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 […]

Getting It Done

Maybe I should have called this post “Not Getting It Done”, but then you probably wouldn’t have read it 🙂 You know I’ve been on an organizing thing lately. Cleaning up and de-cluttering and rearranging in case we might need to sell our house and move. (Mark is laid off and there is a possibility […]

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 […]

Give In to ADHD

Productivity is a real buzz word for me. I’m always looking for new, better ways to be more productive. I never feel as though I ever get enough done in a day. But when you’ve got ADHD, you’re bound to have days when “non-productive” defines who you are. Last Friday was one of those days […]

DO Something!

You know, one of the things about Attention Deficit Disorder is that we are easily overwhelmed. I think that leads to being unable to make a decision or to knowing where to start. I also think that most of us try way too hard to be perfect (cause we’re so used to being less than […]

Depression and ADHD

Depression, like anxiety and many other things, is something that can occur along with ADHD. In fact, scientists have found a link between depression and ADHD, as well as between creativity and ADHD. Depression can happen at any time – even in childhood – and most often happens for no apparent reason. That is, there […]