Your relationship with yourself cannot be built entirely around improvement. At some point, you have to become someone you are allowed to enjoy being. You get to be proud of who you are. Present tense.
Neurotypicals: If you stop procrastinating, you'll feel better.
ADHDers: I'm not procrastinating. I'm waiting for my nervous system to produce the specific neurochemical combination required to initiate. I have been waiting since 9am. It is 3:37pm.
A skill nobody teaches:
How to be disliked and be okay with it. Most people trade their authenticity for approval. They shrink to fit in. They silence their truth to keep peace. They dim their light so others don't feel dark. But success requires disappointing people. Growth requires outgrowing people. Learn to be okay with being misunderstood. Your freedom depends on not needing everyone to like you.
I’ve been feeling angry today. Not at anyone in particular. It’s probably my mind’s way of escaping the moment.
I’m just watching it and not resisting the feeling.