Once again, let’s be human and check in with each other.
How are you doing? How do you feel about the week behind you and the one ahead of you? Any rants or raves? Share whatever feels right!
Discussion can be about ADHD or off-topic.
As I am not a mod of this community, I do not have the capacity to pin this post. I plan on making a post on Sundays where we can check in throughout the week as needed.
Please let me know if there is a better way of doing this - any ideas are welcome :). Grateful to be a part of this community.
Late to the party finally starting meds. Mixed emotions and increased productivity so overall win. Now how do I get caught up on the insane things I haven’t gotten done…
Congratulations on starting meds and feeling more productive! I hope it bring more peace and calm into your life.
Now how do I get caught up on the insane things I haven’t gotten done…
Slowly but consistently. Remember that you want to be building new habits while catching up on things. Everyone is different, of course, but I find it helpful to schedule small consistent bursts of productivity instead of that all-consuming focus we can have. I love the concept of “slow productivity.” It can be defined as working at a slower pace on fewer tasks at a time to increase productivity and satisfaction. It’s really hard for me to do, but it’s done really good things for my mental health. You’ve got this!
Thank you. I appreciate it and I will definitely try this. Between increasing life stress several moves (for both myself and my friends and family) job issues and a med journey (tried several ssris before finally getting prescribed Ritalin, though they want me to stay in my current meds despite feeling like they aren’t helping) everything has gone off the rails. Perhaps slowing down is the best course of action.
Goodness, it sounds like you’ve been going through a lot. Do you feel burnt out? I used to think “burnt out” meant tired, but then I learned it has other symptoms, like being cynical, feeling helpless, diminished creativity, an inability to embrace complexity, and a sense that you can never do enough. Then I was like “OH, I’m really burnt out and have been for a while, I need a break.”
And I totally get that life doesn’t necessarily give us breaks, but all of this is just to say, try to be gentle with yourself. It’s OK if you can’t be your 100% right now. No one would be able to if they were in your shoes. Here’s to things getting better!
Happy to hear the meds are helping though the emotion affect does not sound cool. Hope I didn’t misunderstand. I feel you on the task overwhelm. The meds definitely helped me be more productive and to use the actual strategies I’ve been trying to learn to deal with it, but it’s slow going. They help but they are not a magic fix all. I have come to the acceptance that it’s going to take me a long time to get “caught up” if that’s even possible and am learning to be okay with that. Years of not dealing with stuff can’t just be completed overnight. Be kind to yourself and take it day by day, one step at a time. You got this.
I’m pretty new to being a woman. It’s been a rough week, but I’ve done my best to reach out to friends for support, and that resulted in me finding a nice tiny volunteering bar, with a lot of queer folks and I had a wonderful time
I forgot how much a work out can do to help with my mood. I have been a lot more sensitive to sounds and triggers this last week, and I’ve been feeling so much better today, after going to the gym. How’s everyone else approaching this, any tips for motivating myself to go to the gym when the weather sucks and you just want to stay at home?
I’m okay. This has been a weird week. Working Black Friday was fun, but yesterday definitely came up negative in the end of day calculations. I abruptly lost a friend (like we’re not friends anymore; she’s not dead) mid day. Then one of my budtenders cut the hair of another budtender, right at the end of the night. So that’s a problem. But tomorrow I’m off work. Time to regroup. Next week will be better.
one of my budtenders cut the hair of another budtender
like, suddenly, without consent? Work can be so weird sometimes. I hope this week started off well for you!
Yeah, yeah… idk. I got all my details after the fact from a third party. When it happened, I had already pulled drawers and was focused on counting money and closing. Neither of the people involved felt the need to say anything to me about it. Apparently there was some joking around about cutting hair? It was “haha what if…” playing until suddenly it wasn’t? Then almost everyone fucked off as soon as we were fully closed. Of course BOTH of the budtenders involved have been having their own independant behavior and performance issues. So it’s complicated.
Fortunately I don’t have to see either of them until at least Thursday. I’m actually at work right now covering for the hair cutter… Hopefully he won’t be too mopey about getting written up, because he could have been fired for assault if she really wanted that.
Sounds intense, damn. Would you happen to be in CO? I feel like my local dispensary would get into shenanigans, they are such fun people. Maybe just not the hair cutting kind, lol.
Last week was pretty good, only worked 3 days because of Thanksgiving. Ended up having dinner with my inlaws and then going to my best friends later that day. All in all I can’t complain. It was nice having 4 days off, i managed to have a productive day of yard work yesterday, wanted to finish it today but that was not in the cards. not sure what my issue today is, spent most of the day in bed not feeling well, hopefully I feel better tomorrow as I have a full week at work next week.
I am also a bit frustersted at myself right now because I need to find a second reference for my passport application. I have not been great at keeping friends/acquaintances so I’m trying to figure that out so I can finally get my passport situated. Not really sure what to do so I’ve been avoiding it.
So yeah, my week wasn’t too bad, aside from me feeling under the weather today and the passport issues and also trying to figure out how I’m going to balance school and work come January. But I will get it sorted. At least I’m finally trying to get my crap together. It’s been one hell of a year but I am coming out the other side better off than when I went into it last january.
It’s been one hell of a year but I am coming out the other side better off than when I went into it last january.
It’s great that you are able to say this! Still plenty of time to regroup for 2024. I hope you are able to find that second reference and get your passport sorted - any travel plans for when you do?
I am hoping to travel back home(well my old home rather) to Canada to visit my family. Haven’t been back since I moved away 12 years ago. I have time to do the passport though, I am waiting for summer when its warmer.
Oh, I hope it’s a lovely trip when you go! I haven’t been back home (Russia) in years for obvious reasons, so it’s always exciting when I hear about someone getting to go home.
It will be interesting to see how much/little has changed since I’ve been back. I grew up in a small town so definitely a different lifestyle to where I live now. I’m sorry to hear you haven’t been able to travel back to your birth country. My sister in law(who I haven’t met yet) is from Russia too. Hopefully some day you both will be able to go back and visit. I’m just thankful the only thing holding me back from visiting my home country is my own procrastination and avoidance of dealing with things. That and money.
Thank you. Hopefully Putin will die soon and maybe there will be a short period of normalcy… maybe.
New hyper focus: Trigun. I watched the “retelling” Trigun: Stampede anime and it was awesome. It’s reinvigorated my love of the IP and I’m re-reading the manga for the first time in like 20 years. My poor emotions.
My lovely boyfriend is out returning a standing desk for me because it has a cracked desktop. He knows I would have delayed returning it because of executive dysfunction. He did everything, including chatting with customer service for me.
Not looking forward to returning to work tomorrow after my 4 day Thanksgiving weekend though.
