Order: Full Circle

31 Day Challenge, Day 6 One of the hallmarks of ADHD is our tendency to be easily distracted. Even people who do not have ADHD know that about us. It’s been the subject of many jokes, but for those of us with ADHD, it is no laughing matter. When you are easily distracted, you tend […]

One Simple Rule

Day 4 of 31 Days of Order, Restored     When it comes to having a neat and orderly space, one that’s simple to clean and maintain, there is just one simple rule to follow: The beginning of that saying is “A place for everything and…”. That really is the key right there; to have […]

Order: The ADHD Dilemma

Welcome to Day 3 of our 31 Day Challenge! You can find the entire index here.     So what is it about having ADHD that makes order so hard to get and maintain? Well, quite a few things actually. Here are some of them, in no particular order. We have poor short term memory, […]

What Order Looks Like

  Day 2     Yesterday, I talked about the way order makes you feel: comfortable, relaxed, like all’s right with the world. Today I would like to explore what order looks like. Most people would say that this is not orderly, but I disagree. (Apologies for my poor picture quality and lack of light. […]

31 Day Challenge: Order, Restored

 31 Day Challenge: Day 1       Hello and welcome to An ADD Woman! My name is Brenda and I write about things that are of interest to women who have ADHD, and those who don’t! We talk about things like cleaning and organizing, managing our time and our lives, and just taking better […]

Organizing Your Purse

Is it a purse, a bag, or a pocketbook to you? Please tell me no one answered pocketbook. I think that was my grandma talking. And while I’m asking, are you a big bag girl or a small bag girl? Or even a teeny tiny bag girl? Is it weird to say bag and girl […]