How to Make Writing Emails Easier with ADHD (Part 3 of 3)
Learn how to stop avoiding emails and make writing and sending them easier when you have ADHD — without all the second-guessing.
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How to Build a Better Email Routine with ADHD (Part 2 of 3)
Discover how to build a better email routine with ADHD to stay organized, follow through more easily, and keep your inbox under control.
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ADHD Burnout Recovery: How to Do It Successfully
When in the middle of ADHD burnout, you may think to yourself, “I’ve been holding it together for so long that I’m running on fumes. But I’m not sure how to turn this around? And I’ve tried…” In Part 1, What ADHD Burnout Really Feels Like—and Looks Like, I offered the first step in recovering from burnout. Now in Part 2 are time-tested ADHD burnout recovery strategies that have worked for others and can work for you, too. First, a heads-up. When you’re burnt out, it’s hard to think creatively about how to get on an even keel again. So don’t expect yourself to do it all at once. See if there’s one small step you can take to begin turning this around. And then,…
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ADHD and The Steps to Following Through on Your Priorities
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. And it all needs to be done right now, if not yesterday. But since we all have a limited amount of time and can’t do everything, we have to prioritize. That is, we need to choose among many options of what to work on now. And we need to choose what to ignore, at least for the time being. We need to tell ourselves, I’m doing this and not that. …
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You Can Start Prioritizing Better Now by Taking These 4 Steps
(originally published February 23, 2016, updated April 14, 2023 Do you find it hard to prioritize what you should be working on at any given moment and wonder why it is so hard for you to make these decisions? If you do, you’re not alone. Like other ADHD adults, you may find this hard for two common reasons. One is that it may often feel as though everything on your plate is equally important. It may also feel as though it all needs to be done now, if not yesterday. Of course, this makes it hard to choose what to do each day and contributes to your feelings of overwhelming stress. One of the ways you can turn this around is by learning how to…
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Boredom and ADHD: How to Get Motivated
Do you know these 5 techniques ADHD adults use when bored? First, if you haven’t already, check out my last post The 3 Facts You Want to Know About ADHD and Boredom. In that article, I covered the reasons why ADHD adults may feel bored more often and more acutely than their neurotypical peers. All good information to help validate your experience. I bet, after reading that, you were really curious. Now you want to know what strategies you can use to persist in doing what’s most important to you. So you can avoid shutting down because you’re bored. Below are a few strategies you’ll want to manage your boredom and also follow through on your meaningful work. Read on to see what you might want…
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Rules and Accountability Stifle Me – I Have ADHD!
You may find yourself reticent to adopting rules and structure for yourself because doing so may feel like it, well, just hems you in. For adults with ADHD too much structure can feel stifling, to be sure. And imposing the wrong kind of structure certainly may get in the way of your creative process. But the right kind and amount of rules and structure can also help you accomplish what is important to you. And rather than restricting you, they can free you from the stress, overwhelm and decision paralysis you may feel at times. This Is The Way I’ve Always Been In addition to, perhaps, feeling as though rules will box you in, you may also think you are just not cut out for…
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ADHD and The Super Fuel for Follow Through
I bet you can think of at least one task on your plate right now that you have very little interest in tackling. And some, even you, may assume that, if you are not following through, it must not be important to you. Not true! For adults with ADHD there are many explanations for losing interest in a task that has value for you. This last explanation is often overlooked. But, for adults with ADHD, this is one of the most critical steps in making it easier to follow through on a obligation ADHD and Interest For adults with ADHD, interest can serve as the jet fuel that propels you forward. You’ve probably had occasions when you were so interested in a task that…
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Here is The First Step in Taking Control of Your Tasks
How are you going to decide what you need to do today? When you have ADHD, this process can be challenging. If you sat down at your desk right now, could you see all of your tasks? If you are like most of us, your answer is likely, “not really.” But you would probably like to be more confident that you have a structure for locating your important tasks without trying to rely on your memory, right? I often hear some variation of one of the statements below when talking to my clients about To Do Lists. I have too much to do. A list would be too overwhelming. I just do what I need to do. I’ve tried using a list, but I can…
