Creating Habits Made My Life With ADHD Manageable

Written By Cynthia Hammer, MSW

Habits, instead of tying you down to boring routines, actually set you free.

 “Habits do not restrict freedom.  They create it. 

In fact, the people who don’t have their habits handled are often the ones with the least amount of freedom.  Without good financial habits, you will always be struggling for the next dollar.  Without good health habits, you will always seem to be short on energy.  

Without good learning habits, you will always feel like your’re behind the curve.  If you’re always being forced to make decision about simple tasks—when should I work out, where do I go to write, when do I pay the bills—then you have less time for freedome. 

It’s only by making the fundamentals of life easier that you can create the mental space needed for free thinking and creativity.”  

P. 46 Atomic Habits by James Clearn

Cynthia Hammer, MSW

Cynthia Hammer, MSW, was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD in 1992 when she was 49 years old. The following year she created the non-profit organization, ADD Resources, with a mission to educate adults and helping professionals about ADHD in adults. She ran the organization for 15 years before retiring.

During the Covid isolation she wrote a book about her life with inattentive ADHD which should be published by the end of this year. In writing the book, she was dismayed to learn that children with inattentive ADHD continue to be under-diagnosed and adults with inattentive ADHD often are incorrectly diagnosed with depression or anxiety.

She created a new non-profit in 2021, the Inattentive ADHD Coalition (www.iadhd.org), to create more awareness about inattentive ADHD and the need for early diagnosis and treatment.

https://www.iadhd.org
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