I've been thinking about this space and it's function - why do I blog? How regularly do I want to blog? What do I want to talk about?
Here's the thing : I have adult ADD. I pretty much embody the grasshopper that sang all-freaking-summer. With a few tweaks.
As infrequent as my posts have been (and they've been EXTREMELY infrequent), they've mostly been sunny, positive, optimistic - Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy types. Think Joy from Inside Out. On happy pills. Ok, I exaggerate a smidge. Just a wee,... Continue Reading →
It's kind of a mixed bag (in terms of how helpful/unhelpful they are...) I eat them away (what I learned in French class is also called "La faim émotionelle" - not always a good thing?) I ignore them - a.k.a... Continue Reading →
Announcing another name change is interesting. It gave me the chance to look at where I began, and the evolutions that have followed since. Not just in terms of my blog (which for the moment is fairly dormant - dormant, but not dead), but also in terms how I view my life with ADHD...
Hello 2025! This is the year - yes, yes, I know we've all heard that before. I'm saying it anyway. This is the year! This is the year I choose a little differently. This is the year I choose peace... Continue Reading →
Spring's here! Or it would be, if we had spring. Summer's here with a vengeance, with upcoming threats of water shortages to boot. This quirky grasshopper finds herself feeling hopeful (like the title of this posts suggests) but also well... Continue Reading →
TBH, I haven't done any research on this. I haven't fully thought it through either. It's just something that's been stewing at the back of my head. I've been mulling over the following, in particular: Do I have self-limiting beliefs... Continue Reading →
After a two-year unofficial "break" from blogging, I'm baaaaaaack! M.Ed long over, working in a small learning centre. Happily, joyfully so. Most days I consider myself blessed. Actively beginning the hunt for a counsellor/therapist again - fingers crossed. Adding one more "label" to my identity. . .
I feel demotivated, and tired, and I DON'T KNOW WHY! I have three more weeks left to graduate. If there were ever a good time for my motivation to kick in (and I mean, really kick in - not in little spurts and sputters), this would really be it! (*Ahem, Ahem* - Motivation, if you're out there, that was your queue to show up! Don't make me 'full name you'/ 'use my teacher voice'!)
I went for a week-end long watercolour study workshop sometime last December, hosted by my friend and former colleague (she's A-Ma-ZING!) and have kind of been bitten by the bug!
She went over the following basics with us:
The adventures of a quirky grasshopper 