You're listening to hacking your ADHD, and I'm your host, William Kerr. I have ADHD,

and on this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.

Thanks for joining me for the very last episode of 2019. In this episode, I'm writing a letter to my ADHD.

This is an exercise I got from Eric Tiver's ADHD rewired coaching and accountability groups.

I'll be honest, I wasn't all that keen on writing a letter to my ADHD when I first heard about this exercise,

but it was actually surprisingly refreshing to address that part of myself.

Since my first letter to my ADHD, I've tried to write another one about four times a year.

When I write these letters, it gives me a chance to check in with my relationship with my ADHD.

Sometimes it's going really well, while other times I found myself to be really struggling.

If you'd like to write your own letter

to your ADHD, just set a timer for 10 to 15 minutes and write whatever feels natural to say. There's no

wrong way to write your letter. And don't worry, I've heard a number of these that start off with

dear ADHD, go F yourself. But that's just one way these letters can go. The great part about doing this

exercise is that you get a nice record of how your relationship with your ADHD is going. I can look

back and see how I was doing mentally when I last checked in. For our episode today, I gave myself

a bit more time than the 10 to 15 minutes I usually write these in. I also took a chance to look back

at my old letters and then stole some of my best lines. I hope you enjoy this peek into my relationship with my ADHD.

And just as a note, since this is a letter to my ADHD, that means I'm using the word

you a lot. So to be clear, I'm not talking about you, the listener, but you as in my ADHD.

If you'd like to follow along with the show notes page, you can find that at

hacking your ADHD.com slash dear ADHD.

And with that, let's get the show on the road.

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