Slowing Down: Activation Energy

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Hey team, we’re back at it for another episode about slowing down, but this time we’re looking at activation energy, which is the idea we’re going to need to have a certain amount of energy available to get started on a task. When we’re getting ready to get to the next thing on our to-do list, sometimes it can feel like it’s just too much, and getting started is really going to be the hardest part.

Activation energy is that minimum threshold for us to get going on that thing, and some days it just isn’t there, and so today, we’re going to be looking at ways that we make getting started a little bit easier.

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This Episode's Top Tips

Activation energy is what takes us from thinking about doing something to actually doing it. It’s what can keep us on the couch when we feel like we could be doing something else.
When we rely on urgency being our primary mode of motivation it can make it increasingly hard to work on anything that isn’t urgent.
Different tasks take different amounts of energy to activate on and we can work on lower that barrier to entry or increasing our amount of available energy. We can do this by making tasks more fun, using accountability, and breaking our tasks into smaller parts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network.
0:11.9	I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD.
0:16.3	On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain.
0:23.9	Hey, team, we're back added for another episode about slowing down.
0:28.3	But this time, we're looking at activation energy, which is the idea we're going to need to have a certain amount of energy available to get started on a task.
0:36.9	When we're getting ready to get to the next thing on our to-do lists,
0:40.4	sometimes it can feel like it's just too much.
0:43.3	That getting started is really going to be the hardest part.
0:47.7	Activation energy is just that minimum threshold to get us going on that thing.
0:52.5	And some days it just isn't there.
0:55.4	So today we're going to be looking at ways that we can make getting started just a little bit easier. If you'd like to
1:00.2	follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com slash
1:05.6	131. Today's podcast is brought to you by Athletic Greens.
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1:40.8	It's something I do every day and it's the way I start my morning.
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