𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗥𝗘-𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 🛑

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How often have you wanted to start something new, but just couldn't make it stick?

Trying to launch new habits out of nowhere is an illusion. With ADHD, internal action initiation is broken. Your brain doesn't register internal intentions as a signal to start especially for new (or long-forgotten) actions.

But there's a strategy that actually works: Habit Stacking.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀:

🤩 Step 1: Find a Stable Anchor ⚓️

𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.

🤩 Step 2: Hyper-Specific Terms 🔍

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 (𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯), 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 2 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦. 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 "𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺," 𝘵𝘳𝘺 "𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 1 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬."

🤩 Step 3: The Connection Formula 🔗

𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥: "𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦/𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 [𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳], 𝘪 𝘥𝘰 [𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯]." 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭.

🤩 Step 4: Add a Visual Marker 📍

𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺.

🤩 Step 5: Track & Troubleshoot 📈

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘶𝘱—𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦.

💬 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵? 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴:

➡️ 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿: What is your daily stable habit?

➡️ 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: What is the tiny new behavior?

➡️ 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮: "Before/after X, I do Y"

➡️ 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿: What will remind you?

➡️ 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Who are you reporting to?

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