Take a moment to think about your relationship with your phone. If you’re like 73% of American adults, you might feel that your phone has a negative effect on your mental health. 

And while 76% of us believe we spend too much time on our phones, 74% of us have tried and failed to reduce our screen time.

This is very clearly a big problem. People are losing their ability to sleep, focus, and be present in the moment because of their phones. 

For those of us with ADHD, excessive screen time can make our symptoms worse. Problems like inattention, hyperactivity, emotional regulation, and comorbidities like anxiety and depression can get worse. 

If you’ve spent any time living out from under a rock, you’ll notice there’s a growing trend of doing less - working less, going out less, spending less, and, in general, putting less pressure on yourself. It’s a reclaiming of self-care in lieu of Hustle Culture. Folks are calling it living a “soft life.”

And as a whole, I think it’s great! It’s important to prioritize your mental health over what society has long deemed valuable: working excessive hours, self-sacrifice, and placing your worth in how much money you make and spend.

However, there has also been a shift from using discipline in a healthy way. It feels like in embracing a “soft life”, we’ve turned away from pushing ourselves to do more - even when it comes to the things we want to do; the things that are important to us. 

Of all the topics I coach around within ADHD, motivation is by far the most frequent: “How do I motivate myself to do my work? To keep my house clean? To complete all those lingering, annoying tasks?” If you’re here, I’d imagine you’re in a similar boat.

It just may take some trial and error and a bit of introspection. You have to tune into what motivates you. That’s what this blog post is for - we’re going to get to know you and your motivation a little better, and then we’ll go through a handful of motivation strategies that could help you out.