Anticipating Hiccups

Image of a woman catching a foot on a rug and tripping. Text overlaying the image reads, “There will be hiccups.”

In the private Facebook Group I run ("The Late Bloomer's Guild: Support for Women Navigating ADHD Later in Life") most of the answers to the membership questions include requests for information about how to cope, and how to get things done and be productive.

YES, it is absolutely possible to improve these things, to feel better, and be happier. A big part of that “happier” is learning the skill of self-acceptance.

Self-acceptance must include the awareness that despite your best efforts—despite all the phone reminders, sticky notes, apps, and printed calendars—there will be hiccups, setbacks, glitches, and stumbling blocks. We have ADHD brains and nervous systems and executive function challenges!

Any system, personal planner, habit, or app we put in place is not going to work 100% of the time. Personally, I think 75% is a reasonable expectation. Building the skills of self-awareness can help you anticipate and plan for the hiccups, and must include learning to give yourself the grace you may have been denying yourself for a very long time.

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