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Integrated Fruit Fly Control

I’ve had success witha fruit fly hack that I want to share with y’all (which means my lamotrigine must be doing something, since I haven’t had the energy to blog about housekeeping and organizing hacks in forever).

Our kitchen has been plagued by fruit flies this year.  Maybe it’s because it’s been warm and sunny.  I’m [...]

How to beat tooth decay caused by ADHD meds

About six months ago I wrote here and at AddaptAbilities about a very nasty shock I received at the dentist: a whopping SEVEN $#%^&@ING CAVITIES.  Twice as many cavities as I’d had in my adult life thus far.  All of them between my teeth.

The culprit, it turned out, was my Vyvanse.  My dentist assured me [...]

ADD-Friendly Computing: Macintosh or Hackintosh

I’m an artist in my offline life, so I have a ton of graphics files on my computer.  Every time I touch it I receive ominous warnings about how my start-up disk is is almost full, and I need to delete some files Right Now or everything will go boom.

Fortunately, I recently inherited a new [...]

How to Organize and Entryway, Step 6: Maintenance

When I went to containerize my entryway last week, I noticed that things had slipped a bit. To the right of the front door, there was packing paper spilling out of the recycling bin, and my bike was still in the back corner because I hadn’t gotten around to selling it yet:

Entryway Maintenance [...]

The ADD hiker: an organized hike is a safe hike

A lot of people with ADHD find that they love being outside.  Personally, I feel like my ADD vanishes the minute I leave civilization.  I’m usually the first one to spot wildlife, catch birdsong, or to notice a change in the weather.  Maybe there’s something to that whole Hunter/Farmer thing.

However, heading outside can be also [...]

Want to organize your junk drawer? For starters, don’t call it a junk drawer!

Earlier today I came across a blog post by a CPO (that’s “certified professional organizer” about your junk drawer.  You know, the one that has all those packets of ketchup in it?  And those containers of pepper flakes that come with pizza?  And your spare buttons, and some batteries, and that piece of paper with [...]