The View From the Summit

This past month (or more, if I’m honest), I’ve felt like my brain is scrambled eggs — thoughts and tasks swirling in every direction, and I can’t seem to scoop them into shape. The newsletter you’re reading right now? It was supposed to be done three days ago. But instead of sitting down, focusing, and finishing it, I planned my trip to Sedona in September, bought a new Burns cowboy hat, and researched my fantasy football team. (I’m paying for those choices now, since I’m writing this on Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend — a true sign of poor planning and prioritization I didn’t think about earlier in the week.)

I really do try to accomplish what I’m supposed to, but sometimes it feels like my mind — and my ADHD — won’t let me. So instead, I do other things to stay busy, convincing myself they’re important too. And maybe they are, just not as important. Then I realize I’ve been doing all this stuff, but I’m not moving forward — like rocking in a chair: lots of motion, zero progress.

I know I’m not alone in this. For other ADHDers and entrepreneurs, focus can feel like trying to hike a mountain blindfolded with no training, huffing and puffing the whole way up. Everything seems like a priority, which means nothing actually is.

That’s why I created The Mountain Method — a simple way to cut through the noise and decide what truly deserves your energy. Think of it as your mental trail guide: clear enough to follow when you’re overwhelmed, but flexible enough to adapt when life throws you curveballs.

At the end of the day, decision-making doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t need to keep circling back and re-analyzing whether the path on the left was better than the one on the right. The Mountain Method is designed to help you commit, climb, keep moving, stay on track, and reach the summit.

Motion isn’t the same as momentum — and your mountain isn’t going to move itself. My hope is that this simple framework helps you move yours.