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Discounting orthodox advice and trusting my process

By RUTH BARTLETT

23rd Jun 2022


In the last of this series of posts about listening to and working with my brain, I’d like to catalogue some of the orthodox advice my brain has rejected. Before my ADHD diagnosis I was caught in a cycle of inspiration, implementation, failure and giving up. I banged my head against the...

23/06/2024 15:15 - Comment(s)
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Life-saving software alert

By RUTH BARTLETT

Life-saving software alert

Life-changing software alert. I've recently (belatedly) realised that user-friendly software does exist but it is produced by independent developers who are less interested in harvesting data and more interested in finding solutions to problems.

I cannot overstate the problems that files cause for me...
09/04/2024 16:02 - Comment(s)
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Discounting orthodox advice and trusting my process

By RUTH BARTLETT

Discounting orthodox advice and trusting my process

 Before my ADHD diagnosis I was caught in a cycle of inspiration, implementation, failure and giving up. I banged my head against the “should” wall sporadically, forgetting how much it hurt the first time, telling myself that I could find a way through if I just tried harder. More post-it notes...

11/01/2024 23:34 - Comment(s)
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Utility keyrings

By RUTH BARTLETT

Utility keyrings

Keeping accessories that can easily get lost on a keyring is a godsend for anyone who tends to lost track of their stuff. My keyring obsession began with carabiners. I got sick of losing hair bobbles while camping, so I started to keep them on a carabiner, and have been using them ever since. Y...

06/04/2023 20:56 - Comment(s)
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Special stuff

By RUTH BARTLETT

Special stuff

Special Stuff


I haven’t written here in ages because I’ve been working. And before that I was hyperfocussing on (in no particular order) keyrings, colour-coding, magazine-holders, Google Sheets, Alexa routines, Zapier automation, travel bags, transparent boxes, transparent bags, photo sto...

06/10/2022 14:27 - Comment(s)
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