The Problem of “Keeping It Up” & Other Random Thoughts
Random Thought Number 1023: It can be difficult to keep it up each and every time. There’s the pressure to keep it up. There’s the embarrassment of not keeping it up. What’s even worse, you work so hard to make sure you can keep it up and sometimes you just fall flat on your face. [...]
PDF PWSafe – ADHD-Friendly Software To Help You Remember All Those Damned Passwords
The more you use a computer, the more usernames and passwords you accumulate. You have a username and password for Amazon, Paypal, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, online bank accounts and on and on and on. It’s not too long before you reach the point that you can’t keep track of it all so you [...]
Have You Seen This Missing…And Angry…ADHDer?
I receive emails from many of my blog readers and I’ve decided to use the opening of this post to respond to a number of them. To those who have been wondering if I have been leaving her satisfied or wanting more, the answer is, “satisfied.” Therefore I have no need for those enlargement pills [...]
Dr. Vinnie Goombatz Explains How To Handle A Large Project
Dr. Vinnie Goombatz (aka Dr. Vinnie), the organized crime doctor for the disorganized mind, offers his advice for ADHDers who are mob-connected. In this podcast he answers questions about how to handle a large project, aka, a big job. Have a particular ADHD question that you would like Dr. Vinny to answer? You can send [...]
From The Archives: It Does Improve…Really…It Does
As I write this I’m surrounded by one of the “markers” of A.D.D. – those ever growing “piles.” My desktop is covered with piles of paper and there’s also a pile on the floor. The dining room table has a pile though it’s not as high as the one on the floor. Still, after three [...]
Can’t Find That File? Get Copernic Desktop Search for Your PC
If there is such a thing as ADHD-friendly software, this is it. You may misplace your keys, your wallet and your personal checkbook but with Copernic Desktop Search you will ALWAYS be able to find that file that’s buried…somewhere…on your computer. This software has helped me locate documents, digital images and emails with lightning speed. [...]
Minimize The Effects of Adult ADHD With Holt’s “ADD Simplified”
Adult ADHD has a serious downside. It effects every aspect of your life. Even worse, you cannot get rid of it. However, just because you are stuck with it forever that doesn’t mean you can’t reduce its impact on your life and this is where Sidney Parker Holt’s ADD Simplified: Strategies for Minimizing the Effects [...]
How To Live With The Gift of Adult ADHD
Have you ever heard a man say, “I have the gift of prostate cancer! I can’t pee straight, sh*t straight, or get an erection! This is the best gift a guy could ever have!!” Not likely you’ll hear a man say that. Instead, you’ll hear how he is figuring out how to get around the [...]
STFU! I Silenced My BlackBerry And Lived To Tell About It
I love my BlackBerry™. I’ve written many posts on my BlackBerry. I’ve replied to many comments and emails from my BlackBerry. But with eight different email accounts all going to my BlackBerry (and Twitter, FaceBook and WordPress for BlackBerry too!), the device can become quite distracting. Each time it beeps when an email arrives, I [...]
Does ADHD Medication Ruin Creativity?
Short answer: No! To believe otherwise is to conflate your creativity with your ADHD as if one depended on the other. When you are diagnosed with ADHD late in life you just can’t imagine life without your ADHD and, therefore, you assume that your other qualities, like creativity, will suddenly diminish if your ADHD symptoms [...]
Paper-Based Planning for the ADHDer
The ADHDer’s difficulty with visualizing time, along with the (inevitable) boredom that comes with the task of planning, turns this activity into a dreaded nightmare. However, I’ve recently adopted (created, one might say) a multi-part system that has helped enormously with this boring but essential life task. It allows me to plan my days and [...]
Your Precious Email…Bah…Humbug!
You know those 8,422 precious emails that you are saving in your Inbox? Do you really need them? Sure, you feel attached to them. You want to hang on to them because they represent fleeting moments of thought, of time but, really, do you need them? They just clutter up your Inbox and create anxiety. [...]
Latest Issue of ADDitude Magazine Is Dedicated To Jeff’s ADD Mind
I’m pleased to announce that the entire Fall 2010 issue of ADDitude Magazine is dedicated to Jeff’s ADD Mind. In this issue you’ll find my article, “My New Normal,” appearing on page 31 of the magazine (it also ends on page 31). It offers a look at my eclectic (some might say “gifted!”) organizational methodology. [...]
A Clock For Your Desktop
Tara McGillicuddy pointed out in a recent blog post that the most important time management tool for an A.D.D.er is an analog clock. Unlike digital clocks which simply tell time, an analog clock offers a concrete visual conception of the passage of time. For those of you who are tied to your computer, you may [...]
Are You Really Multi-Tasking?
I bet you think you accomplished a lot today. Before you pat yourself on the back, read the description below. Does it sound like your regular work day? “[M] ulti-taskers [...] tend to get part way into one task, then notice a sticky note by the computer and start working on that one, when the [...]
