Those of us with ADHD may often find ourselves in a situation for which we are not prepared. My most famous one was inviting 10 people for Christmas dinner and forgetting to go grocery shopping. Not my finest hour. Most often these situations are of the everyday sort – running out of clean socks, underwear [...]
AS ADDers we’ve all had the experience of feeling as though our brains were cluttered with too much stuff. But did you know that physical clutter can mess with your brain too? Living or working in a cluttered environment makes everything harder. It’s harder to clean, to get around and to function. And that goes [...]
I think organizing papers is a difficult task for anybody, but for we ADD Moms, it can easily become overwhelming. As part of BlogHer’s Life Well Lived feature, I’d like to share some of the ways that I keep my papers organized and easy to find. Pop over to the discussion and give us your [...]
Earlier this year I went on an organizing binge. I don’t know where I picked that particular bug up, but I wish I could get it again. Anyway, in contrast to other times when I have attempted to organize something, this one has really stuck. Stuff I organized a month or more ago is still [...]
In cooking – well, French cooking I guess – there is a term: mise en place (MEEZ ann plays). It means to have everything ready before you begin. For instance, if you were making a vegetable soup, you would have all of your pots and utensils ready, your vegetables out, washed and cut or diced. [...]