Ennui and ADD
For those of you who didn’t take French in college, here is Dictionary.com’s definition: en·nui ? ?/?n?wi, ??nwi; Fr. ???nwi/ Show Spelled[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] Show IPA –noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui. Can you see why I […]
FREE Call: Back to Basics – Managing Life with ADHD
I know this is short notice, but I wanted to let you know that I am doing a FREE call on Monday, September 13 all about getting back to basics and learning to manage our lives with ADHD. I will be covering things like keeping the house clean, managing paperwork, managing your time, organizing and […]
Breaking Your Child’s Bad Homework Habits: Helping Your Disorganized Child
Some children are naturally organized while others struggle to maintain any semblance of neatness. The latter are the children who stuff crumpled papers in their backpacks, struggle to keep track of assignments, and don’t get started on long-term projects until the night before. There are ways parents can help — without standing over them night […]
That Mess on Your Refrigerator
Come on now, you know what I’m talking about: If yours is like most other families, you have all sorts of papers, pictures, and clippings stuck to your refrigerator door. And once school starts, you will have so many papers on that door that you won’t be able to find the refrigerator, not to mention […]
Springpad
I am always looking for new and easy ways to keep my life and yours running more smoothly. One of the new things that I’ve tried is Springpad and I love it. Springpad is a free service that lets you save almost anything – a url, a note, bookmarks, an event, a reminder, almost anything. […]
Simple Organization
As ADDers, we all seem to have dreams of being organized one day. We imagine a perfect space worthy of Martha Stewart: But guess what? We’re not Martha. No one is. We don’t have her millions, her houses, or her staff. For us, simple organization is enough. Simple organization: being able to find what you […]