Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Top-Tips-for-Beating-Procrastination-when-You-have-ADHD.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Top-Tips-for-Beating-Procrastination-when-You-have-ADHD.html Procrastination is one of the biggest complaints people with ADHD experience. There are many reasons why people procrastinate and sometimes procrastination can even be useful. However, usually procrastination doesn’t make you feel good. You feel lazy, unproductive and the thought of the unfinished task looms heavily on your mind, spoiling any enjoyment doing other activities. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Depression-and-ADHD.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Depression-and-ADHD.html Did you know that one out of four adults with ADHD suffer with depression? This is a higher rate than for the rest of the population. Depression can have a mysterious cloak around it, however, it helps to know that there are two types. “Primary Depression” is hereditary and you can feel depressed without there being a trigger or reason why you are depressed. “Secondary Depression” is the result of a trigger, perhaps because you are struggling with ADHD, repeatedly feeling like a failure despite great efforts to live up to society’s standards of what is “normal.” http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/5-Lessons-We-Can-Learn-from-Michael-Phelps.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/5-Lessons-We-Can-Learn-from-Michael-Phelps.html 23-year-old Michael Phelps is the record-breaking Olympic Swimming Champion. He is the first person to win eight gold medals in a single Olympics; the Beijing 2008 Olympics to be precise. Overall, he currently holds 16 Olympic medals; the other eight remaining are six gold and two bronze medals at Athens in 2004. What an inspiring and incredible achievement! http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/5-Top-Tips-for-Happy-Holidays.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/5-Top-Tips-for-Happy-Holidays.html From a distance, the holiday season looks great - full of warmth, laughter, cosy family time, beautiful decorations and delicious food. However, as an adult with ADHD, you know this time of year can be highly stressful. You have to coordinate and incorporate a lot of extra things into your already busy life. Keeping a tidy, clean house (for guests), money management (lots of extra expenses), planning ahead, organizing events and travel arrangements, managing your time and keeping in check perfectionist and procrastination tendencies could be a potential nightmare. But it doesn’t have the be. The key to enjoying the holidays is to find balance. Do enough so that you enjoy and celebrate the holidays, yet not TOO much that you are frazzled, burned out and in debt. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Impossible-Achievements.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Impossible-Achievements.html Last weekend, I did something that I thought was impossible. I broke a piece of wood into two pieces with my bare hand. I was in total shock afterward, but a good kind of shock. Breaking that wood was such a stretch for me that afterward, my mind started to play tricks on me. I wondered if I did really do it. Luck for me, there was a room full of people watching me and could verify that I did actually do it. AND I have the piece of wood to prove it! http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/AntiProcrastination-ACTION-PLAN.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/AntiProcrastination-ACTION-PLAN.html Life is full of exciting choices. It’s easy to get distracted and do the fun, enjoyable tasks, and leave the boring or difficult ones for tomorrow. The problem is that every day there are new enjoyable things to do and tomorrow never comes. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Groundhog-Day.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/Groundhog-Day.html February 2nd is Groundhog Day. The tradition is that if the groundhog sees his shadows, there will be six more weeks of winter. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/How-to-Turn-a-Ho-Hum-Day-into-a-Great-Day.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/How-to-Turn-a-Ho-Hum-Day-into-a-Great-Day.html A client was sitting on the sofa in my office the other day and used a great expression to describe days that are rather blah. She called them “Ho Hum” days. A Ho Hum Day is when you have done everything that is expected of you, but nothing that really makes you feel, “Wow, that was a GREAT day,” and feel good about yourself. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/ADHD-and-Addiction.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/ADHD-and-Addiction.html Adults with ADHD have almost triple the rate of addiction than that of adults without ADHD. Alcohol and marijuana are the most common substances used. Other types of addictions include nicotine, caffeine, sugar and street drugs. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/How-to-Make-Your-Home-a-Safe-Haven.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4370/How-to-Make-Your-Home-a-Safe-Haven.html Our home is our safe haven from the rest of the world. This is more important than ever if you are an adult with ADHD. Home isn’t just a place to store belongings and carry out functional activities such as sleeping, eating and bathing. It is where we are soothed and calmed when we are stressed or upset. It is where we regroup and get centered for the next day.