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Money Overwhelm? Start Here: 3 Simple Steps for ADHD

Money overwhelm can make it hard to know where to start. These three simple steps can help you spot forgotten expenses, organize your money, and build a routine that works with your ADHD—one small action at a time.

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Why Women With ADHD Are Wired for Compulsive Spending

What I’m here to talk about, though, is bigger than impulsive spending, but compulsive spending. Where shopping is more like an addictive behavior. Research shows that it is driven by specific emotional and neurological triggers.

Compulsive shopping is the inability to control the urge to shop, even when it causes harm: financial, emotional, or relational.

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My Issues With The 3-6 Month Emergency Fund Heuristic

We don’t know that the 3-6 month emergency fund is good enough. Its a heuristic created by financial advisors, for the average time of being out of employment. However, it doesn’t account for the ADHD Tax, which can drive an ADHDers finances.

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