MindfullyADD
Among the many discoveries at the CHADD conference in New Orleans was Casey Dixon’s mindfulness website. Go to my resources page for the link to her site. Casey and Winne Kinder presented to a standing room only classroom of people interested in mindfulness for minds like ours.
CHADD in The Big Easy 2015
Good meeting, on and off topic!
We had a good turnout for the November 2 ADDnashville meeting. The topic was “Are you making the right bet?” In other words, you are likely making the “wrong bet” if you are: (1) always betting that the worst case scenario is the most probable outcome (anxious); (2) buying the notion that nothing is worth trying because you are going to fail (depressed), or (3) not anticipating at all before you leap (impulsive)? Off topic discussions were useful, especially regarding tools and strategies for effectively using “to do” lists, with electronic devices and paper. C shared information on an app that she uses, one that she said has a snooze function. “It won’t leave you alone,” she said. I’m not sure how it is spelled, but she referred to the app as “any do.” And B shared how he syncs up all his devices so that his lists are always wherever he is. E keeps a notepad with him, which he feels is much more reliable than his memory. Thanks to all for making the new participants, and returning participants, feel valued and welcomed. See you November 16. TMH
Three items at the grocery
I arrived home from work Wednesday night, and my wife asked, “Did you get my text?” No, my ringer was off. She wanted three items to finish making her black bean chili. I wanted to impress her with how quickly I could make a run to the grocery, and so I left without my jacket. At the checkout counter I discovered that I had neither my wallet, nor my phone. I went to the service desk to use the store’s phone. Just as my wife answered, Barry from the ADD support group walked up to me to say hi and ask if I needed his phone. Just my wallet, I told him. To my wife: “Would you ask Lindsay (my daughter) to bring my jacket to Publix. Barry from the support group is standing beside me as we speak.”
Lindsay laughs without rolling her eyes these days because she doesn’t have to live with my ADHD. She has her own place. She delivered my jacket with a smile. My wife laughed and was sympathetic that I tried and failed to make this a quick trip for her.