For All ADHD Adults
67% of ADHDers are in serious financial difficulty vs. 15% in the general population.
Dr. Russell Barkley, well-reknowned ADHD physician and researcher mentioned this in his conference in Montreal in November 2007. I’m not surprised. Many of my ADHD adult clients complain of having financial problems and being in debt.
In my personal situation I can say that my husband, Duane, and I had some serious issues three times. At one time, Duane’s salary was seize for 2 months in a row to pay debtors, there was a lien on our house (prohibiting us to sell our house without our creditors being involved) and we went without food for weeks on end because of our financial situation. I am not proud to admit this.
I attribute it directly to Duane’s impulsive buying and inattention and my poor self-esteem at the time. We tried various programs to get out of debt; from consolidating our debts to preparing a budget and reading numerous books. And boy, did we fight! To no avail. Until …
We found a system that allowed us to manage our money without having to manage it! Today, our financial picture is soooo much better. We set our financial goals, created a system to make it happen automatically and then forgot about it. For example, next year, we’ll be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary and plan to go to Italy for a month to celebrate and I KNOW that we will make it because I put in place an automatic savings plan to pay for it! Find out how we did it.
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Oh and live long and most of all prosper!
To your Focus! Action! Success!
Linda
