We all need a morning routine. How else can we remember everything and still get out the door on time? Creating this routine isn’t easy for people with ADHD. For some of us, the only routine element is chaos. No one taught me how to wake up and get out of the house in the […]
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Derailment, ADHD, & the Pit of Domestic Despair
Toward the end of March, my immune system sabotaged all my good habits. My son brought home a bug that hardly affected him, but — like the evil kid illness it was — gave me 12 days of low-grade fever. I muddled through. Mostly. But I didn’t exercise, hardly set foot in my office, and got off track […]
Conquering the automatic “I have ADHD & I suck” response
I love using the line, “I’m bad at that” (or some variation thereof). The underlying message being, funny story: I have ADHD and I suck at some things. I’m not proud of this. In all fairness, it’s true. However, I suspect many of us use this mentality to avoid certain tasks and responsibilities. We use it as […]