Using Your Other Brain

As ADD Moms, we spend an awful lot of time trying to be something that we’re really not: a left brained person. Left brained people are organized and on time and rarely forget things. They do things in a logical order and must be way productive. We do not have left brain dominance. This is […]

Dealing with Mild Anxiety

Today I have been struggling with mild anxiety; you know, the constant worrying kind. I’m stressed because I’ve spent days playing phone tag with the insurance adjuster and I’m afraid that he will just show up without warning. I am not the person to talk to about this particular matter and I’m not comfortable with […]

Autofocus: Getting Things Done

Mark Forster is the author of a number of time management books and the creator of the Autofocus system. The Autofocus system is basically a list of all of the things that need your attention. Its very similar to what I call a dump list. According to Mr. Forster’s system, you start by making a […]

To Dos and Doing

Right now, I have over 50 messages in my email box. I probably have 20 of them flagged as follow ups. I’ve been procrastinating for months about making a couple of doctors appointments and I have at least half a dozen things on my to do list that I could easily knock out in a […]

4 Simple Rules

One of the biggest frustrations that ADD Moms seem to have is keeping the house in order. I think that a lot of us have perfectionist tendencies which just makes things worse. Also, we tend to over plan and underestimate. I’ve got 4 simple rules that I try to follow on a daily basis that […]

Eat the Frog!!???

My Aunt Elizabeth married a man from Georgia. His family had a New Years tradition of cooking a hog’s head for dinner. It was supposed to bring you good luck throughout the year. My cousin always said that it was true; if you ate hog’s head on New Year’s day, nothing worse could happen to […]