The ADHD Urge to Set Unachievable Goals

And then to feel like a failure for not reaching them.

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“Don’t burn the candle at both ends,” my dad has warned me throughout my life. Since I was teeny, I have wanted to do everything, all of the time. Learn every language, practise every sport, travel the world and have a successful career. Never miss a party, but always be up first thing to go hiking or…