I really like my clients!
When you first start a business it is really hard to say no to anyone. You will take anything you can get that is a paying gig and plenty that is unpaying. You also generally cast a pretty broad net…
Matt Reid
Your pharmacist: An underrated relationship
I always say that my most important relationships are: My wife My prescribing physician My pharmacist I’m posting this now because I’ve had many clients and folks in my support groups lately tell me what a hard time they’ve been…
Today is the day
Every year sometime in the spring, my brain stops wanting to do work. All I want to do is get out in the garden and grow stuff. Even on a rainy day like today. It almost feels like my medication…
Organizing Your Legos
Legos are possibly the most annoying thing in the world to organize. They defy categorization and are basically impossible to put away in any meaningful way. What to do with the completed sets? That depends on if your kids actually play…
The toll of parenting kids with issues
I don’t know if I”ll end up finishing this post or leaving it up. It is somewhat personal. If you read my stuff, you know that I’m not one to shy away from personal stuff, but this has to do…
Why ADHDers are late, pt. 4: Fear of being early
Most people with ADHD have a borderline pathological fear of being early. If you are always trying to walk in exactly on time, erring on the side of not being early… you’re going to be late a lot! So, why…
Why ADHDers are late, pt. 3: When we know we are late and do ‘it’ anyway.
But there are also many times that ADHD folks are late and are 100% aware that they are late or at least, if they took the time to slow down and be honest with themselves they’d know they were late.…
Why ADHDers are late, pt. 2: Overcompensating instead of skill building
When confronted with this situation and a lack of compensation skills, most people I work with will then over do it and create an entirely different set of problems. So, a person who is chronically late and realizes that it…
Why are ADHDers late, pt. 1: We suck at time.
In my experience there are a few reasons that ADHDers are chronically late. The most fundamental issue is our lack of time sensitivity. In my opinion, this stems from our basic neurochemical wiring. We don’t experience time as a constant.…
The most dangerous word in the English language: SHOULD
It does not matter if you should do it faster. It does not matter how fast the kid next to you does it. It does not matter how your grandmother did it back in the day. All that matters is…