Adult ADD and Money

Charitable Donations (Walk for Hunger)

Sometimes I feel guilty about the small amount of money that I am able to donate to others. It can be difficult to find money to donate to charities when you are trying to straighten out you own financial situation. However, there are other ways to give back to charities, this year I am planning to walk in the The Walk for Hunger a 20 mile fund raising walk in Boston. This will help me in a couple of ways. It gives me a fitness goal so that I am motivated to get in shape for the spring. Establishing an exercise routine will likely save you a lot of money in reduced medical costs in the future. It also give me a way to raise funds and awareness for a charity that I believe in, so that I can feel better about what I give to others.

Finding right position key for employees with ADHD

I came across an intersting article by Andrea Kay. It is a short article about getting help and being accountable for finding the right job when you have ADHD.

" "I've got ADD," Daniel told me, when he called to talk about his career. "I need help, but I've got ADD," he repeated. He must have told me 10 times. He's not the only one. There was Janice and Jane and Mark and others. And they insist they have problems in their careers because of their condition. "

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Financial Sabotage self inflicted

Having a plan to deal with your finances in a great first step to deal with money issues. If you have a plan that you understand and that is easy to follow you can be successful. When people have setbacks with their financial plan they are usually quick to blame the plan. While no financial plan can be perfect, there are usually other greater issues to explain financial setbacks.

One issue that is often overlooked is that we can be our own worse enemy.  Perhaps, like many adults with ADD you are so use to failing that you do not actually believe you can straighten out your financial issues.  Or maybe the reason you spend money that you don't have, is to block out the feeling that almost everyone else is better than you, if you can show people that you are just like everyone else you can feel better about yourself.

There are three steps you can take to help you to minimize the damage that self inflicted sabotage can do to your financial and emotional well being.

1. Recognize our self destructing behavior

2. Creating a positive internal environment in order to reduce self doubt and fear.

3. Create and build a support network