How to Shift Your Money System Without ADHD Burnout
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Episode Summary:
Ever build the perfect money system, feel amazing about it for a couple of weeks, and then quietly let it fall apart? In this episode of Mind + Money, Sherry and Val explore why trying to fix your entire financial life all at once is one of the biggest reasons ADHD money systems don't stick, and what to do instead.
They walk through why the "fix it all today" mindset shows up everywhere, not just with money, using real examples from fitness and social media to make the pattern click. From there, they get practical: what it actually looks like to separate a spending account from bills and savings, how to build in boundaries with some wiggle room, and why a boring, sustainable money system beats a flashy one that burns out in three weeks.
A big theme throughout is dopamine. Sherry and Val talk about why ADHD brains crave the excitement of starting something new, why that same excitement makes it hard to stick with the boring maintenance part, and how building in small rewards along the way keeps momentum going without needing everything to be perfect.
This episode is for you if:
You've built a beautiful budget or system and then abandoned it within weeks
You feel like you should "just know" how to manage money by now
You're an ADHD entrepreneur or high earner who can't figure out where the money goes
You want a money system that works with your brain instead of against it
Tune in for a real conversation about why slowing down, choosing one direction, and celebrating small wins is the actual key to long term financial change with ADHD.
