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Why Anti-Goals Work Best For Neurodivergent People: The Audio Edition 🎧
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Why Anti-Goals Work Best For Neurodivergent People: The Audio Edition 🎧

New Year goal setting is ableist, but there is a better way.

Wowee, this post I released in the perineum festive break between Christmas and New Year 2024 has now had 10k+ views, 800+ likes, 100+ comments, and 100+ restacks:

Why Anti-Goals Work Best for Neurodivergent People

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December 29, 2024
Why Anti-Goals Work Best for Neurodivergent People

ANTI-GOALS ARE:

- Intentions that we actively avoid achieving.

- A tool for demand avoidant neurodivergent adults to channel their precious and limited time, energy, focus and connections away from the tasks, people and responsibilities that drain us.

- Anti-establishment, anti-capitalism and anti-productivity; thus aligning with many neurodivergent people’s mindset.

New Year = New You? Just Say “No”!


I am delighted it has resonated with so many people! I am still receiving comments on the post - although annoyingly not receiving notifications for them all…

Thanks to demand avoidance, I have held out months before finally recording and releasing the audio voiceover. How apt!

There are loads of comments in the original post if you would like to explore this topic further, and delve into what others have already said about it!

My wardrobe anti-goals. Explained fully in the original post and the podcast episode.

Here is a quick recap of the intro to the post:

Anti-Goals are:

  • Intentions that we actively avoid achieving.

  • A tool for demand avoidant neurodivergent adults to channel their precious and limited time, energy, focus and connections away from the tasks, people and responsibilities that drain us.

  • Anti-establishment, anti-capitalism and anti-productivity; thus aligning with many neurodivergent people’s mindset.


New Year = New You? Just Say “No”!


We have time - anti-goals are definitely best set mid year! 😜

Cheers,

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