In Perpetual Pursuit

One of my best note taking tips: Index Cards It seems so simple​!  I keep a resource list that is numbered and the source is written on my resource list (I keep this on a piece of paper in the box i store my index cards)  I use a code system and write a number in the upper right hand corner corresponding to the resource number so its quick and easy. I use one index card for each note or thought.  So if I'm listening to a podcast and there are several great ideas/thoughts, I add it to my resource list, then jot each note or thought on an index card, then add it to my resource box. Why I do it:  Long pages of notes can be cumbersome and often get lost in the shuffle. Index cards are sortable When I need inspiration, I sort thru the cards.  Generally if I write it down, I can find it later.  I will generally remember where I heard or read the note and can eliminate the other options based on the resource number. B/C i have adhd and can get overwhelmed easily, ...

In Today's Episode of "Another Moment inside Caroline's Brain" we examine losing a Surface Pro Pen With ADHD, we are constantly trying to exist in a world that does not work for our brains.  It's exhausting sometimes.  Nothing exists to work for you.  The world wants you to behave and navigate a specific way.   There are things that I just don't do because I just can't. But there are things we have to do-like laundry and pay bills and get the work done, that means we have to hack and hack and hack, just to do the thing. To get the thing started. Our brains are exhausted just from navigating day-to-day life. I AM SO TIRED. ---

Today we're going to talk ADHD and PDA. Yep.  PDA. You're probably thinking PDA?!?!? 💋💋💋 Noooo not that kind of PDA 😂🤣🤣 PDA for ND (Neurodiverse) people is short for "Pathological Demand Avoidance" Essentially, our brains fight against us to do tasks we 'should' or 'need' to do, and sometimes even activities we want to do,  like, or love. Examples: Fold and put away the laundry, go to bed, have sex with our partner, eat, go to the bathroom when we realize we need to, get out of bed, get to the gym. It's EXHAUSTING.  Once I learned about PDA from an Autistic person, Harry Thompson , my mind was blown. He gave an example of how if he needs to go to bed, he just can't...He'll be up all night, just avoiding the demand to go to bed he's placed on himself.   I DO THIS TOO!!!!!  MIND BLOWN What this Autistic person suggests is creating CONDITIONS for success.  Instead of avoiding bed, he just .... goes to bed, but the intent is NOT to go...