85 Stop Striving for Perfection
I Have ADHD Podcast
Kristen Carder
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
When adults with ADHD set goals, we usually strive for the IDEAL rather than something attainable. This creates MORE failure for us. In this episode we’ll dive into the concept of a minimum baseline and how it will help you to achieve your goals with a much higher success rate!
www.ihaveadhd.com for more adult ADHD resources.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the I have ADHD podcast where it's all about education, encouragement and |
| 0:11.1 | coaching for adults with ADHD. I'm your host Kristen Carter and I have ADHD. 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? |
| 0:39.0 | This is Kristen Carter and you are listening to the I have the ADHD podcast episode |
| 0:44.4 | number 85 I am medicated I am caffeinated and I am ready to roll I'm so glad that you are here with me today. Welcome, welcome, |
| 0:56.4 | welcome. If you hear craziness in the background it is because I have three |
| 1:00.5 | boys at home doing school. They are on the zooms or they are in the |
| 1:05.2 | Google Meats or whatever it is that they do to connect to their classes and we are |
| 1:09.6 | just going to try to make it through this episode without any crazy interruptions. |
| 1:16.8 | Let's cross our fingers. |
| 1:18.6 | I hope that it works. |
| 1:20.4 | I have no idea, but I hope that it works. |
| 1:22.4 | Normally, they are in school full time, but our |
| 1:25.0 | district took off a week after Thanksgiving, which I think is so smart and wonderful. My kids love to be in school they thrive in the classroom and so I'm |
| 1:36.6 | really thankful that on Monday they go back they go back in you guys it is getting dark so early if you suffer from seasonal affect disorder like I do. |
| 1:49.2 | I just want to give you a hug and say like, I get it. It is not easy right now. There's like no |
| 1:56.0 | sunlight. If you're in the US, if you're on the East Coast. I'm not sure what |
| 2:01.5 | happens on the West Coast but on the East Coast like my |
| 2:03.9 | goodness it is getting dark around 4.30 and that's just no fun. My favorite |
| 2:11.0 | favorite thing to do is to sit out on my back porch in the summertime from like 7 to 9 p.m. |
| 2:18.8 | when it's just light forever and ever, but you know obviously not an option so it's |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kristen Carder, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Kristen Carder and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.