Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Are you the type who has this inner conflict: You have the ability to hyperfocus, but due to your distractibility that focus is often misplaced?
I don’t know about you, but I find it real easy to throw myself into a task with great abandon. The only problem is that the task I choose may [...]

You Just Have to Show Up

Woody Allen had said that 80% of success is just showing up. I can relate to that.
If I had shown up more often in high school and college, those experiences would have worked out better the first time around. And the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. These days, PJ is missing at least [...]

You’re Too Smart to Have ADHD

Does this sound familiar? Or how about this variation: “Your child is very intelligent, therefore he/she does not need (select one of the following: medication, accommodations, an IEP, or additional help/support).”
I don’t know about you folks, but I can say first hand that this is the kind of thinking we tend to run into [...]

ADHD and Taxes

Here it is again – 10 days left until April 15th. U.S. federal, state and local taxes will be due. And once again, my ADHD procrastination circuits are rocking!
I am fortunate that I have a couple of unexpectedly free days to do the work. It won’t matter. I will lock down my free time approaching [...]