ADHD

You have an amazing brain. Learn from it. Leverage it. Work with it.

Progress requires work, regardless of whether you have ADHD. Remind yourself that if you are experiencing frustration, it is likely you need to stop and figure out a different way to apply your effort.

Explicitly connecting tasks to higher-level goals can help motivate action. It creates a link to something we are, hopefully, passionate about. And passion is one of the things that can engage our interest-driven ADHD brains.

you consistently put forth the effort, lack of progress is an indication that a different, possibly similar, creative approach is needed for your ADHD brain. And if you find you are not motivated to put in the effort, creativity can often be applied to make the strategy more interesting, fun, or stimulating.

“higher HRV was associated with better self-control and improved predictions of choice behavior” (Maier and Hare 2017).

there will always be a slippery slope back to the old behavior, particularly the older you are when you get started.

The higher my HRV trends, the better I seem to be able to focus, avoid distractions, and stay motivated.

Long-established neural pathways persist. It is the same with ADHD behaviors that have existed over years or decades.