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

serotonin, acetylcholine, GABA, and glutamate. 2.Exercise can improve levels of BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factor)—a chemical involved in brain growth. 3.Exercise reduces stress. 4.Exercise enhances positive mood states and decreases negative mood states. 5.Exercise improves prefrontal cortex functioning.

We further found that the acute exercise-induced cognitive enhancements lasted longer than previously known, between 30 minutes and 2 hours after exercise cessation” (Basso et al. 2015).

Starting a New Habit

We are wired for the immediate, and we are wired

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

Celebrate wins:

Exercise—Create a Plan for Tomorrow

Get Out of the House

Superordinate goals, like intermediate goals, provide direction, but they also provide significant motivation by creating a discrepancy between who we are today and who we ultimately want to be.

Meditation