Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Systems 1 Comment
This afternoon, we're starting our taxes in my house. Because some of my bookkeeping systems floundered in 2008, it got me thinking about various systems I've changed in the past 18 months or so. I used to use MS Outlook for calendar, contacts, and a to do list. I synched it with a Palm device. […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy ADHD, Executive Function, inattentive, mommy, work 0 Comments
Today is my son's first day at daycare. Up until now, we've had a babysitter who has come to our house while I am working. I am following a friend's wise advice not to expect myself to be all too productive for the first couple of weeks that he's there, because it is apparently usually […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Current Affairs, Executive Function, Inattentive, Systems, Thinking 0 Comments
In an earlier post I said that when other people told me I worried too much I used to think they were right, and get, well, worried. And that now I get annoyed instead, which is an improvement. Nowadays I think about it in terms of how I work. As I said in that post, […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy 2 Comments
I talk about this more often. On a less spacey day, I'll go back and check what I've said before. It's a spacey day today, and lately my ADHD has been hitting a bit harder than it had been- I think it's a hormone thing, or the stage that my toddler is in at the […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive, Thinking 1 Comment
It's happened once again. Someone has told me about how certain techniques were supposed to be good for them and they just seemed to do the opposite. I think I've held out on talking about this stuff because I'm not an expert, and because there really does seem to be research that tells an opposite […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive ADD, ADHD, Executive Function, inattentive 6 Comments
I've been thinking a lot about why I write this blog. The essence of it is this: When I lived alone and wasn't diagnosed with ADHD yet, I would have these weekend mornings where I'd wake up in a flurry of thinking. I was SO in my head that I basically didn't, well, kinda realize […]