Life vs. ADD Symptoms

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about balance, and making your life easier, and also telling you how mine has sort of been out of control lately. My ADD symptoms have really made themselves known in the past week or so. For instance, it’s almost midnight and I just remembered I was supposed to go […]

ADD – Taking It Slow

Have you ever done one of those pie chart exercises, where you’re supposed to put in all the things in your life, like work, family, me time, exercise, etc? You know how they’re all supposed to be about the same, so that you’re living a “balanced” life? Ha! First of all, everyone knows you live […]

Mindfulness and ADD

Today I had one of those days. Errands I thought would take an hour or so took more than two. The ham I planned for dinner is now tomorrow night’s dinner because it took far longer to cook than I expected. And to top it all off, I had a truly ADD moment. Our insurance […]

Managing Papers

I use a very effective system that Deb Stanley of Red Letter Day Professional Organizers helped me set up. (See, I’m not so smart. I just know how to hire smart people:)). I had to get a file cabinet, some manila folders and some hanging file folders. I got a 2 drawer cabinet. You can […]

Papers, Piles, and ADD

Do I need to say anything more? You already know, don’t you? Do you have a stack of papers somewhere, a pile here and there? What’s in there that’s important? How about overdue bills? Papers and piles are some of the biggest things that people with ADD struggle with. So many of the papers we […]

Mind Maps and ADHD

Recently I wrote a post about being able to focus and prioritize your projects, something none of us are good at. At the time, I suggested that one way might be to make a list and then break it down into smaller steps. While I still think that it’s a great idea, it’s not something […]