Storytime:

I’m embarking on a side quest every month:

Learn 1 new skill (piano, sewing, writing a book, etc.).

What happened in my first month surprised me…

Today’s sponsor ❤️ 

(I’m featured in one of their future articles! 🫶)

I set a goal: 5 min of piano practice daily

It’s how I’ve been able to stay so consistent with my habits:

Setting easy, simple habits.

But practicing piano was so fun for me,

I spent up to 2 hours a day on it

(And wrecked my sleep schedule 💀).

Another day, I was editing a video

I got really hungry and knew I should make dinner.

But I really wanted to finish editing my video.

For some reason, I just couldn’t tear myself away from the task…

It was so weird because usually, this is my process:

• Start editing a video

• Get distracted (message friends, reply to emails, stretch)

• Go back to editing video

• Get distracted again (talk to my sister, go to the gym, attend a meeting)

• Finally finish editing video (while on a walk)

What happened?

Why was it so hard to switch tasks when usually I get distracted very easily?

All of this was “normal” to me until I read this ADHD book

I learned all about hyperfocusing on tasks I’m interested in.

And how my relationship with time is not normal

(Which is why I had to start tracking my time 24/7).

So I shared this screenshot on my Instagram story:

And so many people asked what book it was, I thought I’d share it with you via email too.

It’s called The ADHD Effect on Marriage (not sponsored lol).

I feel like I learned so much about myself through it - not only about things I always thought were normal, but also how to improve my relationships with others.

TLDR: focus on creating systems instead of feeling guilty/ashamed all the time.

Next week I’ll share a bit more about my systems and how they help 🫶 

Til next Monday,

Jennifer