People often ask me about getting organized with ADHD. I like chatting about organizing at home, too. Recently, my husband said something interesting. He told me, “But these [strategies] don’t work for me — that’s what ADHD is.” But is it? There are scores of apps and organizational systems out there. Does having ADHD mean we’re […]
Author: Jaclyn Paul
Me & my ADHD: Letting go of the careers that could’ve been.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been sure of my path. Each year, I’ve thought, this is what I’m meant to do. And each year has found me doing something different. By ninth grade, I’d picked my future college: Berklee College of Music in Boston. I’d never visited, but I loved Boston. My future as […]
USPS strikes again, & why I over-prepare
Recently, someone asked why I wanted a passport for my three-year-old. My husband asked the question, too. We have no immediate plans to travel abroad. Why would I add to my already-full to-do list? Here’s why: our household’s adults have ADHD. Bureaucratic processes take longer than I’d like to admit. Minor setbacks have a disproportionate […]