I don't know about helpful hints, but I can relate wholeheartedly. I've been looking over a lot of ADHD symptom lists to see where I'm at and everything and I get a lot of those questions, like just recently one asked if I had problems meeting financial goals, and I had to read it a couple times and actually said, "What the hell is a financial goal?" I was stumped.

Another one asked something like do you have trouble planning projects, and I was again confused but then realized that I just don't plan anything. I think about planning but then decide I'm way more confident winging it, and that's what I always end up doing.

So that wasn't helpful at all... but fun!

I know that for me, it is very hard to make a goal about anything and then follow it through. I think its because I'm so inattentive. Actually, I love to plan for my goals...I love to write lists, and organize things and do the set up, but when it comes time to actually do any work and cross the finish line, my mind is on something else completely and I don't even remember what all the excitement was about in the first place. It's because of my ADD and I'm learning to accept that about myself and not beat myself up anymore. It's really all about not beating myself up anymore and not comparing myself to others. So I try not to set great big goals anymore. Right now, I have a goal to take my make-up off every night for an entire week. That seems like something I can accomplish. I also set tiny mini goals through out the day for myself as a way to boost my morale. Like, "I will return two telephone calls before lunch." Then if I do it, I really make a big deal about it to myself. Like when a baby takes a baby step. One step, lots of clapping and encouragement. Then another step and lots more clapping. It sounds silly, but I think its a way to begin reprogramming my thought processes into being someone who is able to plan and then follow through.