Opinion | Ellen Braaten: You're not the only one who can't keep track of the days right now. Here's why. - NBCNewsTHINK
Because our goal posts and mile markers have disappeared — events we judge our temporal distance from or to, and during which we create lasting, pleasurable memories — so has our ability to judge time. We aren’t making many new memories, so time is flying by and, at the same time, we’re feeling more anxious and perhaps even traumatized, so sometimes we feel as if each moment seems like an eternity.
Still, we aren’t automatically destined to forget what day it is or to be perpetually late. There are things we can do to be more conscious of the passing of time. One of the things I recommend to kids with ADHD who have trouble with time perception is to use a timer: Pick an activity, set the timer for an hour and then do whatever it is for that hour — which is the technique I used to write this article. This can help you train yourself to recognize the passage of short periods of time and focus on productivity during them.
And, as anyone who’s regularly worked from home knows, it’s also important to keep to routines, not just to a schedule. If you wore earrings every day to the office, put them on now; mark the time when you stop working with a ritual, whether it’s going for a walk, calling friends or having a glass of wine before dinner. By creating that routine and linking it to your old one, you’re telling your brain that your workday is starting and when it is ending.
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