How To Motivate Your Brain (A Reading From My Book!)
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
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I needed this video right now, I’m experiencing lack of motivation at this moment 🙃😞 Thank you for this!!! 😻
Lack of motivation is tooooough. We also have a playlist of various motivation related things too just in case it can help as well! ua-cam.com/video/OM0Xv0eVGtY/v-deo.html
Lack of Motivation is the thing, I struggle the most with. I got a lot of coping mechanisms, even acknowledged by the psychiatrist, who did my evaluation. But this stupid motivation thing is a real pain in the butt.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!! You've worked SO hard, and I am excited to listen to it (when I try to read a hard copy of a book, my ADHD goes, "Nope!")!
You took the words out of my mouth. I am giddy with excitement for you and so proud of you!!!! Congratulations!! 🍾🎊🎉 ❤❤
I just turned 60, waiting for my diagnosis. Been dealing with ADD my whole life. If I had known I had this 50 years ago I wonder what my life would be now.
Still you, but with some more patience from people around you?
Better late then never!
Wow, I'm 26 y/o female &I thought I had a struggle. I admire your strength deeply. Rooting for you💛
61 and ditto. So many mistakes I wouldn’t have made and wondered what the hell was wrong with me. Let’s hope now we know what we’re up against life might be a tiny bit easier, and if not that we can at least be easier on ourselves x
I was recently diagnosed at 46 and ditto (well, had I or someone known 40 years ago). Less anxiety (maybe I would never have developed agoraphobia 🤷♂️), less depression, not forcing myself into square pegs, etc. It's maddening, isn't it? I vacillate between anger and acceptance. Best of luck to you! I hope your diagnosis brings clarity and an even more fulfilling life!
I felt really validated by this piece of the chapter right now. I am currently taking a class and struggling a lot. I always wanted to take this class and paid a lot of money for it and waited years before I signed up and the tasks I'm supposed to do are great and fun, but I just can't get myself to do them and I've missed deadlines for months now and am really frustrated and mad at myself every day that I think is going to be the day I'm finally productive.
that was my experience with uni, I loved the topics and it was so much fun, but I couldn't concentrate for the life of me, and working on essays at home or even reading texts at home was impossible. it was so frustrating, I hope you find a way to trick your brain into being productive!!
Finding study groups and someone to do “study dates” with (aka body doubling) was really helpful for me.
Would also love a pocket/small backpack sized version of this book but with only the tool box parts of each chapter 😂 then we have an on-the-go reference 😅
That would be AWESOME
This book sounds great!!!
I LOVE that you are so unapologetically YOU! Looking at your bookcase behind you, it's what YOU like and what appeals to YOU vs. What society typically dictates as appropriate adult decor! That is AWESOME!!!
I recall overhearing my (then) very dearest, closest friend talking to someone negatively about how I like unicorns and like stuffed animals (still), etc. For reference, I was 45 years old at the time and she scouffed at me being me - or course behind my back.
Well congrats on your book and/or the makings of your book and to you being YOU and staying true to YOU! ❤👏
Aw thank you :D This comment made me grin. It's nice to get to be me.
I absolutely sympathize with you there! As an adult I still like to gleefully look through toy stores, or toy sections in stores (though I've lately been able to stop myself from buying most of the time). It sucks to feel judged, and more so to actually be judged, but you are unique and amazing. Don't let the "standards" of society keep you from being you (so long as you're not hurting anyone, including yourself). Stuffed animals are awesome! And this is coming from a guy who still has his first ever stuffed animal lol
I struggle to wait for a package that takes more than two days to arrive - waiting two months for your book to come out is TORTUROUS 💜
I cant wait to read it!! I love how the layout is distinctly ADHD-friendly too. Concise language, easily readable text, engaging.
Theres a pschiatrist on YT (something-something gamer?? idr) who compiled a document for how to overcome ADHD challenges. And when criticized for it not being ADHD-friendly, his response was basically "sorry I cant compress this information into tiktoks". Having someone who knows ADHD from the inside write about it is SO valuable. It means so much to have a resource that is accessible AND helpful.
"Sorry, this seminar on living in a wheelchair is not wheelchair accessible. I don't know how to build ramps or hire people who do."
I like him, he has good advice and an encouraging tone, but he also trusts meditation a lot as a treatment, which is unusual. Sometime ago it felt like he didn't think adhd was a real thing, now he seems to take it more seriously but apparently still not enough.
Hope that tiktok comment was a joke.
I love HealthyGamerGG and find his content invaluable. Yes he has some blind spots but he's always learning and growing and trying. Neurodivergence isn't his specialty but as a person with ADHD he has some of the most refreshingly unique content around in so many topics and it's so helpful.
