Takeaways:

• We often experience tension between short term comfort and long term goals in the sense that what we want to do in the moment doesn’t always align with where we want to be headed in our lives.

• Being intentional is huge because the journey of our lives is made up by the small steps taken day after day, hour after hour.

• Identifying baby steps that can be taken when you have energy and capacity to “be productive” can be powerful tools to help you make progress.

• Setting up defaults for when you’re ready to be productive can help set you up for success.

Welcome to the second half of my interview with my first guest on the show, my friend Megs Crawford! Megs is a professional organizer with ADHD, a podcaster, a speaker, and an ADHD coach. One of her superpowers is helping people believe in themselves. We talk about how she got into organizing and made it her business.

This is a two-part interview, so check out last week’s episode if you haven’t listened to the first part yet. A few of my favorite takeaways from this conversation with Megs are:

• Having a support system is a game-changer! It’s so important to have people in your corner.

• Taking action and making mistakes is what helps you gain clarity on what you want to do.

• What is one thing you can do today that’s going to get you closer to your dream?

• Ambiguity is the cause of procrastination. So the more we can clarify the parameters of what we need to do, and break things into tasks, the easier it is to take the action in baby steps.

• Discomfort and mistakes along the way are lessons on how we can change our path to me more in alignment with our values and what we want our lives to look like.

  
  

Make sure to follow Megs for content about believing in yourself, using ADHD as a superpower, and taking control through organization: ⁠https://linktr.ee/mindfulmegs⁠

I’m so excited to introduce my first guest on the show, my friend Megs Crawford!

As a professional organizer with ADHD, Megs understands the unique challenges and untapped brilliance of the ADHD brain. She's passionate about helping others with ADHD cultivate organized spaces that foster peace and ignite creativity. Beyond physical and digital organization, Megs is an ADHD coach and does digital decluttering sessions via zoom for clients with a focus on the power of self-belief – a core principle for thriving with ADHD.

Megs is also a speaker, sharing her message of how ADHD can be a superpower when understood and embraced. When not organizing, you can find her with her two daughters, beloved pets, and supportive husband. She finds joy in yoga, singing, and coloring, reflecting her ongoing commitment to personal growth.

A few of my favorite takeaways from this conversation with Megs are:

• Having a coach can be a game changer because they can expedite your journal and help you understand there’s another way of being.

• The people you love and everyone around you gets to benefit from you being selfish.

• Change takes practice. Once you decide you want to make a change, give yourself grace while you practice learning new habits and building new neural pathways.

• Just because you can’t see the stars the first time you look for them doesn’t mean you should stop looking.

This is a two-part interview, so stay tuned for the other half next week! Also, make sure you’re following Megs for awesome content around ADHD, organization, and believing in yourself.

https://linktr.ee/mindfulmegs