A perfectionist is someone who is unyielding in their pursuit of unrealistically high standards. So, you may wonder what is an unrealistically high standard. Good question. Whether a standard is unrealistically high depends on your capacity and the context. Here are a couple of examples. You might think it doesn’t make sense to strive for…
In the last post, I shared with you the reasons you may procrastinate. If you haven’t read that one, go ahead and read that and then come back here. Because it’s helpful to know the reasons for your procrastination to craft the right workarounds. Because I know that’s what you want to do, right? You…
I know you want to stop procrastinating. If you are like most adults with ADHD, I bet procrastination ranks right up there in the top 3 behaviors you would like to change. I am guessing you have tried many different techniques to do so. But you have not had enough success, yet. You may even…
For ADHD adults you know it’s easier to follow through on tasks that interest you. But what about tasks that don’t interest you? If you can delegate in some way or drop tasks that don’t interest you, you should do that. But what if this isn’t possible? It’s going to take a little bit of…
Is your clutter causing you anxiety and overwhelm because you are worried about what you are missing or because you can’t find what you need when you need it? Whether it is physical clutter or electronic clutter, as it increases so does your stress level, right? But right now, because you don’t know how to…
Boundaries are rules you set to let others know what is okay and what is not okay for you based on your values and priorities. They protect your personal and mental space, including physical, sexual, intellectual or mental, emotional, material or financial, and time boundaries. For this post, I’ll focus on how to set boundaries…
Do you find it hard to decide what to do each day? Maybe you get overwhelmed trying to prioritize. So you’re never quite sure if you are doing what is most important to you. No doubt, prioritizing is a challenge for ADHD adults. I know it can feel impossible sometimes. After all, everything seems important….
You look at or think about a task. You tell yourself it is important to do. But you just can’t get started. You feel paralyzed – frozen. You may or may not know why. And the paralysis gets worse the more you avoid it, right? The primary reason is fear. That is, there is something…
The idea of coworking is not new for ADHD adults. Though you may have heard it referred to as body doubling and, perhaps, thought of it as something done in person. Now, of course, that has changed, as coworking/body doubling is done as often in virtual spaces. And that is a definite boon for ADHD…
Sometimes I know the challenge for you may be starting. Then there are other times when you start, sort of. But just can’t seem to find the traction you need to focus and attend the way you want. There are all sorts of ways your ADHD may be contributing to this challenge. Knowing how your…