Body doubling
What it means
Body doubling is doing a task while another person is present and also working, even if they never help you. The other person can be a flatmate at the kitchen table, a friend on a video call or a stranger in an online focus session. Many people with ADHD find that someone else's quiet presence makes a dull task much easier to begin and to stick with.
How to use it
Book sessions like appointments, with a start time and a clear task for each person. Keep them to 45 or 60 minutes and say out loud what you will work on at the start. The small commitment to another human is what does the heavy lifting.
Try it: what you write, what LifeOS does
- “every tuesday at 6pm body doubling session on video” → A weekly appointment every Tuesday at 18:00, with a nudge when it is time to join the call.