3 Steps: Build Your Plan
Getting from Here to There Whether you want to call them goals, or resolutions, or just plain stuff we have to do, we all have things that need to get done. And I don’t know about you, but in my house, that means I have to do them. Figure it out, get it done. But […]
Do You Have a Planner for the New Year?
A Planner is Essential For those of us with ADHD, we absolutely must have a planner of some kind. We try (and fail) to keep it all in our head, so some sort of backup plan is essential. A planner, whether paper or electronic, is vital. Do you have yours yet? I Heart Planners I […]
Are You Acting or Reacting?
Acting or Reacting? What’s the Difference? Just for clarity’s sake, let’s define these two ideas: Reacting is simply that. You respond to whatever is happening around you without any forethought. Your phone beeps or vibrates; you have a new message, so you check it immediately. Acting is behaving in a manner that shows some thought […]
Making and Using a Timeline
A timeline might not sound like a very exciting thing, but trust me, you need this. It will make your life so much easier! I know you have probably seen timelines in places like museums or in books, often related to events in history. Sometimes you will see them in the newspaper when a big […]
What Goes First?
The other day I was looking for something in our downstairs bathroom closet, and because I had to move things around, I got the urge to pull it all out and organize it. Have you ever done that? Sometimes it works, and sometimes you just have a big mess on the floor. As ADDers, we […]
1 Tip That Will Help You Get More Done
Who doesn’t like to get more done? Right? But when you have ADHD you can often get to the end of the day feeling as though you accomplished nothing. That may or may not be true, but it is how we feel, more often than not. Now there are a lot of ways that you […]