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Managing Your ADHD Takes Time and Planning
ByMarla Cummins February 4, 2011June 26, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

I introduced the Six Stages of Change in the previous article, Understanding and Managing Your ADD: Change Can Happen…. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you read it before continuing. Then read on to continue learning about the Stages of Change. Can You See Choices. Everyday, we make choices. Depending on the circumstances, we are more or less conscious of the implications of our daily decisions. Sometimes, we have no idea of what may follow from a seemingly inconsequential decision, like Gwyneth Paltrow’s decision to take one train over another in the movie Sliding Doors. It is true. Sometimes, we make choices in the moment, and we have no idea what could follow from that decision. We decide to go to a restaurant…

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ADD and The Disappearing Mojo: What Do You Do?!
ByMarla Cummins January 21, 2011May 14, 2025 ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, ADHD Time Management, ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

I’ve been pondering, lately, how creating structures to help you follow through and complete important tasks can sometimes seem futile. When you have ADD, creating lists, setting deadlines, making schedules, and breaking down tasks into smaller steps is critical to your success. So, when you have these in place, it can seem absolutely maddening when it feels like you are still spinning your wheels on those days you just don’t have the energy. If this is the case for you, you may be missing a piece of the puzzle. Knowing Yourself I like my work. But sometimes, when I wake up, I have no motivation. Zip. Zero. Nada. Even though mornings are my supposed good time, I have acknowledged that I will have these days…

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ADD and Acceptance: Accelerating Your Progress
ByMarla Cummins January 14, 2011May 14, 2025 ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, ADHD Tools & Strategies, ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

Recently, I was talking to someone about marketing my business. Below is an adapted version of our conversations and email communications. Me: I think that for business owners with ADD, they would be drawn to a biz coach who specializes in ADD and can help them focus on making more money. For many business owners with ADD, it is all of the executive functioning challenges (planning, prioritizing, making decision, organizing…) that are getting in their way of making money. Without the understanding of ADD, people may not get the support they need to implement strategies and build skills that will last. What do you think? J: The ADD is the process, you can use it; however it may be limiting and even people with ADD…

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ADD and Task Completion: Stop Focusing on Your Goals
ByMarla Cummins January 6, 2011May 14, 2025 Blog

As far as goals go, looking for a job is a common one for most, if not all, of us. Remember when you have looked for jobs in the past? Perhaps you are looking for one now. There are so many moving parts: resumes, cover letters, job sites, networking, books, etc. Arghhh!! When faced with this kind of task, like many of you, I can easily become overwhelmed. It just seems like too much to do. And then I remind myself that, yes, it is too much to do today if I consider all that I could possibly do to increase the chances of getting a job. A more helpful perspective is having the whole picture in mind, but giving more thought and energy to…

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Knowing your Weaknesses – Operating From Your Strengths
ByMarla Cummins December 24, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

Part 2 of Series on Moving Forward Last week, I wrote about choosing to focus on what is important to you. If you haven’t read the post, Stop Keeping Up With The Jones, I suggest you read it now. Knowing Your Weaknesses Can you think of a time when you’ve been so engaged in something that just felt so right that the time simply flew? It felt easy. It felt fun. I bet you were working with your strengths. Alternatively, have you ever done work that felt so arduous that you thought your head was going to explode and you wanted to escape through the floor? Okay, that might be an exaggeration, but you know what I mean. Maybe, instead, you just tried…

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Stop Keeping Up With The Jones
ByMarla Cummins December 16, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

Part 1 of Series on Moving Forward I should keep a cleaner house, work more hours, be more organized, make more money, go on more vacations… What should you be doing? Whenever I say, “I should,” I know there is a great possibility that the “Jones” are lurking in the corner. I can’t see them, but I know they are there. Perhaps you have the Smiths in your house. It is probably a safe bet to assume you do when you find yourself judging yourself against some external standard.

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Are You Being Productive or Just Working?
ByMarla Cummins December 10, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD in the Workplace, ADHD Time Management, ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

Sometimes I find myself sitting at my desk with no particular objective in mind. It is what I call, Seat Time O’Rama. You know. It is when you are just kinda hanging out because you feel you should be working, but you are not really getting anything done. When I catch myself, I stop, try to figure out what I need in the moment and change course, so that I am not wasting more time. Sometimes what I really need to do is eat, exercise, read, call a friend or family member, take a nap, do housework, take care of finances, make appts or, yes, do another business related task. Being productive isn’t always about doing work.

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You Have a Plan: How Do You Change Course?
ByMarla Cummins December 2, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

When you think about attempting to reach your goals, what image comes to mind? Does it look like the image above? For those of you who have read my book, you know that I write about SMART Goals.To be sure, setting SMART Goals is a critical part of getting to where you want to go. After all, if you don’t know where you are going, you just might get there. 🙂 Are You Too Attached to Your Goal? At the same time, being too attached to and too focused on your goals can get in the way of doing what is right for you at any given time.

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What Is The Truth About ADD Medication?
ByMarla Cummins November 24, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

I would never tell someone to take medication. I respect everyone’s right to make the best choice for themselves. However, I would encourage you to make your decision based on information from reputable sources. Using medication as part of the treatment for ADD has gotten a bad rap. And so you hear comments or rhetorical questions like: What other comments have you heard? I am not going to take the time to counter all the misinformation out there, as that would take a book. However, I hope that you don’t listen to this babble. Rather, I hope that you will take the time and get the support you need to make the right decision for yourself. What Is The Truth? Well, there is…

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Are You Ready to Face Your Fears?
ByMarla Cummins November 18, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

Everyone experiences times of peaks and valley. And, of course, we all hope that we can stay on the peak as long as possible. But, inevitably, there are times that we are going to stumble and down we go – to the valley. I’ve been there, in the valley, for a month. I don’t know when or exactly how I got here. Nor do I know exactly how I will climb out. And I don’t like it here! But I know that I will be in a better place, sometime. Hopefully, sooner rather than later. How do I know I will get to a better place? I only know this based on past experience. The beauty of getting older. However, I only know this intellectually,…

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