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ADHD Mistakes: How to Reset After Yours
Without the ADHD Mistakes Shame Spiral The goal isn’t perfection. It’s learning how to reset faster Resetting after an ADHD mistake isn't easy for me. Recently I had one of those very ADHD moments. Not a big crisis, just a completely avoidable inconvenience. I had my...
The Goldilocks Rule for ADHD: Discover Your “Just Right”
The Goldilocks Rule for ADHD is all about finding your “just right” schedule. Do you ever feel like your schedule swings between two extremes?
One week you’re overbooked and overwhelmed. The next week you have so much open time you don’t know where to start. For many adults with ADHD, both situations lead to the same frustrating result: decision paralysis and procrastination.
Why Simple Tasks Feel Hard with ADHD: 8 Practical Solutions
Why simple tasks feel hard with ADHD is because ADHD directly impacts executive function skills. Do tasks that seem simple to others completely drain you? Simple tasks such as: Starting laundry. Brushing your teeth. Doing the dishes. From the outside, these look like...
Are You a Time Optimist?
Have you ever thought, “This will only take 10 minutes,” and then suddenly it’s an hour later and you’re stressed, rushed, and running late… again? If that sounds familiar, you might be a time optimist. Time optimism is the tendency to underestimate how long tasks...
Do You Have FOFO? 6 Empowering Ways to Break Free from Fear of Finding Out
I sometimes feel like Charlie Brown sitting in front of Lucy’s psychiatric booth. She starts asking him if he’s afraid of different things. One by one he says no. Then she asks, “Do you have omni-phobia?” He asks, “What’s that?” Lucy replies, “Fear of everything.”...
Why Your Routines Don’t Stick- and how-to make them stickier!
ADHD brains crave novelty and stimulation and any routines that feel boring, tedious, or creates resistance is at high risk of falling off. Those feelings are important data, not character flaws. Think of them as warning flares from your brain. Ignoring them and...
How to Reconnect with an Old Friend
Keeping up with friends we don’t see regularly is hard. Add ADHD + zero structure, and it can feel nearly impossible. I’ve lived in 7 states, and I’m lucky to say I still have friends in all of them. Am I great at staying in touch? Not naturally. So instead of relying...
Dopamine On Demand: Create an Energizing Playlist!
Getting started can be the hardest part… especially when your brain feels resistance to a task. Upbeat, energizing music can help by increasing dopamine and activating your brain’s reward system. Translation: less friction, more momentum. Create (or refresh) a...
How are you “spending” Leap Day?
It's almost Leap Day... How will you "spend" it? I only like Daylight Saving Time in the fall when, like most of the country, I turn my clocks back and gain an “extra” hour. However, that is offset by the hour I lose each spring when we all turn our clocks forward....
ADHD-Friendly’s Favorite Things: 2023 Edition!
We added several items to our ADHD-Friendly Favorite Things list for 2023, so without further delay, here's the 2023 list: ADHD-Friendly's Favorite Things on Amazon: No-Mess Streamers- 12 pack Colgate Wisps iDiskk Phone Safe Clorox Toilet Wand Starter Kit Frixion...
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