Strategies for intentional living from experts who get it
Shira collapses in front of her computer after finally settling her kids for the night. She’s determined to book a rental for her family’s upcoming vacation. After some time she has multiple solid options, but before she knows it, it’s 1:30 a.m. and she hasn’t actually booked anything.
The next evening, she somehow finds herself in the same position; after another few hours perusing options, she still hasn’t booked anything.
Adina is excited to begin her decluttering project. She can almost picture the tantalizing image of mounds of accumulated objects floating out of her home with the remainder sorted neatly into pretty baskets and containers. Eager to get started on this epic journey, she begins to peruse department store aisles for the perfect organizational systems. She spends weeks sorting through options as piles of Amazon boxes cover her front porch. Once they arrive, though, she finds that the initial excitement of her project has worn off and the bins and baskets become an unwanted addition to the clutter in her home.
Many people with ADHD can spend endless hours in the “planning” stage of a task or project without actually seeing their goal to the finish line. There are several reasons why this can happen.
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