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Planning your day can help a lot with managing our capacity. I love using Sunsama for this. If you'd like to try it for free go to https://sunsama.com/a/jessicafromhowtoadhd

Managing our energy can be difficult. We can be at capacity and still try to do things, either because we don't want to let people down or because what we're doing is important to us. I did this recently... and I not only hurt myself doing it but I upset someone else, too. It sucked. So I want to share what I learned about it... and what I am trying now to better manage where I'm at energy-wise during the day.

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The "Orange Zone" Rule (ADHD Energy Hack)

Planning your day can help a lot with managing our capacity. I love using Sunsama for this. If you'd like to try it for free go to https://sunsama.com/a/jessicafromhowtoadhd Managing our energy can be difficult. We can be at capacity and still try to do things, either because we don't want to let people down or because what we're doing is important to us. I did this recently... and I not only hurt myself doing it but I upset someone else, too. It sucked. So I want to share what I learned about it... and what I am trying now to better manage where I'm at energy-wise during the day. 🔗 OUR OTHER LINKS & SOCIALS Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/howtoadhd Buy my book!!: https://howtoadhdbook.com Get my weekly newsletter: https://how-to-adhd.kit.com/ Check out our website: https://howtoadhd.com Checkout our merch: http://shop.howtoadhd.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/howtoadhd TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtoadhd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtoadhd/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/howtoadhd 📚CHAPTERS coming soon promise! ⁉️ WAIT IS JESSICA A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL? Jessica McCabe is not a licensed mental health provider, but information presented on How to ADHD is reviewed by researchers and approved by licensed clinical psychologist Patrick LaCount, PhD (https://practicalpsychservices.com). While information presented on How to ADHD has historically been built in consultation with researchers and licensed providers, videos posted prior to April 2023 were not subjected to the same formal approval process required by the YouTube Health program. For more information on the YouTube Health program and verification of health-related content, please visit: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9795167 Need translation? Learn how to turn on auto-translated captions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iLAHI7FPdum964u3n8_RsUb0QTEXc66p-RhTmvjpb8/edit?usp=sharing

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Nicole Couper

You are not a jerk. You were experiencing the fight/fight response. Behaviour is totally understandable. It’s great that you were aware of what happened. And that you reached out for help. Yes this person cried. When you go into your emotional mind it makes a situation feel worse. It was really great you were able to go into your wise mind. You were able to reach out for help. Well done Jessica.😋🎈☀️

Casey Hendrix

What is the point of having the color coded lanyards if they still come up to you when you have the red one???

Andrea

💜💜💜

Lee Turner

What your therapist said makes perfect sense. It's like driving cross country. If you plan it properly, you don't stop driving when you're already too tired to drive and falling asleep at the wheel. You stop driving when you know you'll be getting to that point soon. That way, you still have energy to find and check into a motel before you crash out. Stopping at orange works the same way. Stopping at orange still gives you the capacity to communicate that you're done to whomever needs to know, and you still have enough energy to stop what you're doing before you crash at red.

Kamilah Carter

That is an absolutely amazing idea of the colors to acknowledge where I am and warn my daughter who does not pick up on social cues.

Phoenix Lyones

Having gone so far into the red that I collapsed for over a year, you're not a jerk. Totally get your empathy and desire to meet everyone's needs, but your boundaries are so important. 💚

Ryan Sinner Art - sadandspacey

Ive been on both ends of interactions such as these, and I felt like crap in both of those instances. All we can do is learn from them and do our best going forward

Nangar

Ooooh I love the lanyard idea!!! Yeah….. my limit can be a very dramatic switch! 😱