I read recently that New Years Resolutions are a perfect elixir for ADHD brains, providing motivating factors, including “novelty, competition, interest, and pressure.” Apparently, even if you haven’t succeeded with them in the past, an ever-present ADHD danger, New Years Resolutions, particularly for ADHD brains, “conjure motivation” which “comes gift wrapped and optimized,” even though they can be recipes for disaster because ADHD brains typically are horrible at anything requiring “planning, consistency, and persistence,” the mainstay of these resolutions.
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