ive seen a lot of people in this thread recommend lists it probably works for them but it isnt what i do for me it feels like arguing against a brink wall i had a whole system for reminding myself of the successes ive had on a particular day however my brain would always jump onto why didnt you do the other thing it felt like no matter what i would still feel like i wasnt productive i could have actually been productive remember being productive but feel  unproductive it doesnt matter no amount of productivity will make the thought go away so it actually doesnt mean anything adhd brains come up with stupid nonsensical thoughts all the time this one isnt any different because it says a certain thing  despite this the thought still exists and you clearly want to deal with it better a good experiment would be determine why it exists instead of making it go away often i misunderstand what my thoughts really mean in this case its interesting that the thought happens every evening that doesnt make sense if you were actually unproductive you know at the time it might be hard to do the thing but you know so the thought might not be related to productivity at all to figure this out i tracked those types of thoughts and whether i was actually productive and when the thought occurs i set an alarm for when it occurred and asked myself the question the next day  turned out for me that the best predicator of when the thought would arise was not how productive i was but when i took my meds in the morning it always occurred 10 hours after when their effects started getting lower   so for me it occurred due to low dopamine and nothing else it sometimes makes me sad but i think that is to help me sleep so im okay with that the best fix for me is to have a coffee because all those types of thoughts are really doing is making you anxious due to low dopamine what works for me might not work for everyone of course but trying to figure out why the thoughts exists first instead of trying to destroy it immediately can help a lot  i also want to add on a quite meta level i got the thought writing this and will now get a coffee