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Hey what's up? This is Kristen Carter and you're listening to the I have ADHD

podcast episode number 177. I am medicated I am caffeinated and I am ready to

roll hello hello hello. I'm so happy that you're here with me today listening

to this delightful podcast. I'm wearing a cat t-shirt. It's making me real happy. It's bringing so much joy to my day and I'm curious if you ever do that. Do you choose your clothes based on whether or not they're going to improve your mood? Because today I needed an extra peb in my step so I decided to

wear a crazy cat tea and I've got to say it's working. It's really working and my focused clients when I popped on the screen this morning wearing a cat t shirt.

They were like, oh my word, what is happening? But it was fun. It's really fun. Anything for that little hit of

dopamine. You know what I mean? Well today we are going to be talking about setting realistic goals and I think this topic is perfect for September because a lot of times in September we're transitioning where like summer is ending and kiddos are going back to school and it just seems like the perfect time to set some goals.

This is the time of year when I have the urge to buy a new planner and decide what I want out of my life.

I'm setting my business goals for 2023

and I'm just really getting my head around what's possible

and, you know, what I want.

I don't do that as much in January as I do in September. I don't know about you.

But I think for me it's like the transition of weather and the transition of summer to school.

It really gets me amped up for some good goal setting.

And as I was thinking all of this through and coaching a bunch of clients this week,

I wanted to share a concept that I've created around goals because I found that

goal setting is really really really hard for it each year. It's like obviously that's not news. You already know that. But it's important to chat about why. Why is it so hard for

ADHD years to set realistic goals? I coach so many people in focus who just lament the fact that goal

setting seems impossible because they're never really sure if the goal that they

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