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DAILY AFFIRMATIONS

• I WILL TAKE MY ADHD MEDICATION

• I WILL BRUSH MY TEETH

• I WILL LEARN WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AFFIRMATIONS AND A TO-DO LIST IS

girls. i think breaking up with my boyfriend cured me of every mental illness. everyone needs to get on this drug. called breaking up

#life updates from main <3

endsofjune

weekly to-do's: choose joy. encounter a previously unseen horror. choose joy, again. face yet another undue terror. meet dread, show it the door. choose, yet again, jo-- ok so dread's standing in the door frame. ok. push dread out the door. choose jo !dread has reentered the premises. oookay. push dread (move!). push dread (move!). consider despair. unconsider despair. despair requests an appeal your honor. fine, the court will hear the appeal. and? appeal denied, the verdict stands. where were we? push dread (move!!!) out the mother effing door. close the door, close the door. the latch the latch the latch the latch! whew. close one ha. choose joy. wash dishes, buy bread, water plants.

#for like a typical week or whatever #obviously it varies from time to time #like sometimes i need to buy eggs instead of bread

i'm going to be so honest. i'm having a really hard time lately battling the numbness and the dread and the fatigue

#i think the hard part is too #at my big age i know logically what actions will help stave off these feelings #but i'm too physically and mentally exhausted to use those tools consistently #which makes this feel even more so like it's my fault and i'm a failure #(doesn't help that it appears my cheating ex is thriving)#if there's one thing i learned about myself in 2025 it's that i'll always choose joy and always choose hope #but recently mate.....#the trials and tribulations are testing my spirit istg

adhd-alien

No friendly fire please

(Working on longer comics again too)

rott1ingbonep1le

This is how my posts look

adhd-vibes

i get easily overwhelmed by household chores and fall for all-or-nothing thinking. cleaning feels like fighting a ten-headed monster that has to be defeated in one hit. i let things pile!!! BUT i've realized there are only THREE (3) chores:

picking up

washing dishes

doing laundry

that's it (as far as meeting my most basic needs of getting myself clothed, fed, and off to work to keep me functioning and mentally stable). whew! a short list feels doable!

now for my RULES, because despite what my brain tells me, these are 3 separate tasks that can be completed separately:

only ONE per day allowed (if momentum is strong, by all means keep running. but more than one never an expectation or goal)

every week, I have from Monday to Sunday to complete all three (no set schedule or rotation, just simply doing each when works best in the moment)

adhd-vibes

immediately after posting this i realized how stupidly simple it sounds. like duh indy! and it exposes me as someone who does not accomplish these basic chores weekly. i'm a chronic avoider!! but i'm really working on it. the all-or-nothing thinking halts all my progress and gets me stuck in adhd paralysis mode. so i'm focusing on what my coach said which is "consistency over intensity." i feel like i keep reinventing new methods and ideas and systems, and no routine sticks and that's tough sometimes. but no progress is time wasted. so i'll just keep re-inventing new versions of the same idea over and over and hope that bit by bit they can build on each other and i can keep growing into the person i want to be. and i would really like to be a person with a consistently clean home lol

i get easily overwhelmed by household chores and fall for all-or-nothing thinking. cleaning feels like fighting a ten-headed monster that has to be defeated in one hit. i let things pile!!! BUT i've realized there are only THREE (3) chores:

picking up

washing dishes

doing laundry

that's it (as far as meeting my most basic needs of getting myself clothed, fed, and off to work to keep me functioning and mentally stable). whew! a short list feels doable!

now for my RULES, because despite what my brain tells me, these are 3 separate tasks that can be completed separately:

only ONE per day allowed (if momentum is strong, by all means keep running. but more than one never an expectation or goal)

every week, I have from Monday to Sunday to complete all three (no set schedule or rotation, just simply doing each when works best in the moment)

