How to do Hard Things - Part 3

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

All right, I’m back from my little break and we’re just heading right back into the hard stuff - or at least how we can start getting it checked off our to-do list.

Today we’re going to be looking at some more ways that we can adjust our mindset around doing hard things and also looking at some of the reasons we might be choosing to do certain hard things. Then we’ll finish up this series by digging into a few of the more concrete things that you can do so that you can tackle those hard things.

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This Episode’s Top Tips

Part of the reward of doing hard things is actually doing the hard things - this may seem glib, but when we’re building up our habits and routines the only way we actually build them is by doing the hard parts. We can’t skip to the end and expect to have picked up habits needed to maintain that goal.
We can reshape our mindset around the things that we “have to do” - we often rebel against the have to’s and so changing our mindset into things that we get to do can have a profound impact on how we approach doing those tasks.
Two of the best ways to get through doing hard things is to know your why behind what you’re doing and then having some accountability to help you follow through.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewire Podcast Network.
0:10.0	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:14.0	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain. Alright, I'm back from my little break and we're heading right back into the hard stuff,
0:25.6	or at least how we can start getting it checked off our to-do list.
0:29.6	Today, we're going to be looking at some more ways that we can adjust our mindset around doing hard things,
0:35.6	and also looking at some of the reasons we might be choosing
0:38.5	to do certain hard things.
0:41.2	Then we'll finish up this series by digging into a few more concrete things that you can
0:45.3	do so that you can tackle those hard things.
0:49.2	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at Hacking Your ADHD.com slash hard things part
0:56.3	three. All right, keep on listening to find out which hard things you're going to get to this week.
1:16.2	I've often thought to myself how nice it would be to be able to skip the hard parts of some things,
1:18.4	to just arrive at my goals.
1:21.8	But unfortunately, there are some problems with this idea.
1:28.1	Let's imagine that I went away for the weekend and I had somehow come back to my house completely clean and everything organized. This honestly would be very fantastic. I'm definitely on board for this idea.
1:34.8	But I do wonder, how long would this state of immaculate cleanliness last? And I want to be clear here
1:41.2	that I understand that a lived-in house develops mess.
1:44.5	You never escape cleaning indefinitely.
1:46.5	But what I'm talking about is how long until my built-in habits reduce the organization of that house into a clutter catastrophe again?
1:55.0	Or again, I'm looking for that magic event to make the house clean again.
1:59.0	Because while the end result is an important piece here, it's also important how we get there.
2:04.6	If I want to have a more organized house in the long run, I have to work on developing the habits that are going to naturally lead to that outcome.
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