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RE: Responding to Goals Set Last Year
dear @birchmark this is great !! it is very nice that you have faced the same this topic admitting your limitations and the reasons why you could not make it. I think that being aware of yourself and what you are able to do is one of the most important goals in life !! and in any case it is absolutely right to have understood that all you have done is half the work for the goals of next year.
usually I don't do lists of goals, I live for the day, but someone I have: 1. study English very well; 2. improve my photographic skills; 3. start driving the car again.
all the best for ;-))
Thank you. In terms of your goals, I imagine writing a blog on here would help with learning English.
" I think that being aware of yourself and what you are able to do is one of the most important goals in life"
This is one of the struggles of ADHD life. Many ADHD people tend to want to do "all the things" but we have executive functioning issues which make it harder to do as much as the average person, let alone as much as we set as giant enthusiastic goals. It's easier if it is something we are passionate about, and that's great, but it can also lead to hyperfocus / perseveration (focusing on something A LOT but to the detriment of remembering to do other things) which is a double edged sword as it can achieve a lot, but it can also be directed at less productive things like Reddit or even if directed well, can be productive but mean you now have a headache because you forgot to drink any water.... It is said to be a superpower of ADHD but it kind of depends on the situation. It can be a superpower or it can be a pain in the butt or it can be somewhat of a combo of the two if you achieve a lot but neglect something else important.
Thank you for your support and for supporting the idea that not achieving the goals isn't the end of the world but is simply that I have done half the work of next years goals. I think that's the best mindset to be in at this point.
Good luck with your upcoming year and for your goals.
I understand what you say, at least in part, because I suffered for a long time from chronic headache (now much better) and I seemed to go crazy, and often staying focused was pure utopia ;-)) and about the failures, you know what Edison said while doing his experiments to try to make a light bulb work? "I didn't fail. I only tried 10,000 methods that didn't work." !! have a good day