Money for the Brilliantly Distracted: How to Fall in Love With Managing Your Finances

You have tried to get your finances together before. Maybe you bought a budgeting app, watched a personal finance course, or told yourself that this month would be different. And maybe it was different for a week or two. Then the old patterns crept back in, and you felt that familiar wave of shame mixed with frustration. There is nothing wrong with you. The problem is that you have been trying to use a brain that works differently with a system that was designed for brains that do not work like yours at all.

This book is not going to tell you to try harder or give you a 50-page spreadsheet to fill out. Instead, it shows you how to build a money system that works with your brain instead of against it. You will learn to use your brain's natural tendencies as features, not bugs, and design a financial life that does not require constant vigilance or willpower.

Inside, you'll discover:

• Why traditional financial advice fails the ADHD and distractible brain

• The ADHD tax and how to identify and eliminate its hidden costs

• Automation strategies that handle the heavy lifting without your attention

• The anti-budget budget that requires almost no tracking or willpower

• How to tame impulse spending without becoming a monk

• Strategies for investing that are engaging and sustainable

• Systems for managing money in relationships and navigating career gaps

You can be good with money. Not perfect, but good enough. This book gives you the complete system for building financial peace of mind, one that survives your bad days and celebrates your good ones.