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

I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.

Hey, what's up? This is Kristen Carter, and you're listening to the I Have ADHD podcast.

I'm medicated. I am caffeinated. I am regulated, and I am ready to roll.

How are you? What's up? It's a gorgeous spring day. I hope that you are living it up wherever you are in the world.

I've been avoiding, avoiding, avoiding sitting down and really recording this podcast.

I procrastinated yesterday when I had to think it through and write it, and get all my notes together.

I procrastinated today on recording. I just don't want to do it. I love you. I love having this podcast.

Having a podcast is the best thing ever. Podcasting is so hard. I hate doing it.

Do you understand that distinction? I like to have a podcast. I like it when it's done. I like that it's out there. I like that I get it to talk to you. I like that I get to help people when I hate actually doing the thing.

Oh my gosh. So I've done everything that I could to delay. I've done everything, including listening to recording of a podcast that I was just on.

I tidied up. I went through all of my Slack messages. I mean every single one, all of the emails. I've done everything I could do.

Sometimes making myself do the thing that I actually love to do is so hard. It's ridiculous.

Oh my gosh. So I just want you to know that if you're waiting around to feel good, if you're waiting around to be motivated to do the thing that you want to do, just stop waiting around. It's not going to happen.

You're just going to have to do the thing. It's so it's I wish I had better news. It's so annoying. But it's just true. You're just going to have to start. And so what I did was I procrastinated until I knew I would be late for my next meeting. That's what I did.

And you know what? Sometimes that's what we got to do. I don't shame myself. I don't judge myself. I texted the person that I will be meeting with soon.

And I was like, Hey, I've been procrastinating all morning long. I'm now going to be running late for our meeting. But having that deadline was the thing that I needed to make myself finally sit down and record.

So I got to my office an hour and a half ago. I could have started this and been early for my meeting. I know that you are resonating and relating to this right now. I know you are.

I had plenty of time to do it. But I couldn't make myself do it. I had to wait until the last minute. And that's okay. It's okay. I'm not judging myself for it. And I invite you not to judge yourself for it too.

This is one of the things about having ADHD that I am beginning to embrace. I'm going to wait until the last minute. I'm gonna usually, unless like all of the stars align.

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