Containing the Chaos

Sometimes things can get a little messy. It’s like that when you have ADHD. And sometimes it drives you so crazy that you rip everything out of the cupboard and try to organize it, which instantly overwhelms you. I’ve actually been doing a lot of organizing lately. Just been in the mood, I guess. Or […]

If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be…

One way to get your life in order and get things done is to assign different tasks to different days. For instance, Monday might be laundry day when you do 3 or more loads of laundry. Or Tuesdays might be your personal days when you do things like get your hair done or get a […]

How Sunday Can Equal Sanity

I am writing this on Sunday evening. OK. I lied. It’s almost 11:00pm Sunday night. Still, the idea that I’m about to suggest is a good one. And I promise, I did do the actual part this afternoon. It’s called the Sunday Night Plan. And I call it that even though you can do it […]

Boy Without Instructions

I have the pleasure today of reviewing a book written by a colleague of mine, Penny Williams. It’s called “Boy Without Instructions” and it’s Penny’s account of raising her son, nicknamed Ricochet, and helping him make his way through school and life with ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and other challenges. Ricochet is a gifted […]

That Pile of Papers

You know you have one somewhere – a great big old messy pile of papers. Maybe it’s bills, or things you mean to read, or just stuff that collects. It’s part of having ADHD. Trying to file things where they make sense doesn’t always work for us, because we might categorize the same thing differently […]

The Ultimate Solution for Getting Things Done

Have you heard about DropTask? I just found out about it from Pinterest and I think that this might be the ultimate solution for getting things done. Especially when you have ADHD. The genius of DropTask is that it is a visual way of looking at your to dos and prioritizing them. You know that […]