Managing a to-do list is a complex task. In order to make the list, you need to remember or notice what needs to be done. Then you need to remember to do it. Ideally, you also prioritize your tasks — you figure out whether one task needs to precede another, like grocery shopping before cooking, [...]
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I’ve often complained about how boring my car is. Like many people with ADD, I’m prone to speeding. When I’m driving fast, I feel more engaged with driving, as if the high speed forces me to pay attention. My car, which is an under-powered late-nineties Toyota sedan, has often been a source of frustration for me. [...] 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. I’ve been hanging out on the Women with ADHD Ning, and recently one of the members mentioned that she’d never really fit in with “the girls”. Several more of members chimed in about how they’d never felt “feminine”. It seems that a lot of women with ADD are just no good with the girly stuff. It’s [...] This weekend I wrote a Squidoo lens about tabby cats. Why tabby cats? Well, a Squidoo community that I’m a part of has been having weekly contests, and last week’s was to write a lens for the “animals and nature” category. I figured this would be good for me; all of my lenses to date have been [...] I was on my way out the door today when I happened to check my text messages. I’m glad I did; I was alerted to the fact that the Vietnam Veteran’s Association was coming by to pick up the donation pile from my entryway. I had set myself an e-mail reminder for yesterday morning, reminding me [...] I realized today that for the third time in a week, I forgot to take my meds this morning. This is not good. When this realization struck, I took a few minutes to think about the ways in which my self care has gone off the rails the last few weeks My [...] When I was a sophomore in high school, we used to joke about our American History teacher’s compulsive habits. If you moved the stapler, the three hole punch, or the pencil sharpener even slightly out of alignment, he would immediately notice and put them back. For awhile we tried moving them [...] In case you’re not up with the gmail these days, it’s a free, web-based e-mail system with unlimited storage that is run by Google. One of gmail’s many (many) features is its calendar, which you can tweak to your heart’s content. You can create as many calendars as you want — for home and work, [...] Last year I was trying to carry on without brain meds of any kind. To do this I had to be incredibly careful with my diet — almost no refined sugar and no caffeine, sufficient amounts of protein, and plenty of greens (don’t know why, but they help my concentration). I did great [...] |
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