I have a bunch of books that I've never finished reading (ADHD Life!), but I felt compelled to pre-order your book in audio form in the hope that I'll be more likely to actually consume it that way! As you say, it's not that I don't WANT to read your book, but my brain is hard to keep focused and motivated, even on things I want to do, hence why I know I'll benefit from your book like I benefit from your videos. Thank you and congratulations!
I'm so torn about this book and Dani's Anti Planner. They look so amazing and they're from creators that have really helped me, but I'm afraid they'll end up on my unread book stack and fuel my guilt and self depreciation about "not doing more". It's quite discouraging when the very thing they're made to help with holds me back from engaging with them.
I totally relate agh I have such a huge pile of books I need to read and bought but just haven't gotten to yet
Right now I'm doing art for my art portfolio so audiobooks are super helpful (but even then I sometimes will just lose interest 10 minutes in)
I'd say to still get them to at least have then on hand and available when you feel your brain is ready to work with you on it. That may be in a few weeks, months, or years but at least it's a resource there that you can lean on when you need it the most!
Also maybe instead of reading/listening to it all at once, try reading in increments!
Of course, these are just a few things that helped me and this might not help you since everyone is different, but just know you aren't alone in this struggle! Even comic books have been hard for me to finish reading!
I hope the best for your reading journey!
@ahrpigi I totally get that conundrum and have an idea that could help with it! You could buy them to give as gifts and then see if you feel motivated to read them before the deadline (a birthday, holiday, etc) of giving them away arrives. That helps create a sense of urgency. And if you realize you're engaging with them, you can always change your mind and keep them!
@@CarolineDyaromg i do this a lot, such a good tip
I got Dani's Planner and I'm going to get this book as well. That planner is worth it. 😊
Get it from the library! That way if you don't get to it, it won't be sitting there making you feel bad.
Trying to start better habits at 29. Lots of listing "why." Lots of trying to get a reasonable schedule figured out to accomplish goals. And multiple days that turn into weeks of "tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, I mean it. I want it. I'll do it tomorrow..." ugh.
A BRAZILIAN RELEASE OF YOUR BOOK???? YESSSS 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I'M SO HAPPYYYYY
I’ve not been this excited about a traditional book… probably ever? At least not one that isn’t a novel.
Your work over the years has been incredibly helpful to me, Jessica. I know I’m far from the only one. Thank you.
Imagine having a test coming up the next day and it's 10 pm and you haven't paid attention in class and haven't read a single word because of lack of motivation and exhaustion
I CAN'T WAIT to have this book in my hands!!!
But, I'm now thinking I need two copies - one for me, because I like to keep my books pristine, and one that I can mark, underline, and highlight before handing to loved ones and saying "PLEASE READ THESE PARTS! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!"
😁
I just pre-ordered your book! 😊
Let me explain: I never pre-order books. Nevaaa. Doesn’t happen. Ever!
But now I did! 😊 Looking forward to reading it!
Well done, Jessica! I’m so proud of you! 👍😊
some here, first pre-order of my 32 years life 😄
I'm getting the hard copy book for my mom for Christmas - I preordered the audiobook for myself, and sent her the Chapter 7 and told her to read it.
With this book coming out on my birthday, I feel like it's calling out to me to get it! As a birthday present to myself :)
I'm currently in the process of getting a referral to an organisation that might be able to determine if I do indeed have ADHD next to my Autism and Trauma. It's all because of your videos that I'm heavily suspecting ADHD is part of my blend of difficulties, so thank you so much!
I absolutely love you! ❤️😘❤️
Best wishes to you, your family, and all of your life endeavors!
I have been to other UA-camr's channels and none of them mounts up to your channel.
Your UA-cam channel has been life-changing for me .
I really look forward to purchasing this book.
Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Looking forward to the book. You have been an inspiration to so many people.
Can't wait for your book! ... I've been having the absolute worst brain days these past few weeks. Missed so many days of work, gotten nearly NOTHING done 😭😭
I find it hard to disagree with anything. Jessica says hi as well and anxiously, awaiting for the book in my hands. Trying to remind myself that it is not the cure. It is simply a tool to help me get through those bad brain days. Thank you Jessica for everything you do.
AND you already have an audiobook for pre-order! Thank you can't wait for this to come out
Dang, it wasn't just Alice In Chains (one of my personal fav bands) who recorded at Bad Animal, but Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam...pretty much every legendary grunge band lol, and it's co-owned by Ann and Mary Wilson from Heart!
As a grunge aficionado, I think I may have to opt for the audiobook ;) lol
Thank you for this!! I've been stuck in a burnout state and finals are coming up!
