Being an ADD/ADHD youth worker #11. Structure, routine and list making are important.

List making is one of the most common suggestions from the experts and as long as you factor in the other hints, I agree.

• This keeps us from getting so far afield that we lose track of some of the things we need to keep track of.
• For example, if I'm shopping for groceries, I'm in an environment with lots of interesting things to pay attention to. Without a list I will invariably forget things – and come home with who knows what.
• This also allows setting priorities. My lists are usually on the computer and rank-ordered so that an interesting thing lower on the list will only be visited briefly before I get back to the important stuff.

Routine also keeps us from wandering off and failing to get around to something.

• I'm in the office at 7, when there are no other distraction.
• I put on music, and then spend, in order,
• 15 minutes in a series of prayers (I can't pray for 15 minutes but I can pray for a minute at a time for 15 times...)
• 15 minutes Bible study
• 15 minutes reading
• 15 minutes research
• 15 minutes email correspondence
• This way I am sure to get all these things in