Quitting Isn't Failing

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Hey Team

I was recently thinking about kids being picky eaters and how there is a movement where we’re not supposed to say picky anymore; we’re supposed to say they’re selective eaters.

And you know what, I get that. I grew up as a picky kid, and… let’s be honest, I’m a fairly picky adult as well. Scratch that, selective adult.

And I know it’s semantics, but I often find semantics are important. Because if we’re reframing this idea of being picky into being selective, it loses a lot of that negative connotation, and it gives a lot more power to the idea that what we’re doing is we’re making choices. In this case, making choices about food, but I think this is something we should keep in mind as we’re moving into the new year because a lot of us are going to find that we’re going to need to be more selective with our goals, especially in regard to New Year’s Resolutions.

And this is the idea that we’re going to be exploring in this episode - what are the things that we really want to focus on doing - what are the things that we want to commit ourselves to, and then what are the things that we should be letting go of.

If you'd life to follow along on the show notes page you can find that at HackingYourADHD.com/208

This Episode's Top Tips

1. You can do anything, but you can’t do everything. If something feels draining, unaligned, or no longer serves you, it’s okay to move on.
2. Work on reframing quitting as a positive. We’re redirecting our energy toward something more meaningful and prioritizing those things that we really want.
3. Focus on sustainability. If a goal feels overwhelming, reassess and try to find a more manageable way to approach it.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD.
0:06.7	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:10.0	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practice to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:16.1	Hey, teen, I was recently thinking about kids being picky eaters and how there's this movement where we're not supposed to say picky anymore and instead we're supposed to say they're selective
0:24.7	eaters.
0:25.7	And you know what, I get that.
0:27.3	I grew up as a picky kid and, well, okay, let's be honest, I'm a fairly picky adult
0:30.9	as well.
0:31.9	Scratch that, a selective adult.
0:34.5	And I know it's semantics, but I often find semantics are important. Because if we're
0:39.6	reframing the idea of being picky into being selective, it loses a lot of that negative
0:44.6	connotation, and it gives a lot more power to the idea that what we're doing is making choices.
0:51.3	In this case, we're making choices about food, but I think this is something
0:54.5	that we can keep in mind as we're moving into the new year, because a lot of us are going
0:58.5	to find that we're going to need to be a lot more selective about our goals, especially
1:02.5	in regard to New Year's resolutions. And this is the idea that we're going to be exploring
1:07.2	in this episode. What are the things that we really want to focus on doing?
1:11.4	What are the things that we want to commit ourselves to? And then what are the things
1:15.9	that we should be letting go of? If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page,
1:20.5	you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com slash 208. Also before we started, I wanted to let you know about some of the new things we're trying
1:29.7	out here at Hacking Your ADHD, including a new live Ask Me Anything event, which is going to be
1:35.0	happening at the end of this month on January 31st at 10 a.m. Pacific.
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