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Whether you are a woman with ADHD, or a professional who treats women with ADHD, there is probably no more important way to make significant positive changes in the lives of women with ADHD than to embrace the concept of .
This last lead article of the year was inspired by an email we received from one of our readers. She wrote of her own ADD and how it has impacted so many facets of her life – difficulty budgeting her money, difficulty in keeping long-term relationships, and difficulty consistently meeting obligations that she has taken on with little consideration for the long-term consequences. If only she’d understood her ADD earlier in her life, she writes, she would have made different, more ADD-friendly life decisions.
An ADD-friendly life is created one decision at a time. So, here’s our New Year’s wish for our readers – that each of you begins thinking of each life decision – whether for your own life, or in the lives of women with ADD in your clinical practice – in terms of ADD-friendliness. How can you judge whether a decision is ADD-friendly? Each life is different, but here are some questions to ask yourself as you enter the new year making choices and decisions:
- What can I subtract from my life to make room for this new choice?
- Will this choice simplify my life?
- Will this choice decrease the stress levels in my life?
- Will the choice of this new relationship bring out the best in me?
- Will this choice improve the quality of my life without increasing the quantity of my debt?
- Will this choice bring future pain as well as immediate pleasure?
- Will this choice allow me to operate in my areas of strength?
- Will this choice allow me to focus on the things I love?
- Will this choice help me take charge of my ADD?
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