I can't wait to read your book!!! thank you so much for all your content to date. It's quite literally changed my life - bless you xx
Thank you so much. Congratulations on launching your book! It will help the community even more. Good luck with the recording.
I’ve preordered it a long time ago. Amazon will deliver in Jan 24 in the UK where I live now. And I am happy it will also be launched in Brazil where I am originally from. Your channel helped me get diagnosed last year. And I am in my early 50’s! So good to know I am not alone. All the best!
I'm SO happy that there'll be a Brazilian version!!!!! I love your channel so much, you helped me in so many ways, thank you, thank you, I can't wait to buy your book!
Woot, woot. More book hype! I’ve put this book on my gift list for the holidays. ❤
I joined the waitlist to borrow it from my local library on Libby about a week or so ago! There is a waitlist available for both the text and audiobook version. :)
I'm really excited for this book. Now that I'm working with my brain rather than against it, I'm ready to keep learning
The motivation part is painfully relatable. This weekend, I really needed to get some learning done for Uni. So when I finally got out of bed and got through my morning routine that is supposed to help me get active, I started cleaning my oven that I almost never use and that wasn’t this clean since I moved in.
Just pre-ordered your book. Can't wait!! First time I've ever pre-ordered a book
Well done, congratulations! Thanks for all your work 🎉
Good job Jess! You actually did this thing! What an inspiration!
I hate high school right now, and your channel is helping me through! Thank you.
Haven't watched video yet, but I know it will be amazing as always. So excited for your book. Been trying to get back into reading, and your book is definitely one that I will read in it's entirety. Thank you for all you do. And congrats! ☺️💙
Can’t wait! It sounds perfect!
Congrats! This is so exciting! I'm definitely going to preorder soon.
I am happy to hear that you will be doing the narration for the audiobook
I'm so glad to hear that we can listen to the book in your actual voice!
Just preordered the audiobook. Can’t wait!
Thank you for this. You always seem to post the right thing at the very right time. I hope someday I can be a blessing to others like you are to me every single day.
Thank you!! I love listening to you!!
Amazing. Congratulations Jessica! Can't wait to read it.
I love that you show us the actual pages at the end - I really wanted to know if it was big and spaced out because... you know.
I'll get the Kindle version (wish that were released early!!!), but want to get the print book for my son and daughter who also have the 'HD.
**AUDIOBOOK** WOO HOO! I listen to audiobooks while I'm working (which makes the repetitive mundane job much easier to do). I'm SO looking forward to having the audiobook. And I love your voice so I look forward to hearing you read it. 😊
Ordered it after your announcement video. Can't wait to read it!
I am so proud of you Jessica ❤ you influence me all the time with your power
Thanks so much for reading your book to us, I gotta get your book in my hands and your audio. ❤
Thank you for putting it on audiobook!!! 🥰🥰🥰
Yes, thank you for having audio version
I got here from your ted talk video. I've burst into tears. I always tought I was alone, years without treatment, I'm 49 now and a father of a fellow adhd who is 10. I suffer from cervical Spondylosis with 2 surgeries already, My life went down the Road, no Money For medication, depressed, dissabled and feeling so alone. I wish I can meet people here and stop feeling alone and helpless. Thank You For making that video. Trully.
Never looked forward to a book release before 🤘🧡
I just preordered it from Germany 🥰
Thank you so much for your work!
THANK YOU!!!!! I am SO glad u have an audiobook for it. I’ve been hoping there would be. I can’t read a physical book anymore and it makes me really sad. I do want to see the graphics though. So I can get the audiobook AND the kindle version or even hard copy to follow along with and see the graphics! I seriously can’t wait!
I'm your fan, love your videos and will definitely get your book!
🗣️🗣️AAAAHHHHHH!!!! I’m so excited! I just pre-ordered mine ASAP! Thank you!
That’s so cool that you are narrating your book!!
I am so much happier with your background, it makes me feel good looking at it.
These are the same challenges I face with long-term goal sticktuitiveness. By the time I'm well into a goal I'm already looking beyond or outside of it.
Thank you for sharing!
Soo gonna buy this book in Barnes and Noble!! I just learned a new thing from this short read alone.
Delay adversion! There is a word for why its so damn hard to sit down and work on my classs work! I thought it was self sabotage! Its an ADHD thing! Again! Wow...never would of thought
You wrote a book and I am so proud of you!!! Well written too ❤
Skipping this video because I want to read your book myself when it comes out! But I still want to support the video with a comment and a like :) congrats on writing a whole book!!
