All in ADHD and Money
You make good money but you're always broke. Why? Where is all your money going? It's not about earning more, it's about how ADHD affects where your money actually goes. Here's what's happening.
You're hiding packages and avoiding your bank account. The shame after emotional spending makes it worse. Here's how to break the cycle with ADHD.
It's 2am and you're shopping again. For ADHD brains It's not weakness it's your brain seeking dopamine. Here's why emotional spending happens and what helps.
Everyone has an opinion about whether cash or card works better for managing money. Cash makes you more mindful. Cards are convenient. But here's the truth: there isn't one right answer for everyone with ADHD.
There's a pile of papers on your kitchen counter, maybe your coffee table, or maybe both. Bills you've already paid but never did anything with, bank statements you might need someday, receipts for things you can't remember buying. And let's not even get started on your electronic documents and the hot mess of them in your inbox. Every time you look at them, you feel guilt and overwhelm. You know you should deal with it, but where do you even start? If you're dealing with ADHD, financial document organization can feel impossible. In this post, I'm breaking down why financial paperwork piles up, what you actually need to keep and for how long, my To Be Filed folder system that works incredibly well for ADHD brains, creating a simple filing system, and how to tackle your current pile without losing your mind.
Retirement feels like an impossible goal to achieve but also a concept from another planet. You're supposed to care deeply about a version of yourself that lives thirty or forty years in the future and put some of your today money away for this person who doesn't feel real? When you can't always remember what you had for breakfast, planning for a theoretical future feels absurd. So you don't. You tell yourself you'll start next year or when you make more money. But Future You is coming whether you prepare or not. In this post, I'm breaking down why retirement planning feels impossible with ADHD, how to make Future You feel real, starting with tiny amounts that feel easy, automating everything, understanding your retirement account options in Canada and the US, and why this is an act of self-respect not deprivation.
