Using AI With ADHD Made My Big Ideas Small Enough to Start
I rambled at AI about a gift tracker that got way too big, and it handed back a version I could start today. How I use it, and what it costs me.
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Why Do I Think Everything Will Take So Long?
I think the dishes will take 45 minutes and they take 8. Why the number in your head is so wrong, and the one thing that helps.
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Post-Project Depression: The Crash After You Finish
Why you feel let down right after finishing a project, why your first thought is “no one will want this,” and what to do with the day after.
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Protect Your Peace Without Putting Your Head in the Sand
The news, the complainers, and the hate feeds all get rationed in my house. How I stay informed and still care, without the doom corner.
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How to Stop Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Last week everything was going right and my brain flagged it as suspicious. What that bracing costs, and the small rep I use to come back to the room.
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Why I Feel Guilty Buying Things for Myself
Feeling guilty about buying something for yourself? I financed a third car we didn’t strictly need, and what changed wasn’t what I expected.
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Why It’s So Hard to Accept Compliments, Help, and Wins
Why it’s hard to accept help, compliments, and wins, from someone with 163 prizes and a habit of deflecting all of them. Receiving is its own skill.
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The Prizes I’d Never Have Bought for Myself
The dog chime, the fanny pack, the designer freezer bag: what sweepstakes prizes are actually like, and what I do with the ones that were never for me.
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The $5,000 Trip I Never Took, and the Tax Bill I Paid Anyway
I won two $5,000 trips in 2005. I went on one. The other expired unclaimed and I was taxed on it anyway. What I learned about entering for the capacity I have.
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How to Rewire Your Dopamine: The Swap That Worked
You can rewire your dopamine, but it takes real effort. How I planted seeds until saving, finishing, and organizing started to pay me back in a quieter way.