#i would add that unofficial Rule 3 should be to finish the chore i chose to start that day. just see it thru. don't jump around.#step aside old ideas mama's gotta new plan to fix her life #thought of this when i moved the dirty dishes into the sink and didn't wash them but instantly felt better #tune in to hear more basic observations recounted as if strokes of sudden genius #this is the year of realizing stuff #obviously there are other important tasks like cleaning the bathroom #but not getting to clean it beyond a quick pick-up will not hinder me from going about my day effectively #and it's much easier to tackle the less essential once the essentials are done #like on a sunday evening if my dishes and laundry are done and there's nothing on the floors?#you can bet i'm now excited to whip out the mop and cleaning spray and swipe down every surface #i've tried making saturdays my 'cleaning day' for years and creating a set routine is too hard to stick with #so i'm hoping this method strikes the right balence of flexibility #if anyone else has similar cleaning routines please let me know!#or if you try this and have feedback let me know!#or if you have another system altogether let me know!#i work from home often so keeping my space clean is both vital and soo hard #i'm always open for any tips and tricks #i might try to paint cute little fridge magnets to remind me which have been completed for the week #adhd #adhd tips #executive dysfunction #advice #cleaning is hard #self care #mental health #depression

*BIG SIGH*

#you know when it's quiet and then your family dog curled in the corner of the room heaves a HUGE sigh #that's me rn #on your dash

sometimes i think my ADHD isn't that bad, or maybe it's just my fault, and then i'll try do something simple like cook myself food, and get distracted SO many times that i'm only finally eating HOURS later.

ridiculous number of times today i looped thru the cycle of recognizing I'm super hungry and then remembering "OH right I was cooking!" ...do know how many times i've had to reheat this same dish??

and i only managed to have 1 sip of my coffee this morning before i forgot that existed too.

#AND I TOOK MY MEDS TODAY #i literally set the airfryer for 5 minutes #and those 5 minutes were long enough to have me start something else and forget food existed for an hour #and ifs not like i wasn't hungry today i was famished i couldn't wait to eat #this is why i had to stop using the stove and switch to an air fryer #bc i was BURNING shit so bad. at least now it turns itself off #adhd

his reply email was ....an apology??? unexpected turn of events. what a relief

#trying not to feel bad #like no i didn't do anything wrong #seems like maybe i misinterpreted his tone a little bit #but given our history that's understandable too #not caving not caving #gonna stand by what i said #but grateful he was understanding !!!#yay

about to hit send on an email that in essence is just me firmly setting a professional boundary with someone i've had professional beef with for over 2 years and when i tell you i am quaking in my boots. i am so frightened. you'd think this was a saw trap designed just for me

#why am i scared #this man should be scared of me #for his incompetence #he literally leaked confidential internal documents #and wasted my time bc who found that out and had to clean up his mess? me #and what consequences did he face? none #typical male experience im sure #but this email is literally just me asking him not to send me follow up emails about other emails i need to reply to #i literally got an non urgent email and 2 working hours later he was like please answer that by end of today #ok SIR first of all i'm literally mid-draft #but second and most importantly you're not my manager #you don't even work in the same department as me!!!!!!!!!!!!#the micromanaging is insane when he has zero authority to do it #and then there's just tons of other history too #but basically i've had to correct his work so many times #i think he genuinely comes from a good place he's passionate about the work #BUT he's also aggressive and pushy and oversteps boundaries and is so blatantly incorrect with the boldest confidence #and i can't help but wonder if he would treat me this way if i were a man ....doubt it #anyways #my brain is going overdrive predicting his response #there's very clearly a mutual dislike here #and i fear what's in store

drumlincountry

Why do they even make apps for ADHD. You want me to use my 24/7 handheld immediate distraction device? To manage my 'gets distracted too easily' disorder? Ooooh we developed the perfect tool for managing your anemia. Its hosted in Dracula's castle. 👍

#the amount of ADHD apps i've downloaded #and never used after that #bc i forgot they existed #adhd culture

preserving-tiktok

#too real lmaoo #the halfway thru a line of thinking and then just NOPE that's completely wrong #i got it! ☝️💡#and it's nothing #i hope you're hungry......for nothing!#adhd culture

segamascott

my me themed tumblr account

adhd-vibes

i need to change my whole life in one day. watch out world. i'm about to rearrange my furniture and cut my hair and develop new yet fully formed healthy habits all in the span of 24 glorious hours. i will also be buying groceries.

adhd-vibes

ok i'm rescheduling the rapture again. but my day of productivity will come you'll see

iced-coffee-chronicles

can someone recommend some beginner normal behaviors for someone looking to become normal

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