DawnLines: A Gentler Morning Journal Routine The idea of three pages... seems too much, first thing in the morning. I started wondering if there might be gentler on-ramp into brainfulness...
SCIENCE! Shows Notebooks are Best for ADHD Brains The TL;DR for those who are not quite as brain nerdy is that between taking notes by typing, writing notes on a tablet, or making notes in a physical notebook, the most brain activity (related to comprehension and retention) came from good old dead-tree-and-ink.
Five Reasons You Should Buy That Cool Notebook In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need an excuse. The poet Toi Derricotte’s told us already: “joy is an act of resistance” and Mari Kondo said that things that spark joy are worth keeping, so if picking up that Oasis notebook from ProFolio makes that dopamine flow, more power to ya!
The First ADHD Open Space Zine! Part of moving away from other platforms like Substack and Medium has to include making it worth your while. Sure, getting the posts via email is fun, but how about something you can actually hold in your hands. I've been enjoying learning about, reading, and creating "zines&
The Creator Economy is Rigged Against ADHDers We thrive on novelty. An interesting niche is just a dopamine surge away from becoming a cage, a pit, a trap! We may carry our hyperfocus-enabled expertise with us, but we don’t want to share it any more — not when there’s that Shiny New Subject that we’re learning about.
I'm Not Time-Blind. You're Time-Delusional. Things you learn in moments of extreme grief, part one. ⚱️Content warning: death. My family recently had a huge and sudden loss on September 6, and I'm still in the midst of dealing with the immediate effects. The long term effects will be with me forever. But when
How to Keep Chaotic Clutter from the Trap of Horizontal Surfaces. Tables, desks, counters — they are magnets for the detritus of life. This is how you fight back. Look at your desk. Or your dining room table. Or the end table next to the couch you’re sitting in. Here, I’ll show you mine: Pretty cluttered, right? And it is