I don’t know about you, but I really struggle with emails. These sentences were really helpful!

  • Adda@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Could you elaborate on how ADHD affects writing e-mails, if you do not mind? I expected writing e-mails would be more comfortable for someone with ADHD because they can take their time with the e-mail. But then again, the time is limited and maybe this freedom to write in your own time means that you write a single e-mail way too long, rewriting it, … I do not know much about it. I would welcome some insights on the topic.

    Nevertheless, I like some of these suggestions very much. I might try and see if I can improve some phrases in my e-mails with these as well.

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      One of the major reasons this applies to ADHD for me is the fact that I can fall behind on projects and emails and then feel the need to over-apologize and over-extend myself to fix the problem. Several of these tips address it. It’s more about boundaries than emails per se, if that makes sense… I mean, let me know if you have any questions :)

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      1 year ago

      I can’t speak for everyone, but the issues I have relate to writing way too much information. Sometimes if I get in the zone I write beautiful emails, but most of the time it is a rough experience, full of deleting and rewriting. This happens when the response can be easily condensed into a couple sentences. Anyway, that’s just my experience.

      • Omen2819@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I have the same problem. I started using AI to rewrite my emails to make them more concise and to avoid long-winded responses.