“The one thing we ADHDers never have enough of is time. So one thing we should never be doing is…wasting it!” -Crusher
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A while back I posted a blog with some less-than-typical ADHD time management hacks. I talked about the time-saving benefits of popping protein, reeling in rumination and rewiring
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about Impostor Syndrome, the “extreme edition” of negative self-talk. Officially, it’s defined as the “psychological phenomenon in which…despite external evidence of their competence, people remain convinced that they are frauds and don’t deserve the success they’ve achieved” – per Wikipedia.
The blog post
Ah the holidays – the warmth of family and friends, the spectacle of football on the big TV, wine glasses and silverware clinking as everyone digs into a bountiful meal…all with a deep sense of gratitude for all our blessings.
Ya. Aaaaaand…the quibbling leading to emotional outbursts, out-of-control kids screaming and
I’m a loser. A failure. A...
Some of the most brilliant and successful people in the world think they’re a fraud. Some 40% of successful people, by one estimate. Probably higher for our particular tribe – however we measure our success.
Recently read a New York Times story about Amy Cuddy, the
Well, by now we're all likely back at school and certainly back at work – including the work of that brutal job called running a household...accompanied by our teen or adult ADHD and maybe even an ADHD kid or two. Every September we post a fresh batch of Back-to-School/Work ADD alternative
At the ADDA conference in Orlando, one of the presentations I gave carried the same title as this blog. And I humbly submit that it was among the most important at the conference. Here's why: we who enjoy the meanderings, the sense of community and the shared triumphs and trip-ups
We ADHD adults so often walk around with our ADD hanging around our neck like a yoke…or drag it around like a ball-and-chain. It’s always there, seemingly right out in the open. Dragging us down, tripping us up, making us feel “apart” from whomever we’re with.
But there’s a point at
AAARRGGGGHHHH!! Why must you be so TRUE, truthful quote?!!
We ADHDers are the undisputed kings of starting-but-not-finishing. And a big underlying reason is that we just can’t seem to stay on one chosen task to see it through.
Is there REALLY a simple alternative ADHD strategy for getting things DONE? C’mon. Staying
Everybody procrastinates. But as you probably know, we ADDers procrastinate significantly more and with uglier consequences.
The good news is, most of our procrastination is caused by mental barriers built on the ILLUSION that we can’t or don’t know how to do the tough stuff. There are three main barriers:
Fear --
Everybody procrastinates. But we ADDers procrastinate significantly more and with uglier consequences, because we procrastinate most on the tough tasks -- and the tough tasks tend to be what we most need to be doing.
The good news is, most procrastination is due to mental barriers built on the ILLUSION that
