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I Have ADHD Podcast

332 Stop 🛑 Adding to the Planner Graveyard: One Tool to Improve ADHD Time Blindness NOW

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

You’ve tried planners and reminders, but time still slips through your fingers. This episode explains why ADHD makes “now vs. not now” so hard—and what to do about it. In plain English, I break down the executive functions behind time blindness and share the quick story that shattered my own drama cycle (spoiler: the dishes took seven minutes). Then I give you the one tool that can change your week fast: a shame-free Time Audit that replaces schedule fantasy with reality so you finally start ...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD.

0:13.8

I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD. Let's chat about the frustrations, humor,

0:20.0

and challenges of adulting, relationships,

0:22.8

working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder. I'll help you understand your unique brain,

0:29.7

unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B. Hey, what's up? This is Kristen Carter,

0:35.9

and you've tuned into the I Have ADHD podcast. I am

0:39.2

medicated, caffeinated, regulated, and ready to roll. Welcome. Come on in, come on in, get settled,

0:49.4

get comfy, grab your water, grab a snack, grab all the things that you need to do while you're listening

0:55.4

to this podcast because we are going to have a great time together today. We're going to be

1:00.2

talking about time management for the ADHD brain. And I think that like if we could solve

1:07.5

the time management issue for ADHDers, We would be so happy and so rich,

1:13.1

but I don't think that it's actually something that can be solved, but it's definitely

1:17.6

something that can be improved. Today we're talking about why is time management

1:22.2

harder for us than it is for neurotypical people and what can we do about it?

1:27.4

Because we're entering the season

1:30.3

where we really start to think about time management a lot. So right now it's September,

1:37.3

we're like the seasons are changing, the kids are going back to school, and it feels like the start of the year. Even if you don't

1:45.8

have kids, I think a lot of us are programmed that this is just like a new season, a new start

1:51.3

because, you know, we all went to school. We all had that like fresh start feeling in September-ish.

1:59.5

And this for me is when I start thinking about my time,

2:04.7

who and what I want to give my time to, how I want to manage my time. And so I thought this

2:08.9

would be a really great time for us, no pun intended, to have this conversation.

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