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Keeping it together

Have you ever seen the sun look this predatory?

Sometimes, my full-spectrum studio lighting is not a good thing.

I tend to spend a lot of my waking hours at my studio table. I work on art here, and I keep my laptop here, so I’m pretty much here whenever I’m at home.

If I’m watching [...]

When trying to outsmart yourself, it’s important to be consistent

So, I had a doctor’s appointment today. Since I always wind up being late getting to this particular doctor, I frequently mark my calendar so that the appointment reads as 15 minutes earlier than it actually is.

So today, I was eating my lunch, minding my own business, when I looked at the clock and [...]

ADD Moment: Pockets Are Not For Filing

After my art lesson the other day, I stashed a few checks in my pocket like a usually do. Usually this isn’t a problem, and the checks mingle with odd receipts, and bits of cash, and my cell phone, to become what my sister terms a “pocket wad”. That’s right, we’re ladies!

Problem was, [...]

I tried to save myself a few minutes … cost myself a day

If you’ve ever wondered why the ADD adult in your life can’t seem to get things done in a timely manner, perhaps the following tale will shed some light. The moral, for those of you who want the Cliff’s Notes version, is that sometimes it pays NOT to optimize.

Top 6 ADHD Travel Accessories

I got in from France on Saturday night. I’m still pretty jet-lagged, but I’m recovering slowly.

As much as I freaked out in the weeks leading up to my trip, I’m proud to say it was a well-organized success. I remembered my underwear, and my passport, and my meds. I even remembered some [...]

My Organizing Journey: The Great Purge — Trouble with Trash

Oscar has no problem with trash — he LOVES trash!

Adults with ADD are notorious for hanging onto clutter. We’ve being scolded our whole lives for loosing things through our carelessness. If we never throw anything a way, we know it’s there … somewhere. We might not be able to find it right now, [...]

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — The Staging Area and the Big Sort

There’s a lot of wisdom in the old adage “A Place for Everything and Everything In Its Place”. However, if your space hasn’t been organized before, most of what you own does not yet have its own “place”. This is why it’s important to set aside a portion of your home as a [...]

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — What’s Working? What’s Not?

After identifying Activity Zones, my clutter buddy and I talked about what was functioning well in each area, and what needed to be fixed. I was overwhelmed by the mess, and initially felt that nothing at all, anywhere in my kitchen, was working. Jana pointed out that the Cat Zone was not only functional, but [...]

My Organizing Journey: Getting Started — Identifying Activity Zones

The big day had arrived. My clutter buddy was at my home and by the end of that day I would, come hell or high water, have made some progress on organizing my home. My confidence had received a boost from learning that my apparently chaotic surroundings were actually a somewhat functional attempt [...]

My Organizing Journey, Step 2: It’s Better Than You Think

Last week I started writing up my organizing journey from it’s very beginnings in the fall of 2004. Since the continuation of my entryway project now rests on things beyond my control (like somebody buying my bike and my clothes), I’ve decided to spend a few posts continuing that story. Today’s post isn’t about taking [...]

Well-Ordered Chaos

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