"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/","url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/","name":"ADD and Follow Through - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-11-28T13:49:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/add-and-follow-through\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ADD and Follow Through"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/","name":"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","description":"Organizing Houston One Family at a Time!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be","name":"Ellen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen"},"description":"Ellen Delap is a professional organizer, family manager coach and productivity consultant in the greater Houston area. She is passionate about making a difference for families and being an organizing resource for the community. Her blog notes her remarkable encounters and experiences in organizing.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.professional-organizer.com"],"url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8pfQN-7s","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}