ADHD or Lack of Attention?

I read an article recently on Health that discussed adult ADHD. The article was called “Attention Sappers: 5 Reasons You Can’t Concentrate”. The article pointed out that the lifestyle of many adults these days is contributing to their forgetfulness and lack of attention. Things like technology, lack of sleep, not enough exercise, stress, and job […]

Focus and Setting Goals

Focus is a big word for ADDers, mainly because we struggle with maintaining it. We’re easily distracted, remember? Carrie Wilkerson (the person I want to be when I grow up) wrote a really wonderful series of blog posts last year around the theme of focus. Carrie, aka The Barefoot Executive, writes mostly for women who […]

What Is Your Problem?

I’m not trying to get in your face – I really want to know. If you have Attention Deficit Disorder, there must be one symptom above all the others that gives you the most trouble. Do you know what it is? What would it take for that not to be an issue anymore? Do you […]

Exercise and ADHD

Last night I was on Twitter catching up with my friends. One of them asked where I’d been, since she hadn’t heard from me for a while. I explained to her that I had been having a rough time lately, with my depression getting worse. She told me that one of the things that helps […]

Clutter, Organization, and ADHD

If you have Attention Deficit Disorder, I probably don’t have to tell you about how easy it is for clutter to creep up on you. It’s everywhere – the house, the car, our workspace, even our purses or briefcases. Clutter is one of the biggest reasons that we find it hard to keep our houses […]

Take A Picture

I am determined that this year I will be even more organized than in the past, because there’s always room for improvement. You know, one of the most common symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder is the inability to pay attention consistently. When we hear that, we usually picture a child in a classroom trying to […]