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  A perfectionist is someone who is unyielding in their pursuit of unrealistically high standards. So, you may wonder what an unrealistically high standard is. 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 such unrealistic goals. However, a perfectionist does not think the goals are unrealistic. ADHD and Perfectionism If you are a perfectionist, you may have come to be a perfectionist in part because of your ADHD. One way this may happen is when you’re trying to make up for actual or perceived failures in your past. Now you want to get it just right!  While there may be many root…

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 extra work to follow through on these tasks.  The following strategies can help you do this. What About The Task Turns You Off? First, figure out what about the task turns you off. Here are some possibilities: Once you’ve figured out why you don’t want to do a task, the next step is to figure out what you can do address those challenges and follow through on those tasks that…