#36: Decluttering for ADHD: It’s Not the Knowing. It’s the Doing.

So I'm going to say something pretty bold to my ADHD moms listening.

You already know how to declutter.

You don't need another 17-step method.

You don't need another book.

You don't need to find the perfect decluttering guru.

Because high achievers with ADHD, we have this very special ability.

We can turn research into procrastination.

We love learning about how to be better at something.

We love reading the book on being better at something and listening to the podcast and following the expert and downloading the app and finding the perfect method and spending days and weeks and months and years perfecting the way to do something, maybe even getting certified as a professional coach to do something instead of actually doing it.

And I agree there are things in life that are worth researching, that are worth understanding better, that are worth getting more skilled at.

But I don't think getting rid of the crap in your house is one of them.

So I have been doing this for years, as in the procrastinating.

I have spent years reading books to get more organized, get more productive, get healthier, get calmer, become a better mom, become a better wife, become a better human.

And eventually, all of that information stopped helping me.

And we've talked about this last season on The Next Phase.

I needed to learn to stop fixing myself and start listening to myself.

But I have now realized there is another step.

Once we start the listening to ourselves, eventually we actually have to act.

We have to do something.

And so the other day, me and my husband were joking that what would the Nike's Just Do It campaign look like if it was remade for 2026? And I know you guys are going to come at me for this one, but I have to share my awesome impression of what this would look like.

Just do it.

But first, download an app that teaches you how to do it.

And then listen to six podcast episodes about doing it.

And then buy the audio book about doing it.

And then figure out your doing it personality type.