Treadmill desk is perfect for ADD
Complicate vs simplify
Occasionally I get this lesson handed to me and I swear I’ll remember it forever.
Then I forget it.
I think they call that lessons NOT learned. But here we go…
The bottom line of dealing with ADD is to simplify.
Simplify. Simplify, Simplify.
Instead I tend to complicate, complicate, complicate.
Getting Things Done for ADDivas
Carbs and focus – the connection
“I’ve been gaining weight since I turned 50 and I can’t stay away from the carbs!” a midlife ADDiva told me last week by phone. I can relate. Oh, I can definitely relate.
Yesterday, I picked up my PostIt-filled copy of Mastering the Zone by Barry Sears – the place I turn when I am finally ready to return to a more sane eating pattern. There, on page 37, was a chart that simplified the connection between focus and carbohydrates.
HOPE – ADDiva lessons from an election
It’s been three days since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. No matter whether you are ecstatic or bummed about the outcome, the election offers profound implications that should give all ADDivas a dose of that magic elixir: HOPE.
Why? Because we, like Obama, face a world that uses rigid standards to separate “good” from “bad” and “right” from “wrong.”
Voting is patriotic
Like you, I have an opinion about tomorrow’s election. I have a candidate that is dear to my heart. And I didn’t vote early. I like the energy of going to the polls on Election Day.
So here’s the ADDiva tip of the day:
Don’t forget to vote!
Bailouts, ADD and high anxiety
OK, it’s scary out there right now.
The $700 billion bailout (with MY MONEY!), the debates, the stock market, gas prices, jobs disappearing- when will it END?
I admit it, I fell headlong into a state of depression for several weeks. I was so overwhelmed with the bad news that I just shut down and moved like a snail through my life.
I’ve finally managed to get out of the muck and feel like myself again – and it took several proactive steps. I’m listing them on the chance you might need a helping hand, too:
10 minutes of thinking = more focus
“For the next 10 minutes, I want you to simply sit and think,” said our writing coach. “And most importantly – don’t write anything down. Let the ideas flow freely. Just think.”
Gardening is good for ADHD
When my ADD has me running in circles, trying to find the beginning or the end or even a middle, there is nothing quite so grounding – literally – than getting out to my garden and thrusting my fingers into the sun-warmed soil. This week, it’s time to plant fall crops – broccoli and cauliflower.
Those precious little transplant leaves, quivering with possibility, ready to flourish with only a small push from me….pretty heady stuff for a farmer’s-daughter-turned organic-gardener like me.
The ADDiva goes green – or tries to…
I juggle a lot of “stuff” in my life – projects, relationships, households, pets, clients, travel and much more. So when I added the “go green” thing to my life, it was just about the straw that pushed me over the edge. Almost.
Recycling, composting, re-using, re-purposing are all goals to which I aspire. I don’t always achieve them, however.