Explore how ADHD, anxiety, and time blindness impact home renovation budgeting. Learn how the prefrontal cortex affects planning and executive function.
ADHD isn't a disorder of knowing what to do—it is a disorder of doing what you know. It is about working with the brain you have, not the one you wish you had.
How to visualize a goal and follow through on it with adhd and anxiety. I’m trying to create a budget for my life so that I can renovate my home to sell it this year.
The renovation gap refers to the space between having the intention to complete a home project and actually executing the necessary actions. As discussed by Jackson and Miles, this gap is often widened by ADHD and anxiety. While a person may understand the importance of budgeting to sell their home, structural differences in the brain can make it difficult to translate that knowledge into a finished renovation.
According to the podcast, the prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain responsible for planning and organization. In individuals with ADHD, this part of the brain functions less efficiently or develops more slowly. This means that for tasks like creating a home renovation budget, the executive function tools required to organize finances and timelines are working differently, making the process more challenging than it is for neurotypical individuals.
The podcast references researcher Russell Barkley, who frames ADHD not as a disorder of knowing what to do, but as a disorder of doing what you know. This distinction is crucial for understanding why someone might struggle with a renovation budget despite being capable and informed. It highlights that the primary struggle lies in the execution of tasks and the management of the gap between intention and action.
Time blindness is described as a form of temporal nearsightedness where the future feels invisible until it is suddenly imminent. For someone with ADHD trying to renovate and sell a house within a year, this can be a major hurdle. It makes long-term planning difficult because the deadline of 'this year' may not feel real or urgent until it is nearly too late to act.
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