218 How to Complete a Project That Feels Undefined

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tackling big milestones like attending university, moving out on your own or writing a book can be both exhilarating and intimidating. For those of us with ADHD, we can feel frozen in indecision as to how to begin such an endeavor.

In this week’s episode, I offer crucial steps to guide you through these ventures, and then you can listen in on one of my coaching sessions as I do this process with someone contemplating graduate school.

As part of the process, I emphasize the importance of being kind to yourself, setting realistic time parameters to not feel overwhelmed, and how celebrating every little win along the way!

Speaking of big milestones, I can’t wait to celebrate the launch of a new podcast series, which comes out on July 6! Stay tuned for the announcement, and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a thing.

Came hang out with me on Instagram HERE!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I-H have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and
0:11.1	coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:14.0	I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD.
0:18.0	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting, relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:27.0	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.
0:34.0	Hey what's up?
0:38.0	This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I Have ADHD podcast.
0:42.0	I am medicated. I am
0:44.9	regulated and I am ready to roll. Okay, in all honesty I'm regulated is. But I think regulated-ish, but I think regulated-ish is enough. Like I can record this
0:56.4	podcast while being regulated-ish, so let's just continue. Today we're going to
1:01.9	discuss how to complete a project that feels undefined, something
1:06.7	that feels like it's really out there. Maybe it's in the future, maybe it's a long-term
1:11.2	project like getting a new job or writing a book or being ready
1:15.7	to apply to grad school or something kind of nebulous like that.
1:19.7	Those types of long-term projects can make our ADHD brains completely paralyzed because while they seem
1:26.0	like they might be really doable and we tell ourselves we should be doing them.
1:31.7	Upon further investigation or like every time we try to start,
1:35.6	we don't really know what's involved. We don't really know how long it's going to take.
1:39.9	We don't really know how much time to spend to it or how to call it done because it's such a long-term
1:46.6	project that it never feels like it's done.
1:49.9	So that's what we're talking about today.
1:53.6	I just got back from vacation.
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