Getting Over Overwhelm

Today I was having trouble deciding what to write about, so I asked my Facebook friends and they came up with several great ideas. One of them was about feeling overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that you have to do in an ordinary day. Inspired by a website I visited earlier and the owner’s […]

How Many Times Have You Been Dissed?

Whoa. Did Dr. Emmett Brown just whisk us back to the eighties in his DeLorean? I mean, when is the last time you heard someone say “dissed”? But think about it. Disorder. Distracted. Disinterested. If I could think of a way to turn “ditzy” into a “diss” word I would. You get it right? Well […]

How Many Calendars Do You Keep?

If you consult someone like a personal organizer, an ADD Coach, or a time management expert, they will tell you that you should only keep one calendar. Using more than one opens up the possibility of double booking a day or forgetting something because you looked at the wrong calendar. Just a few weeks ago, […]

I’m Late! I’m Late!

Remember the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland? Do you ever feel like him – always late? It’s a problem we ADDers have because we have such a poor sense of time passing and we are easily distracted. I’ve gotten much better over the years but I used to be late all the time. Sometimes […]

How Does Your ADHD Affect You?

I think that all of us who have ADHD hold back a little part of who we really are unless we are among people we are comfortable with. For instance, the day my daughter Sarah put a pot lid on her head and pretended it was a hat – in front of her boyfriend – […]

An Old Fashioned Tool to Manage Time

Do you know what this is? And how this one is different? The first clock has hands, the second is digital. You knew that, right? But did you know that the one with hands – called an analog clock – can help you and your family stay on track with time management? The digital clock […]