We're eager to please, but at what cost? For people with ADHD, saying yes to requests from others often means sabotaging our own priorities. Urgency provides a dopamine hit; the instructions are clear. Best of all, we aren't fully responsible for the outcome. But every time we dodge our obligations to take on extra, we chip away at our future.
Before automatically agreeing to favors, pause and examine your motives. Are you truly available or just procrastinating? Will you have to sacrifice critical deadlines to accommodate? Respect your time. Invest in your goals, not just other's. Your needs matter too. Stop self-sabotage disguised as service. Prioritize a future fueled by purpose, not avoidance.
We talk about some key principles this week including time shielding for protecting our time from distraction, the values calendar to help align time to our values, and margin for interruption in our schedules.
Links & Notes
- (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
- (02:49) - Connect with Us!
- (03:20) - Patreon! Join the club! patreon.com/theadhdpodcast
- (04:50) - Sabotage
- (19:58) - Time Shielding and the Values Calendar
- (30:38) - Margin
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