Internet of ADHD weekly roundup: May 22, 2020

This was not exactly a banner week for me. I had some frustrating, scattered days on which I forgot to post my daily share. Before you ask: yes, I do use Buffer to schedule all my Facebook posts for week on Monday. Except this Monday was one of those days I was referring to.

For women with ADHD, social relationships bring up lots of hard questions

These questions are embarrassing. They reveal that not only were we left out (again), we have no idea why. No idea why our former best friend doesn’t talk to us anymore or why we were the only one not invited to the party.

Once upon a time I thought this kind of thing would go away when I became a ~real grown-up~ but it didn’t — especially after I had a kid and was forced into social circles of almost exclusively women. Many women seem to operate from a rulebook of social nuance that’s totally foreign to me. I suspect a lot of women with ADHD feel that way. It’s a difference — an otherness — we’ve carried with us all our lives.

Social relationships bring up lots of hard questions (Instagram edition)

I knew the full blog post would be too long for some folks’ tastes, so I summarized it with a this Instagram carousel post.

 

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Meal Planning in the ADHD Home

How is everyone eating these days? What questions or problems do you have?

I last wrote about meal planning two years ago and this set of posts feels woefully out of date today. The logistics of feeding my family in this pandemic have been…interesting. I want to write a blog post about it and talk about the nitty-gritty of how we eat. It’s complicated — not least of all because I haven’t walked into a grocery store since March 12!

However, I feel really good about our eating situation, even if it’s been hard. I want to hear from you about how you’re doing and what questions you have! Since I could talk all day about food, I’d love to know what you actually want to hear 😉

Why I Only Have One Child | Healthy ADHD

I’ve had a very similar post floating around my head for years. I’m so glad Liz beat me to it because it’s an important story that deserves a voice. Thanks Liz! I’ll probably still get around to mine…someday 😉

And now, because I did a Bad Job sharing content this week…

I’ll leave you with this Instagram intro post where I list five random facts about myself. We all have these weeks, right?

 

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I’ve seen a few intro posts lately and would you believe I’ve never done one? Let’s fix that! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👋🏼 I’m Jaclyn. I live in Baltimore with my husband and kiddo. Most of the internet knows me for my writing at The ADHD Homestead and my book Order from Chaos: The Everyday Grind of Staying Organized with Adult ADHD. I’m also a fiction writer still working on getting that first yes from an agent, and I’m the creator of @dothethingapp. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here are five random facts about me: 1. I love wintertime and even though I get used to spring eventually, I always get a little depressed when the days get noticeably longer. 2. I’m really, really particular about indoor lights: they can’t be too blue/cold, I hate most overhead lighting, the lights have to be dimmed to a certain setting as it gets dark outside, and if you turn off my kitchen lights in the wrong order I get really snappy (and usually turn them all back on so I can do it right). 3. I attempted to write my first novel in 1997, when I was in seventh grade. The writing was AWFUL. I completed my first novel manuscript in 2009. The writing was marginally less awful. I’ve learned a lot since then. 4. This photo was taken last summer in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. I really felt like I belonged there and did not want to come home. 5. I dream of someday moving to northern Vermont (Burlington if I still want some level of city living, Jeffersonville if I want to live in the mountains) but I wonder if I could ever live that far from the ocean. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How about you? Say hi in the comments! And tell me: am I weird to wish I could look at snow from October to May? Do you want to tell me I’d miss Baltimore summer if I never felt the weather go over 80 degrees again? (If so you’re incorrect — I absolutely would not 😂) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #writersofinstagram #introduction

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