🧠 LOGIC
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
Logic is the steady framework you return to when emotions swirl and thoughts scatter. In the ADHD terrain, where impulsivity, emotional intensity, and rapid-fire thinking can hijack decision-making, logic is a stabilising force. It’s not cold or detached—it’s clarifying. It says, “Let’s pause. Let’s think this through.”
For ADHDers, logic may sometimes feel elusive. Our intuition is strong, our emotions vivid, and our inner narratives powerful. But logic helps us separate reaction from response. It lets us step onto the balcony, look at the big picture, and ask: Does this make sense for who I am and what I value?
This value doesn’t mean denying emotion—it means balancing it. Logic helps us reframe distorted thoughts, identify patterns, and make decisions that hold up over time. It’s what allows us to step back and say, “That’s not true just because I feel it.”
Living with logic as a value means making space for deliberate thought, even when our minds pull toward the urgent or intense. It’s choosing to honour reason without silencing intuition—and building decisions on a foundation that can hold both.
🧭 The HOPE Trail Map
- Helps or Harms: Am I letting logic guide me—or letting urgency override thoughtful reflection?
- Own My Values: I want to be someone who builds clarity in the middle of complexity—who thinks, then acts.
- People and Pursuits: Who helps me slow down and make thoughtful decisions? What pursuits challenge my thinking in healthy, grounded ways?
- Enact and Evaluate: Today, I’ll apply logic to one decision—by naming the facts, the feelings, and the wisest course forward.
⚠️ Trail Challenges
- ADHD minds often leap ahead without pausing to evaluate.
- Emotional dysregulation can cloud reasoning, especially in high-stakes moments.
- Past impulsive choices may lead to self-doubt about logic and decision-making.
🪧 Trail Markers: Small Steps Toward Logic
- Practice “thought sorting”: What’s fact? What’s feeling? What’s assumption?
- Delay an emotionally charged decision by 10 minutes to regain clarity.
- Use a simple decision framework (e.g., pros/cons, values alignment) for one choice today.
🔥 Campfire Questions for Reflection
- When has pausing to use logic helped me avoid regret?
- How do I know when emotion is drowning out clarity—and how can I ground myself?
- What would it feel like to trust both my heart and my head?
Logic is not a rejection of passion—it’s the structure that lets passion build something strong and real. For ADHDers, it’s the pause that protects purpose.
