Find a therapist to help with ADHD

Obama and Zuckerberg both credit small daily habits with saving mental energy for bigger decisions.

Hacks work because they remove decision-making energy.

Implementation intentions, or simple if-then plans, are proven to boost goal achievement.

All my life I have felt like an alien who landed on Earth without a handbook. Which wouldn't be so bad, except that everyone else seems to have gotten the guide on "how to be a human." I really felt like Mr. Bean, you know the opening credits when he slams down to earth in human form and has to pass himself off as normal, with hilarious results. I'm now a researcher on women with ADHD, and to my extreme relief, it turns out this is a totally normal feeling among the neurodivergent. We all feel like aliens.

For years now I've developed a coping mechanism that I've discovered is not at all unique to people with ADHD. Any time I find a little trick that helps me get through the day without exploding my life or binge-watching Below Deck while ordering Domino's, I jot it down in a special........

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