Lack of motivation is a common but erroneous complaint among ADHDers. As an ADHDers, when you face a boring task, your brain just doesn’t activate, so it’s difficult to take action. You turn the key to start your turbo brain and nothing happens.
Most people are feeling stressed, and this is especially true of many ADHD adults. The downturn in the economy, climbing employer and client expectations, and an ever growing To-Do list, keep us constantly trying to do more in less time.
A presentation on The Caretaker and User’s Guide to the ADHD Brain:
Understanding Brain Functioning, Common Coexisting Disorders and
Appropriate Treatments for ADHD, with Dr. Tony Rostain, psychiatrist in Montreal Saturday, October 17
Recent article from the Globe and Mail that inspired me to change my career to become an ADHD Coach. Living with Attention Deficit Disorder can be very challenging, until you find the right resources.
ADHD adults often struggle in the corporate world. Many lose their jobs, often multiple times, because they don’t fit the corporate mold. While entrepreneurship may initially just be a way of creating employment flexible enough to adapt to your way of working, it often turns out to be a great career move.
True productivity must include the “stuff” that supports your well-being, your happiness and your goals. Of course, that includes work-related productivity but it also includes honoring your commitments to your friends and family and more importantly, to yourself.
I work with entrepreneurs, artists, writers, ADHD adults and other creative geniuses. Wildly creative, risk tolerant, perserverent, high octane, thrill seekers, they still struggle with lack of focus, difficulty with concentration, disorganization, impulsivity, staying productive, managing sereval projects at once, and clueing up the details to each.
In her article, How To Overcome Procrastination, Tai Goodwin of The Examiner mentions the biggest sources of procrastination as fear of success, fear of failure and fear of work. For ADHD adults and entrepreneurs I would also add a very important source of procrastination: Boredom!!!
Vacation is a great time to reconnect with family, friends and activities you enjoy. It can also create chaos in your life, especially if you’ve managed to create structures and systems that work well for you.
When there is only one person you can have a meaningful conversation with you have an incentive to avoid pettiness. And maybe a long marriage has taught us how to live in harmony. But over the last four weeks, I’ve discovered a few “secrets” I can share with you that may help you make your vacation a blissful time together.
