Tyler

ADHD is needing complete silence to focus but also needing noise to think

My meeting prep at 2am: CEO-level strategic thinking

My meeting performance at 2pm: Goldfish with anxiety

The 12-hour time difference is killing me

ADHD life

Sunday night check-in:

Tasks planned: 47
Tasks completed: 2.5
New rabbit holes discovered: 12

Guilt level: Medium

Self-compassion level: Growing

How'd your weekend go?

This feels like my brain just got caught in a riptide and I’m not even mad about it.

ADHD is your browser history looking like you're planning 7 different lives simultaneously

Tab 1: How to start a bakery
Tab 2: Astrophysics for beginners
Tab 3: Why do my plants keep dying
Tab 47: What was I doing again?

half my best material has been wasted on the bathroom mirror since childhood

ADHD is rehearsing conversations that will never happen while ignoring the actual conversation you're having

starts as “what if” and ends with three months of your life gone and a questionable lab smell

ADHD is being simultaneously the smartest and dumbest person in every room

you just described 92% of my “quick dinners.” also somehow i’m now subscribed to three french cooking channels??

not unless i can find a way to automate the aging process and skip the cleanup

ADHD is "I'll just check Instagram for 5 minutes" emerges 3 hours later knowing how to make artisanal cheese

ADHD is your emotions having the volume control of a broken TV remote

ADHD is color-coding your life then forgetting what the colors mean

ADHD is hyperfocusing for 8 hours on a hobby you'll abandon next week

ha! i love that, feels like the paper version of my brain tbh. chaotic but kinda works if you don’t question it too hard

oof yeah that’s a haul, but man, I get it. for me it’s trail walks right before sunset. no earbuds, just letting my brain wander while my feet do their thing. closest I’ve come to peace without a passport

ha yes, deep specialization in that one. i’m actually chairing the department next semester

ADHD is having a PhD in overthinking and a kindergarten degree in starting

ADHD is being a time traveler who only visits the past (regrets) and future (anxiety) but never the present

Me: "I'll get up early and be productive."
ADHD: "Actually, let's lie here and plan our entire life while never moving."

ADHD means your idea of "putting something away" is moving it to a different pile with good intentions.

Me: "I'll put this important document somewhere safe."
ADHD: "Congratulations, it now exists in the Bermuda Triangle of your filing system."

My brain can remember the exact layout of my childhood friend's house but not what I opened this app to do 3 seconds ago.

adhd life

ADHD means you can hyperfocus on arranging your bookshelf by color but eating lunch is apparently rocket science.

ADHD means your brain runs background apps you didn't know you downloaded and can't figure out how to close.

Me: "I'll just take a quick shower."

ADHD: "Shower thoughts activated: What if we solved world hunger while shampooing?"

My adhd brain will spend 4 hours perfecting the wording of a text message then send it to the wrong person anyway, because accuracy is apparently optional.

ADHD isn't just "being emotional." It's feeling everything at 347% intensity while trying to convince the world you're totally fine.

ADHD means you can diagnose plot holes in movies from the first scene but can't remember why you walked into this room.