Why You’re Still Living Paycheck to Paycheck

ADHD and Money If there were ever two things that shouldn’t exist together, I think that ADHD and money might be it. In general, if we have ADHD, we’re not so good with money. And there are reasons for that: We have an impulsive nature We don’t pay attention, and that includes on things like […]

If It’s Monday…

When I first got married, my mother-in-law embroidered me a set of tea towels with the days of the week on them. One day was for washing, another for sweeping or going to the market. I think a long time ago that was a way for women to get things done – assign a task […]

Bringing Order to Bill Paying

31 Day Challenge: Day 27 Paper clutter can be a huge problems for ADDers. Most of us probably get an average of 5 pieces of mail, 6 days a week. A lot of it is just junk mail, but there are important items in there as well. Ideally, you should only handle each piece of […]

An Orderly Life

31 Day Challenge: Day 24 Is your life an orderly one? Or do you spend each day frantically lurching from one thing to another trying to get it all done, only to find that, in the end, little was actually accomplished? Or maybe you find that you get a lot done while at work, but […]

Setting an Order to Things

31 Day Challenge: Day 11 One of the more challenging aspects of ADHD is setting priorities or setting an order to things. It’s hard for us to decide which thing is more important than the other. You would think it would be simple, but many times it isn’t. We might find that we have a […]

The Planner Chronicles: Part 4

So I am still using my pretty blue Martha Stewart planner and liking it a lot. Because I’m such a geek when it comes to things like office supplies and paper, I recently made a trip to the store for some more stuff to help me make this planner even more useful for me. I […]