Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Hyperfocus, Working 2 Comments
What I don't have right now is gobs of unstructured time. This is a good thing, in that I tend to be more on-task, on-point, and generally productive that way. But when I didn't know why I wasn't getting the changes to my website made (migrating it over to a typepad platform so I can […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Memory, Mommy 2 Comments
I can get excited and playful along with my children- and get really excited that they are excited- about things that seem little. I can immerse myself in emotion, including enthusiasm (and conversely I can be empathetic). I am experienced. I already knew how to deal with memory issues and cognitive deficits before becoming sleep-deprived […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Executive Function, Inattentive 0 Comments
It's one of those days that I wake up thinking I want to go do a bunch of errands! and I'm excited about it! and I start the morning frantically trying to decide which one and oh! That is actually a pretty good sign that I am too tired to set foot near any of […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Inattentive, Learning 0 Comments
I just got a book in the mail from my friend Steve. It is a book about reading poetry, and I haven't read it yet, but when I looked at it I wondered if it would be like reading the long letters he used to write when we were in high school. He would tend […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive 2 Comments
Way back in October, which seems both like yesterday and like two years ago, I left myself a trail of breadcrumbs in this very blog. This helped me to feel like I wouldn't lose track of everything and myself while I was immersed in new baby-ness, and gives me a way to gently find my […]
Hi Everyone, I failed to write a New Year's and back-from-maternity-leave post yesterday. It vanished, which is all part of restarting, no? Let me just pass on goings on of the day here and write more interesting stories when I don't have a toddler vying for Youtube firetruck videos on the laptop: THROUGH TODAY, sign […]