Hi there, welcome to Never Always Being Late. My name is Erica Fortescue, I'm an ADHD coach. And I myself was diagnosed later in life with ADHD. And in the upcoming lessons, I'll be sharing practical tips about managing time when you have an ADHD brain. I wanted to make a course on this topic because I believe that challenges with perceiving time and managing time are some of the most difficult symptoms for my ADHD clients. And I personally am very challenged by these things as well.At one point, Russell Barkley who is one of the most well known researchers in the field of ADHD, explained that time management is the ultimate, yet nearly invisible disability affecting those with ADHD. And that Howell who's another very respected researcher has explained that, for many people with ADHD, time just falls into two categories "now", or "not now". And to a certain extent, it's pretty common for anyone ADHD or not, to have this habit of what we call temporal discounting, where something that is happening sooner seems to be more important than something that's happening far off in the distance. But for ADHDers, that challenge in perceiving time makes that temporal discounting much, much, much more steep. And so overall, it often shows up as this kind of time nearsightedness, or we'll call it time blindness, which, in practical terms in life often means being late, a lot. And these habits of arriving late for things or not being able to hit deadlines are the kinds of things that, over time, can seed a very intense inner critic for people with ADHD. And it's so often misunderstood by others as a lack of responsibility or a lack of effort when it's absolutely not that. And whats tough about that is it many ADHDers are trying so very hard to be on time for things and to make deadlines, but their brains are working against them a bit. And often showing up in the world that way, is very misunderstood by other people.I really wanted to make this course to reinforce for anybody who's challenged by this, that it's not a moral failing. It's your brain. You legitimately don't have the same type of time perception or, as I like to say it, you don't have a clock in your head the way that a lot of neurotypical people do. But the good news is that there's quite a lot that you can do to manage your life so it doesn't hold you back that much. And a lot of it has to do with externalising that sense of time. So explaining to other people what's going on so they're not confused, but also just filling your life with clocks and timers and alarms so that even if you don't have that kind of sense of knowing how much time has passed that many people have within their brain, you still aren't thrown off by all of it.I find that ADHDers succeed in life by figuring out what works for them. Often these unique and interesting little life hacks that help them to make sure that the ADHD symptoms don't get in the way of all the great things that they might do. So here are a few teasers of what's to come in the next couple of weeks, while I share some of my favourite little life hacks to help you be maybe just a bit less late: we're going to talk about how a kitchen timer shaped like a tomato has sparked a time management process that has caught on globally; I'll be telling you why a lot of my clients have given up using their phone as their alarm and have gone old school with a classic alarm clock; we'll be chatting about the magic of having "go" bags by the door, "go" bags for the gym, "go" bags for the beach; how to talk to really punctual people in a way that won't make them annoyed with you; and how adding whitespace to your day like how a graphic designer adds whitespace to a design can make it just so much more enjoyable. So look for those, other tips to come and I hope you enjoy the course.