Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting

Creating a Weekly Plan That Reflects Your Goals

I find that the thirty minutes is not so long that I can easily justify skipping it because “I don’t have the time,”

As we begin to zero in on our intermediate goals, it is important to remind ourselves that they are typically outside of our time horizon.

Making consistent, intentional headway on our long-term goals is challenging for ADHD brains! The more we can pull those goals into the “now” using things like visual reminders, the better we can stay connected to them.

Subordinate goals are at the bottom of the hierarchy and are essentially synonymous with tasks.

This is the format that Sinek suggests. “The ‘TO _____ SO THAT _____’ format works for everyone. It is the simplest way to codify our calling” (Sinek, Mead, and Docker 2017, 35).

Exercise—Creating and Evaluating Intermediate Goals

Actions that are new, different, interesting, or urgent are ones we crave.

Start with your Future Self

Intermediate Goals