Pacing

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hey Team!

It’s that time of year again where I feel like I need a kick in the pants. My kids are back in school and it feels like I have a glut of time available. It feels like I should be knocking things off my todo list left and right.

But I’m not. I’m tired and I’m not getting things done. And it’s frustrating because it feels like now that I have this time, I’m wasting it. It feels like if I take this time for rest that I’m going to look back later and regret that I didn’t push myself harder. But rest is important even when it feels like I don’t have time for it.

Rest can feel like a foreign concept when your brain’s always on the go. It can feel like trying to sit on a treadmill that’s still running.

In this episode, we’re going to explore why our ADHD brains find rest so uncomfortable and how we can use pacing to finally make it part of our day. We're going to explore why our brains resist rest and how we can try and work in those much-needed breaks without feeling guilty.

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This Episode's Top Tips

It’s important to recognize that rest can feel uncomfortable because we aren’t getting enough stimulation in our restful activities. To solve for this we can seek ways to add low levels of stimulation so that we can better recover during our relaxation time.
We need to build white space into our calendars and schedule intentional downtime in our day to allow for rest, transitions, and unexpected events.
Coming up with ideas in the moment can be hard so prepare a go-to list of activities like reading, stretching, or listening to podcasts to help you relax when needed.
If we can shift our mindset to see rest as part of your productivity routine, it can help us reframe it into something that will better help recharge and avoid burnout without the guilt.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD.
0:06.4	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:09.7	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:16.7	Hey, team, it's that time of year again, where I feel like I need a kick in the pants.
0:21.6	My kids are back in school and it feels like I have this glut of time available.
0:25.8	It feels like I should be knocking things off my to-do list left and right.
0:29.2	But I'm not.
0:30.5	I'm tired and I'm not getting things done.
0:33.3	And it's frustrating because it feels like now that I have this time, I'm wasting it.
0:38.0	It feels like that if I take this time for rest, that I'm going to look back later and regret that I didn't push myself harder.
0:44.6	But rest is important, even when it feels like I don't have time for it.
0:48.7	And rest can feel like this foreign concept when your brain's always on the go.
0:52.7	It can feel like trying to sit down on a treadmill that's still running.
0:56.2	In this episode, we're going to explore why our ADHD brains can find rest so uncomfortable
1:00.9	and how we can use pacing to finally make it part of our day.
1:05.0	We're going to try to explore why our brains resist rest so much,
1:08.2	and how we can try and work in those much-needed breaks without feeling so guilty. If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that
1:15.1	at hacky your ADHD.com slash 194. This episode is also brought to you by Sansama. As someone
1:22.5	who's always trying to stay on top of my day, I found that San Sama makes a huge difference
1:26.4	in how I manage my workload.
1:28.2	It's more than just a to-do list. It's like having a personal assistance that helps me plan
1:31.9	my day in a way that's actually sustainable. And that last piece is what's so crucial for me
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