Every October, ADHD Awareness Month brings another round of conversations about what it means to have an ADHD brain. It’s amazing to see how our community plans all of September to bring mostly great content out in “our” month. It’s also breast cancer month so I get to double celebrate. On October 4...

Most of us were taught to use a calendar to answer one question:

Do I have time for this?

There’s a problem with that question.

Because having time for something and having the capacity for something are not the same thing.

You can look at your calendar and see two open hours.

That does not aut...

There is something intoxicating about starting over.

Monday.

The first of the month.

September.

January 1.

A brand-new planner with absolutely nothing crossed out, scribbled in the margins or abandoned sometime around page 47.

Just last night, we were talking about healthier eating habits. My ...

Time management greatest hits…drum roll please…

“Have you tried using a planner?”

“Just make a to-do list.”

“Why don’t you set an alarm?”

“You just need to prioritize.”

“Try getting up a little earlier.”

And my favorite (deep sarcasm because this one just makes my eye twitch):

“If it’s import...

Get Off the Runway

For a lot of ADHD women in midlife, we’re managing the air traffic for everyone else’s lives.

The kids’ planes.
The aging parents’ planes.
The work planes.
The clients’ planes.
The household planes.

All while trying to remember where the hell we parked our own plane.

And here’s th...

I'm back after an amazing 3 day weekend off. My brother and his girlfriend visited and we did all kinds of summer beach things. Heaven.

I'm all rested and on fire today, so let's get back to mending our nets before the storm. Not because something is wrong. But because someday you'll need those net...

July fourth we had an epic wind storm.

After we got home from fireworks, my husband found me dashing about our back deck battening down the hatches as I like to call it. Y’all know I’m a sailor at heart.

I was tossing back cushions into the living room, stowing away the throw pillows on the shelve...

Have you ever noticed that a stack of papers feels heavier than it should?

It's not just papers.

It's all the stories we carry with them.

• Why didn't I take care of that already?
• What will it mean for my family/business/life if I don't get this stuff organized?
• What if I need this later?
• What...

I’ve been quiet lately.
Probably too quiet.

Back in March, lovely new people joined this community from the ADHD Toolbox group. Hello and welcome. And if you’ve been here a long time (or even if it just felt like a long time), thanks for waiting.

I’ve been on a semi-sabbatical.
Walking my walk, no...