If you have a home and you have ADHD, perhaps you know how it feels to have unfinished chores hanging over your head. The worst part? These are trivial chores. We’re ashamed to even admit we struggle with them. And yet they haunt us day after day, week after week. Clean the spare bathroom.Schedule a […]
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Reader question: how do I finish the laundry?
Following my post about tackling those pesky lingering items on your to-do list, a reader wrote to me with a question about laundry. I don’t struggle to actually put it in the washer and dryer, but when it comes to putting it away I’m stuck. I currently have three baskets of clothes in my bedroom […]
I understand basic cause and effect. My ADHD makes it look otherwise.
Sometimes — maybe more than sometimes — people with ADHD behave in ways that make no sense. Those living close to us wonder, how can we not understand? Spending money now = not having it later. Missing another deadline = getting fired from your job. Forgetting to put gas in the car = car not […]