MissUnderstood: The ADHD in Women Channel ADHD and setting goals (when resolutions flop)
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Feb 10, 2026 Why New Year’s resolutions often collapse for people with ADHD and how traditional goal culture clashes with executive function. The conversation explores motivation, dopamine, and how vague goals become overwhelming. It highlights tiny, concrete actions, short time horizons, immediate feedback, and planning for failure to make goals flexible and sustainable.
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Build Systems Not Performances
- Replace performative resolutions with supportive solutions that care for you and create sustainable systems.
- Monica Johnson recommends asking what systems would make life gentler and being your future self's best friend to support long-term consistency.
Prefer Quarterly Goals Over Yearly Resolutions
- Use shorter time horizons like quarterly goals to match shifting energy, hormones, and workload.
- Monica Johnson suggests three-month seasons so you can recalibrate regularly instead of committing to an abstract 12-month plan.
Investigate Your Actual Patterns First
- Start with curiosity: track patterns about when and how you work instead of criticizing yourself.
- Monica Johnson advises noting energy peaks, helpful conditions (music, body doubling), and triggers like forgetting meds to design effective solutions.