Time Flies
Do you ever get to the end of the day and wonder where it went? You feel like you’re busy all day long and yet you don’t seem to have anything to show for it? I feel that way a lot, especially now. I’m taking occupational therapy for my arm and on the days I […]
Home Ec 101
Yesterday in my post about one armed housecleaning, I mentioned that I have found a great new blog. It’s called Home Ec 101 and it’s got just about everything you need to learn about cleaning, cooking, fixing things and washing them. Here’s what part of what Heather, the owner, says about her site: Home-Ec 101 […]
One Armed House Cleaning
Ever since I broke my arm, I’ve had to learn to do lots of things with just my right arm. Lucky for me I’m right handed. Still, you’d be surprised how many things really need 2 arms to do. There are so many things around the house that really require the use of both arms. […]
Chunking vs Multi-Tasking
Everyone knows what multi-tasking is; we ADDers claim to be experts at it. Multi-tasking, as it turns out, is rarely that: doing two things at once. Even more important – it’s rarely as effective as you might think. For instance, if right now, as I am writing this, someone came into the room to talk […]
KISS
No, not those guys. I mean the acronym K.I.S.S. – keep it simple, sweetie. As ADD Moms, we tend to make things more complicated than they need to be. For instance, we have trouble organizing and keeping the house in order. So we devise elaborate systems to keep up with everything. I personally have used […]
A New Look at Time Management
I just read an interesting article over at Real Simple called Time Management Struggles and Techniques for the Modern Woman. The author, Ruth Davis Konigsberg, says that women today are trying to do too much. You think?? In addition to working outside of the home – which is true for many of us – we […]