In this special episode, we have Rowhe Siy, a communications professional and a mobility advocate. She uses her knowledge to spread awareness about alternative forms of transportation here in our country. Aside from that, she was just recently diagnosed with ADHD, and we’re here to discuss her experience with it. What is ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Can it affect you in terms of productivity and achieving goals?

Creating and starting on a goal is easy, and in terms of achieving them, it can be a challenging and lengthy process that you can get frustrated and discouraged frequently. So, what do you do? Of course, you don’t have to give up. There are other ways to feel more gratifying while waiting for your breakthrough, and you can still be productive while you’re on that journey to accomplishing your dreams!

Creating a productive space is very crucial in achieving your goals. How do you make sure you can finish your daily tasks without burning out? How do you manage your week and ensure you still have time to do the things you love doing outside of work? How do you prevent the stress of deadlines? These are all the questions we go through as we find our way to constructing our daily routines.

Understanding the different circumstances in working with a team is necessary. With it, you discover and highlight each team members’ ethics, perspectives, and skills that will help in accomplishing specific projects. We need to consider context, expectations, boundaries, and transparency when approaching different personalities in one group, especially in terms of a remote work environment.

In this episode, I share some strategies for pursuing your goals and priorities without denying yourself any activities. You get to know how you can collaborate with people and leverage each other's strengths in daily tasks, why, and how certain things need to occur first before you feel accessible enough to do the rest of your activities. Discover how you should choose your battles wisely while having the freedom to explore what you want to learn.

Goal planning can be challenging if you think of it long term, and it can even be a struggle for others, especially if they don't know what they want, why they want it, and how to get it. I know how exhausting it can be to keep figuring out all of these things within a given timeline, but in this episode, I share with you a practical method I've been practicing in mapping out my goals using only 1/4 of my time.

How do you personally reflect? There are different ways; it can be through journaling or reflection exercises. We can ask ourselves questions that help us find our innermost thoughts and emotions to uncover things that we can do more of and reduce, which enable us to make better decisions. Join me in this episode as I walk you through a simple yet very peaceful activity that'll guide you in knowing what you want to achieve for the upcoming year, 2022. Discover what reflective questions you can ask yourself to have a clear plan before the year ends and make your short and long-term goals much easier to fulfill.

Understanding the real benefits and discovering creative ways to do it helps you build a habit of gratitude. And it is important to equip yourself with positivity because not every day is a happy day, and no one is an exemption. There will be times that you'll feel down or sad, but whatever it is, having the ability to adapt makes it more manageable and less stressful. And in this episode, I share with you how gratitude can help you improve your decision-making skills and how it can reinforce optimism. I also discuss some of the simple and effective ways to implement it right away so you can get through stressful-life situations much smoother moving forward.

No one likes to get burnt out. But it's not so easy to prevent it, especially if you are not aware of the signals. Sad to say, sometimes, having too much on your plate seems to be a normal thing in your daily life. You think that being bombarded and loaded with so many tasks is what you need to get your goal. So you continue to accept more without setting boundaries because you think it's OK. However, IT IS NOT OK. IT IS NOT CUTE. Because these things give so many opportunities to let burnout get into your system without you knowing it because burnout happens all at once. Today you feel fine even though you've been overworking, but tomorrow you suddenly snap, and everything comes crashing down.

Letting guilt stop you from prioritizing yourself can also have long-term bad effects. It can trigger negative feelings even more like stress, burnout, fatigue, etc. Moreover, it also stirs you from enjoying the fruits of your labor, which adds more pressure and dissatisfaction at work. But jumpstarting your self-care activities should not be difficult because it's supposed to make you feel lighter & healthier. That's why I listed nine simple ways you can practice to pave the way for self-prioritization and remove the guilt.