"So many half finished blankets... and degrees"
I feel so seen 😂😭
Congratulations! This is an amazing use of your gift. I can’t wait to read it. Not sure how I found you, but I believe it was an intentional act, from the Universe!!❤
Wahoo! Congrats on finishing your book! It’s got to feel great to be finished. :)
I love this video. And it is apropos because my brain today refuses to do a task that it has refused to do for the past three days.
Sounds great so far, I can’t wait to get this!
Congrats on writing your book Jessica! I'm gonna have to get it when I can.
Audio book! Yay thank you! Sorry if it's really hard on you but I know I can never thank you enough, so please know your hard work is appreciated. Pre ordered on audible UK!
I peeped the cherry garcia Ben&Jerry's comment, it is thee best. So are you, super proud of you! Your book sounds superb!🥰💯
This is AWESOME. Preordering for my library 🥰
I am so so so glad you are reading the audio! ❤
Congrats, Jess. It’s so hard to organize your thoughts and keep confidence in writing the book. Sincerely, fellow ADHer who loves to write but had yet written her book LOL
this hit way too hard. Ive been having the suspicion that I have adhd for a few years, and this short chapter just described me and my struggles perfectly. there's hope that im just neurodivergent instead of lazy and too dumb to function. anyway, thank you, gonna go cry now
Really great sales pitch for the book to do this video! More than anything else it is really making me want the book.
I wish it was available in Spanish, because listening/reading in English can be very tiring sometimes 😔 I'll wait if a Spanish version is released. In the meanwhile, I've just checked the Google Books library and the digital version can be ordered there, thankfully! (because in Argentina imports are a bit complicated nowadays, just as everyday life itself 🤷🏻♀️)
We just got an offer for a Spanish translation! Hoping for an April release 😁
Just preordered it!! ♥️
just what i neeeded
I can’t wait to read your book. I’m 40 and every topic you talk about totally hits home with me. It’s like a light bulb turning on. Im hesitant to get a diagnosis because I feel like the psychiatrist will not believe me.
Just pre-ordered this!
I'm so excited :D
omg a brazilian release??!! that's so cool
Preordered at My local bookstore, up here. Looking forward to it.
I had to go into school for my little brain today ... and this seemed to echo some of what was said ... I have your book on pre order on amazon ... can't wait to receive it ... roll on 7th March!
So excited for this book! I loved the preview, and recording the audiobook sounds like it'll be a blast!
TOTALLY unrelated, but can I ask what foundation you use? As a fellow redhead, finding products that work well and match my skintone can be a challenge, and your skin looks sooooo pretty and dewy! I'd love to know what product(s) you're using!
It's on my wishlist!
I cant wait for this :)
Before I fix the issue of motivation, I'd like to fix the issue of having enough of this joy you express in most of your video. I strongly suspect that if I can recover the lost joy I had when I was very young, motivation would suddenly be extremely more easier.
Audiobook read by Jessica YAY!!! Thank you!!
I've been following this channel since I was about 15 because I love psychology. I got diagnosed with ADHD at the beginning of this year, kind of a surprise but I always knew I wasn't NT. I started uni (college) and I super relate to this. I'm trying really hard to gear my distractions to be relevant to my degree, self motivation is still pretty hard though. I hope to get your book
I just got the email from the store that they sent the book out, it should arrive tomorrow 💪🏻
I'm in the Netherlands, ordered the English version in December.
It looks amazing and I really like how you divided up each chapter! Excited for my pre-order to arrive!!! Also, meal prep, you mentioned learning to meal prep, do you have a system/method you use?
Earlier this week my boss told me he thinks I have ADHD, since then I’ve been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I’ve done a bunch of online tests since (getting a diagnosis as a adult in the UK is time consuming but I’m pursuing it) and the results strongly indicate I have it. When I look back throughout my life so many things make sense now. I have so many questions still and am afraid of how ADHD has impacted my career and will do in future. Will order your book now :)
It sounds like you have an unusually observent, not to mention informed, boss who just may have done you a huge favor. I know the first time someone mentioned the possibility of ADHD to me I didn't really appreciate it. But once I was faced with the diagnosis in my son I learned more and opened the door to help not only for him but me and his old sister as well. He really was a blessing because she never would have been able to achieve the things she has today if she'd gone on masking as neurotypical.
I'm so looking forward to this dropping onto my doormat in a few months (UK).
Thanks for reading to us, Jessica!
I missed this notification! I've been busayh.
Yeah I’ll buy the audiobook! X
I'm going to buy this book! In my local bookshop. 😃
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOPS, PEOPLE!!!!
Your book is going to be a bestseller, Jessica, I'm sure about that!
Looking forward to the movie too. 😉
Brazilian version?? Cool! Can't wait
Just pre ordered from audible!!!