Storytime: ADHD & The Ease of Making Soup

ADHD is fun. And by fun I mean a cruel time waster. So let me tell you a story…

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So all day I was craving some soup. I make soup in a particular pot. Because ADHD I took a while (some hours) to actually get motivated to grab the pot, to make the soup. So I got up and looked in all the usual places and couldn’t find the pot. So I rested for a few hours and then decided to try again. I looked in another spot, and couldn’t find the pot.

At some point, I realized I was too hungry to wait to find the pot to cook this soup. I’d have to just eat something else. So I went in the refrigerator, made a quick bowl of awesomeness including quinoa that was in the pot in the fridge. I enjoyed my vegan meal, did some work, went back to resting.

Urge came up later, that I needed something to eat so I should get up and find that pot so I could make my soup. After searching EVERY logical place for the pot, I still didn’t find it. I was a little frustrated, but just decided it was already 10pm so I guess I just wouldn’t eat.

So around 10:15, a thought crossed my mind. The last time I couldn’t find the pot, it ended up being in the fridge. I had cooked rice in it. And it was right about then that I realized that not only did I grab quinoa from THE POT to make myself a vegan bowl earlier. I also grabbed that SAME POT hours ago to make my daughter’s dinner plate.

So now, at 10:40, I am making my soup, because I am very hungry.

*BTW feel free to save your “that’s not ADHD, I do that all the time” comments. Not interested. (You may lowkey have it, too. 😆)

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Inner Guidance & Emotional Rollercoasters

Today, I did something different… like a little weird. 😂 I sought guidance from… within.

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Okay, doing that is not that weird for me, but “who” I sought guidance from was the interesting part. I ended up learning something really cool and insightful. I’d love to share that story with you, so please press play to check out today’s podcast.

Blessings!

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Have the Best Day You Can

Today, I woke up with every intention to be in a good place. I paid attention to the beauty of the sky, that the leaves are returning to the trees, that the grass is green again. I tried so hard to focus on the good stuff.

AND despite my efforts to be positive, irritating stuff kept showing up.

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As I write this description after the fact, I think that sometimes we have uneasiness going on within, deep beneath the surface, and without realizing it that energy is impacting our day. I may post a separate podcast as a follow-up to this one. (I recorded one, and I’m still a little nervous to post it.)

For now check out today’s podcast, as I share how I navigated the nonsense.

Blessings!

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

ADHD & The Simplicity of Making Stir Fry

Mannnnnn…. it just took me the most unreasonable amount of time to make the simplest meal. But let me tell you why…

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It used to really p*ss me off when one of my siblings would ask me why I was so tired. I was a stay-at-home mom, raising a toddler, and they were doing the 9 to 5 thing. They felt that all I did was sit at home all day so I had no reason to be tired. I could never articulate why I was always exhausted, but I knew I had good reason.

I’m about to tell you a story about how much effort it took for me to complete ONE task today. I believe that by the end of the story you’ll understand why I’m tired all the time. 😂

Having ADHD is a trip. Check out the podcast by pressing play above. It’s gonna be fun.

Blessings!

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist