Problem:<p>I am terrible at noticing details, missing them while writing a report, making spreadsheets, and writing an email. Basically, I will miss some part of the information I am aware of but I just completely forget to add it and after sending it I notice that I have forgotten something.<p>I have had to very high price for this in the past from losing clients to getting fired from my last job. My present job requires me to pay close attention to detail and I am worried I might lose this job as well.<p>Solutions I have tried :
Use online writing helpers such as Grammarly ( where I wrote this post)
Reviewing a few times before sending anything (I can catch about 30-40% of my errors but there is still 60-70% errors)
Biggest Pain point:<p>Formatting excels, messing up variable names while writing code/query.<p>I am looking for advice that can make my life a little easier.<p>P.S. Please forgive me if I have inadvertently eaten up some words. I happy to give clarifications.
I have quite severe dyslexia and can very much empathize with everything you wrote above, sounds like me word for word. My advice would be to try not to overthink it, I spent a long time beating myself up about those things and trying to get better at them, but in reality the best I could do was try my best. Otherwise: Slow down (I know it's hard) and just focus on the stuff you're really good at and accept the stuff that you're not (I know it's hard).<p>I have a line in my email signature that says I'm dyslexic, so excusing my mistakes would be appreciated, and I always tell people I work with that I'm dyslexic so they can have my back and double check stuff for me. My ideas are usually fantastic, better than most people around me, and my execution is usually very strong, but don't expect correct emails from me (pick up the phone), this can lead people to believe I'm not detail oriented, I am, I get the details right, just the communication part can be difficult.