Module 1 Motivation: how to keep a calendar
Wed, 4/27 9:25AM 5:01
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
adhd, dig, important, rabbit hole, module, patricia, figure, motivation, kryptonite, calendar, activity,
brain, brain dump, process, class, talking, happiness, recorded, minutes, buy
SPEAKERS
Patricia Sung
Patricia Sung 00:00
Hello, and welcome back to how to keep a calendar for ADHD brains. I'm Patricia Sung and we
are in. Oh, come on tech. There we go. We're in module one motivation. Alright let me move
my talking head here. Okay, before we get into module one, if you would turn off any
distractions that might catch your attention, and we will get into the good stuff. Okay. All right.
Patricia Sung 00:32
So boredom is the kryptonite for people with ADHD is something that Dr. Halliwell says, and so
if we're trying to make our calendars non boring, the opposite that is, of course, interest. Well,
how are we going to make calendars Interesting? Well, we're not, they're not that interesting.
What we are interested in is, what's the motivation behind it for you, anytime people with
ADHD are trying to get something done.
Patricia Sung 00:59
If we think about what our motivation is, like, what's actually important to us, that's what's
gonna get us across the finish line. Any kind of, you know, someone else telling us is important,
or us just thinking we should do something is not going to get us where we need to be. It has to
be important to us down and deep inside, why does this matter to you? So that's what we're
going to work on today.
Patricia Sung 01:23
In module one. I think it's more important than actually how we do the whole process. Because
if you're not motivated, if you're not aware of why you're putting in all this work, you're not
going to stick with it. So how do we make sure that we stick with it? We're going to dig in to the
why. So why did you buy this gorgeous? Why are you here? Why are you spending this time,
we're going to dig into the why. And then we're going to keep on digging in until we find that