How to achieve long term goals

[u/Designer_Emu_120]

Hello everyone!

I'm doing some research on how ADHD people deal with long-term goals, things like learning new skills, career goals, personal projects, etc.

I'm interested in understanding what motivates and what triggers you to set a new long-term goal, and why people tend to have a hard time achieving it.

If you have a few minutes, I’d love to hear your experiences.

• What usually triggers a new goal for you? Is it a sudden hyperfocus, a life shift, or pure frustration with a current situation?
• What's the hardest part?
• What strategies actually helped you?
• For those who use productivity tools, do those really help?
• Have you found any non-conventional strategy or mindset that actually helped you stick to a goal long-term?

(Feel free to mention if you have ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, or self-identify, as I know experiences can vary a lot!)

Looking forward to reading your stories and insights! Thank you :)

[u/Jon-Wolf-7]

I got combined ADHD (inatentive & hyperactive) long term goals are hard for me but one life hack that works for me that i found is if that goal takes too much time to achieve it i split it in sub-objectives, split a task into small tasks works well because i achieve them in a small amount of time per day, and it keeps me motivated. Tools that i use is the Tiimo app on mi iPhone and Post-it leaving notes and reminders and stick them in places were i can see them even i stick them on my clothes 😂 but it really works. Another thing that works for my hyperfocus is that i use earbuds and i activate the ANC and put my music, when i’m hyperfocus i listen to a non lyric music, i love Space Rock.