The Trap of Low Quality Leisure Time

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Hey team, good news, I am finally over Covid - it took me a bit longer than I would have liked but I'm healthy again and ready to get back at things.

This is an episode that I started working on before I got sick, and one of the areas that we had been looking into was that of planning and goal setting. So I thought it was time to shift a bit onto an area that we often forget about - leisure time.

Now, I want to be clear here, leisure time is not in opposition to goals and planning, in fact, it's just as important to our well-being. There are a myriad of health benefits we get from taking time off work, but not all leisure activities are equal.

In this week's episode, we're going to be looking at how we can work on reframing the ways we look at our free time, how we can be a little more intentional with how we're spending that time, and then look at a few of the things we can do to make that time, time well spent.

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Find the show note at HackingYourADHD.com/leisure

This Episode's Top Tips

You don't have to earn your time off - denying ourselves real leisure time because we "didn't earn it" is counterproductive only leads to burnout.
Don't rely on discipline to keep yourself from falling into low-quality leisure time like scrolling social media - use blocks on your phone to divert yourself from the path of least resistance.
Our five pillars of quality leisure time are:
1. Prioritize doing, over consuming
2. Prioritize things that take some skill to do
3. Think about making something
4. Seek activities that foster social interaction
5. Prioritize Self-Care

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD, the Wired Podcast Network.
0:08.5	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:12.2	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:19.6	Hey, team, good news. I'm finally over COVID. Took me a bit longer
0:23.3	than I would have liked, but I'm healthy now and ready to get back into things. This is an
0:27.9	episode I started working on before I got sick, and one of the areas that we had been looking into
0:32.4	was planning and goals. So I thought it was time to shift a bit into an area that we often forget about,
0:38.8	and that's leisure time. Now, I want to be clear here, leisure time is not in opposition to
0:44.5	goals and planning. In fact, it's just as important to our well-being. There are a myriad of
0:50.5	health benefits we get from taking time off work, but not all leisure activities
0:54.7	are equal. In this week's episode, we're going to be looking at how we can work on reframing
1:00.3	the way we look at our free time, how we can be a little bit more intentional with how we're
1:05.2	spending that time, and then look at a few things that we can do to make that time, time well
1:10.6	spent.
1:12.2	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com
1:18.1	slash leisure. Before we get started, I'd also like to take a moment to let everyone know
1:23.6	about the Hacking Your ADHD Patreon. While the podcast will always remain free for everyone to
1:28.6	listen to, it isn't free to produce. If you enjoy the show and would like to help support it,
1:33.4	here's your chance. And there's some great perks. For example, at the $10 level, I'm going to be
1:38.7	releasing bonus content every month, and this month I put up a minisode on systems thinking
1:43.2	and how we can apply it to our
1:44.8	ADHD brains.
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