Hacking Your ADHD

How to Get Refocused After Your Vacation (rebroadcast)

Dec 23, 2024

Returning from a trip can be a struggle, especially for those with ADHD. Key strategies include identifying your routines beforehand and keeping them up while traveling. Discover the impact of keystone habits and how minor changes can enhance your daily life. Learn creative ways to maintain healthy habits on the go and why effective habit tracking is crucial for readjusting. Dive into practical tips for self-care and reestablishing focus after a vacation.

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Identifying effective routines before traveling enables individuals with ADHD to seamlessly resume their habits upon returning home, ensuring stability during transitions.

Maintaining some level of routines while traveling, even with adjustments, is crucial for upholding personal goals and easing the re-entry process after a trip.

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Understanding Routines and Habits

Identifying and maintaining routines and habits is crucial for a seamless transition after travel, especially for those with ADHD. Before embarking on a trip, it is important to reflect on which routines are currently effective and which habits need attention. Keystone habits, as outlined in Charles Duhigg's work, play a significant role in making transitions smoother, serving as foundational behaviors that improve overall functioning. For example, establishing a nighttime ritual like putting away distracting devices can enhance evening and morning routines, helping to maintain a sense of normalcy.

Intro

2min

Harnessing Keystone Habits for Better Routines

3min

Adapting Routines While Traveling and Effective Habit Tracking

4min

Refocusing After Vacation: Tips for Habit Tracking and Self-Care

3min

Last week was all about getting there and this week we're focusing on what to do when you get back. Travel disrupts our routines and habits - and we should take those disruptions seriously. One thing that I've had to learn over and over again is that ADHD makes transitions hard - and coming back from a trip is a big transition.

This Episode's Top Tips

Identify your routines and habits before your trip so that when you get back you know where to pick things back up. Make sure you are paying special attention to your
While you are traveling try and keep up as many of your habits and routines. If you need to, you can make small tweaks to them to make them easier while you are away.
Make sure you are planning your days and regularly checking that plan once you get back. You can use a habit tracker to make sure you are follow through with all of your intentions.

Find all the show notes at HackingYourADHD.com/podcast/RefocusedVacation