fucking adhd. I have to run a con on my own brain to get anything done.
I’m staging everything I’ll need to do paperwork and a stressful phone call, real sneaky-like so as not to alert my brain to the plan. Going into the kitchen for coffee and casually turning on my computer as I pass. Telling myself I’m just picking up these papers so I don’t step on them. Planting my favorite pen in a strategic position.
Later, I’ll subtly imply that completing this task is quick, it’s easy, and it’s free. And then I’ll see everything laid out and think “well, surely a little 5-minute trial run won’t hurt, and of course I can stop if I want to.” and that’s when the bear traps will be activated.
and maybe you’re thinking nobody would fall for that but lemme tell ya: I know the mark and he’s a real goober. you can trick him into taking pills just by placing them on top of a package of mint oreos. he doesn’t even question it, just finds the pills on his way to the cookies and goes “sure, why not?”