What to Do When Your Goal is No Longer Exciting

I Have ADHD Podcast

Kristen Carder

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This is a very vulnerable podcast for me. I made a goal to talk about one thing, told myself it would be easy, then procrastinated and realized it was more work than I was ready to handle. My mind originally had me living in this fantasy world, and I left it before thinking through the logistics and effort required to get it done and do it right. Have you been here before?

At this point in January, many of you may be starting to feel the same way about those New Year’s resolutions. Maybe you’re bored. The ideas just aren’t flowing anymore, and now you realize it is not going to happen unless you take significant action.

Sometimes even the things we love most in life are going to feel like drudgery and mundane work. In Episode 194, I share how this is one of the hardest things about dealing with ADHD for me personally.

So here we go! I’ll talk through the things I did wrong this week, the steps I skipped, and the danger of excitement that I floated on instead of facing reality. Let’s learn together, and I hope I can help you avoid the pain I went through with this good but difficult goal.

Maybe you are struggling with this as well and know you need an intervention to keep you on track. I invite you to join my group coaching program FOCUSED, where I help other ADHDers set goals and follow through with them. We'd love to have you!

Visit www.ihaveadhd.com/focused for more resources.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the I Have ADHD podcast, where it's all about education, encouragement, and coaching for adults with ADHD.
0:14.0	I'm your host, Kristen Carter, and I have ADHD.
0:18.0	Let's chat about the frustrations, humor, and challenges of adulting relationships, working, and achieving with this neurodevelopmental disorder.
0:27.0	I'll help you understand your unique brain, unlock your potential, and move from point A to point B.
0:34.0	Hey, what's up? This is Kristen Carter, and you are listening to the I Have ADHD podcast episode number 194.
0:45.0	I am medicated, I am caffeinated, and I am ready to roll. Sort of. I'm sort of ready to roll.
0:52.0	I've actually been staring at my computer screen for the last 30 minutes, not knowing what to write, or what to say to you.
1:00.0	I'm just going to be totally, totally straight in this episode. I don't have any good ideas.
1:05.0	I have no ideas today, and I don't feel like recording this podcast. So that's where we're at.
1:11.0	Okay. I saved it to the very last minute, and now I have an hour and 45 minutes left to figure out what I'm going to say,
1:19.0	what I'm going to record, and then actually go ahead and record it, and send it to my editor.
1:24.0	Sometimes I really hate having a podcast. You would be shocked how fast Thursdays come around.
1:32.0	Now, Thursday is the day that I send everything to my editor. It's the day that she needs it. It's the deadline day, and I'm telling you, it's like always Thursday.
1:42.0	Thursday comes so fast. Like, how is it Thursday already?
1:47.0	So I want to let you know that sometimes even the things that we love most in life are going to feel like drudgery and mundane work.
1:56.0	This podcast is my baby. I love it so much. I'm so grateful to have it. I can't believe I get to do this work.
2:03.0	I can't believe so many of you are listening. I am exceedingly excessively grateful, like beyond belief, but I'm also bored.
2:13.0	And I don't feel like doing it sometimes, and I get annoyed that I don't plan ahead.
2:18.0	And sometimes when I do plan ahead, the day comes to hit the record button, and it's just not what I want to be talking about.
2:25.0	I had a plan. I had a plan. Okay. Y'all had a plan.
2:31.0	I had a plan to do a series on executive functions. I was like, oh, I'll just like break down each executive function and talk about them individually so that you can really get a clear understanding how each executive function, that is how it works and how it's impaired because of your ADHD.
2:51.0	It sounds like a great idea now when I'm saying it out loud, right? Sure sounded like a good idea.
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