E079: Goal Setting for ADHD: Use microplanning to acheive microgoals

Motherhood in ADHD – Parenting with ADHD, Productivity Tips, Brain based Science, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Education to Help Moms with Adult ADHD

It feels like everyone spent the month of January tooting their Goal Setting and Yearly Planning horns. While intentions are good, planning is not my strong suit because I have ADHD. Throw in some time blindness, another feature of ADHD, and I have trouble planning today, let along the next 12 months. How can I think about October when I don't know what I am going to eat for lunch? Instead, let's break down planning into baby steps. Bombastic ADHD brains often choose goals that are spectacularly amazing and also totally unrealistic to accomplish in the amount of time we have, thanks to our executive function struggles. While we do want to do big things for the year, let's focus in on what we can do in the next few weeks to move the needle forward. Do you want to be on the podcast? Share your best advice for this month's question and you might be featured on an upcoming episode! Q: How can we, as moms with ADHD, take better care of ourselves? https://www.patriciasung.com/shareadvice www.patriciasung.com/resources for more info & free resources.