Energy Management: Mental Energy (Rebroadcast)

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today we're going to be looking at ways that we can work on cutting down distractions and staying focused. We'll also be looking at ways that we can better schedule our time to focus on when our brain is going to be working best and we'll also be looking at better ways to end our workday.

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This Episode's Top Tips

Mental energy is about our ability to focus and keep our focus. To effectively do this we need to stop trying to multitask and reduce the number of distractions we have around us. This means limiting notifications and creating a work environment where we won't be easily interrupted.
We can create smarter time blocks using our ultradian rhythms to guide us - breaking our scheduling into these 90-120 minute cycles allows us to focus on working when we've got the most energy and taking breaks when we're going to need them the most.
Schedule your most important tasks for early in the day. By completing what's most important first you'll never find yourself at the end of the day having missed those tasks. You can decide if it's best to eat the frog with this task or to ease into it.
End your workday with a shutdown routine to signal to your brain that you are really done with work. By only working while you are at work you'll make better use of your time and you'll allow yourself real time to relax and recover while you are at home.

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0:00.0	A little over four years ago, I enrolled in ADHD rewired's coaching and accountability groups.
0:05.5	It's an intensive 10-week-long program, but it was a life-changing experience.
0:10.9	By the time I finished my 10-week coaching session, I had gotten so much out of the program
0:15.1	that I decided to sign up to help as a peer mentor, and I did that several more times
0:19.6	after that as well.
0:25.4	I have no doubt that I would have ever started this podcast had I not gone through these groups, and the ongoing support I get from the ADHD rewired community.
0:30.3	These groups are intensive, but I had reached a point where I knew something had to change
0:34.9	in my life if I wanted to keep moving forward.
0:38.0	Listening to this podcast is a great start for helping your ADHD, but to get the changes
0:42.3	you want to see, you have to put in the work. I know for me, often I found that while I was
0:47.5	willing to put in the work, I was choosing to do it in the hardest way possible. These groups
0:52.4	help give you direction and make those steps a little bit
0:55.3	easier. So if you're looking to grow and you're ready to add coaching, accountability, and
1:00.7	community into how you hack your ADHD, I want to encourage you to check out ADHD ReWired's
1:06.5	coaching and accountability groups. It's a 10-week program. They meet three times a week and small groups of 12,
1:12.9	and then you'll also be meeting twice a week with your four-person
1:15.4	accountability team.
1:16.6	As well, you'll also check in with your accountability team a few times a day over chat.
1:20.2	And now they're even offering evening groups,
1:22.2	which absolutely wasn't a thing when I went through them.
1:25.6	There's a bunch more information at their website, CoachingreWired.com.
1:29.7	You want to add your name to the interest list.
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