# It's 5:00pm already?!

**Published by:** [ADHD Product Manager](https://paragraph.com/@adhdpm/)
**Published on:** 2023-07-04
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@adhdpm/it-s-5-00pm-already

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13.4M U.S. Adults with ADHD Experience “Time Blindness”. Here’s a Game-Changing Tool.As a product manager diagnosed with ADHD, it can be easy for me to lose awareness of time, particularly when I’m hyperfocused 🔎 on a task. Recently, my designer🧑‍🎨 and I partnered on crafting an in-app awareness campaign. She created a wireframe of the user journey and asked me to create user stories for our problem statements. Two hours later, I suddenly realized I had veered off course 🤦and diagramed a solution for a completely different issue. When we met the next day, I had to admit that I hadn’t finished my part. I’d taken an unintended detour down the proverbial 🐇 rabbit hole… Does this situation sound familiar? That’s why finding an effective tool for managing time is so critical. Enter the mini analog desk timer ⏲️, a simple but effective tool⚒️ that’s improved my time management skills. This battery🔋powered device allows you to manually set a specific period of time using a simple knob. The elapsed time ⌛ is colored red , creating a visual cue that simulates urgency. As the minutes pass and the red zone decreases, it gives me a tangible indicator of how much time I have left to complete my tasks.Rabbit HolesDespite the many benefits of ADHD, the notorious "rabbit hole" impacts our daily life more than we’d like. For example, as a Product Manager, we’re responsible for competitive research 🔎 📊. I’m sure you can related to researching one simple topic, then finding yourself increasingly engrossed in related topics, each leading you further away from your original task. Since I starting using the ⏲️ mini timer, I’ve seen a significant improvement ⬆️ in my time management. I've become more disciplined and accountable for the time I allocate to various tasks. Now, when I say, "I'll dedicate an hour to research," it truly translates into just that. The ever-diminishing red zone on the timer serves as a visible reminder of the dwindling time, keeping me grounded. If you, like 13.4 million adults in the U.S., wrestle with ADHD🌀and time blindness⌚, I highly recommend giving the mini desk timer ⏲️ a try. It's been a lifesaver in helping manage my time more effectively.

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