Self Management

I heard something the other day that really hit home with me. I wish I could remember where I heard it, because I would like to credit whoever it was. Anyway, the general idea was about time management and how we all seek to manage our time. The truth is that each of us has […]

Organizing Inspiration

As ADDers, we have some challenges when it comes to organizing. If we put it away, we sometimes forget about it (and buy another one). And if we leave it out in plain sight so we’ll remember (our favorite plan, not to mention so easy!) it gets covered by the 473,981 things we left out […]

Are You an Ostrich?

Do you bury your head in the sand whenever you need to deal with something uncomfortable or stressful? Both my mom and my mother-in-law were master ostriches. My mother-in-law lived by the motto “if you ignore it, it will go away” and my mom always felt that going to the doctor was unnecessary. “If it’s […]

Mantras and ADHD

Do you know what a mantra is? It can be defined as a sound, a series of sounds, a word or series of words that, when used consistently, can bring about a change in your thought process or even your life. That’s my definition, anyway. Another one is that a mantra can keep you sane […]

Love Who You Are

A lot of people, especially women, I think, feel bad about themselves because they have ADHD. They see themselves as not good enough, not measuring up to what they think they should be. Low self esteem and ADHD seem to happen together to a lot of ADDers. It starts when you’re a kid and in […]

Setting Goals

It’s almost the end of the year; have you been thinking about setting some goals or New Year’s resolutions? Seems like everybody thinks about those things when a new year begins. I’ll bet a lot of your goals for 2010 are the same ones you set for 2009. I know mine are. Let’s see if […]