Need Help Executing on Uncomfortable Tasks? Use These 5 Tips.

DESCRIPTION: Are you avoiding doing what’s important to you because you’re uncomfortable? Ready to get unstuck? When you use these 5 tips to address your discomfort you can get past it and start moving toward your goals. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Discomfort with a task can keep you stuck. * Your ADHD challenges may contribute to your discomfort and subsequent task avoidance. * The 1st step to address this is to know how to notice your discomfort and be self-compassionate. * The 2nd  step is to identify the source of your discomfort. * The 3rd step is to remember the reason you want to change this avoidance habit. * The 4th  step is to be able to go toward the discomfort to get to the other side. * The 5th step is to know when you need help. RESOURCES: ARTICLE: How To Become Shame Resilient When You Have ADHD BOOK: The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower–and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels TRANSCRIPT: 00:03: Of course you don’t want to be uncomfortable. Who would? I know I don’t. But learning how to be with some discomfort can also help you persist in doing what’s important to you instead of giving up or acting impulsively. Sound like something you’d like to be able to do? You’ve tuned into Scattered, Focused, Done – Reimagining Productivity with ADHD, a podcast for ADHD adults like you who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins, and I’m glad you’re joining me today on this journey to reimagining productivity with ADHD. So you can get what is important to you done without trying to do it like everyone else. 01:03: Discomfort is, well, yucky. Yes, that’s a clinical term. And rest assured I’m not going to suggest you learn how to walk on hot coals to build your character and learn how to be with discomfort. Because learning how to be with discomfort is not the end goal. Rather, because you already know life is full of uncomfortable experiences, my objective is for you to learn how to not let your discomfort get in the way of doing what’s important to you. That is, I want you to be able to persist, rather than either avoiding uncomfortable situations or shutting down when faced with one. Think of a task you’re avoiding right now. Maybe you’ve said to yourself more times than you care to think of regarding this task, “I’ll do it later.” Right later. What you really meant is not now. After all, you haven’t decided when you’re going to do it, have you? 02:08: In the moment when you decide not to do it you may not even know why you’re avoiding it. You just feel, well, uncomfortable for any number of reasons.