Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins. Edith Wharton When I’m planning my day, I enjoy finding a good inspirational quote to start the day. This morning, I came across Edith’s quote from her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Age of Innocence. After a high-level read of her life, I checked out …
Have you ever felt uncomfortable when a coworker, even one you’re pretty good friends with at work asks to follow you on Instagram, to be friends on Facebook, or wants to watch your TikTok videos? @Careersbykirstie on TikTok has some great advice on dealing with social media and friends at work. Don’t feel obligated just …
Some smart stuff from some smart people… If you don’t like it, you can dip. @RaquelMartinPHD | August 15, 2022In response to criticism for not dressing more “professionally” as a doctor.
Stop telling employers how much you make! Tip from @Careersbykirstie, 8/9/22 Employers are actually banned in over 20 states from asking about your pay history Thinking back to how many times I’ve shared my pay history on applications, in interviews, and on my resume, I wonder how often I got paid less or didn’t make …
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Listen Daniel Tiger, I know, I know…but it’s so hard to STOP. If you’re a mom with ADHD, you know exactly what I’m talking about. And it’s not the kids. Add some pelvic floor weakness and we have ourselves a…situation. When you have to go potty, stop and go right away (song) Lyrics from PBS …
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I’m working on a system for managing my tasks at work. Side note: Spending hours creating, re-creating, testing, tweaking, improving and changing processes and systems for managing tasks is one of my favorite hobbies (or toxic ADHD traits depending on how you look at it). I was about to title my brain dump of tasks …
Persistence without insight will achieve the same result. The Armorer We watched an episode of Boba Fett last night, which was really just an episode of The Mandalorian, and while he’s training to learn how to properly use the darksaber, the Armorer tells him his body is strong but his mind is distracted. What if …
If you don’t enjoy affirmations, give iffirmations a try. Chrstine Gibson shared the idea, and I love it. How to try it out: Step 1: Try some regular affirmations and notice how it feels in your body. Step 2: Add “What if” to each affirmation and notice how it feels in your body. Does one …
Updated 08/17/22 Do you ever come across an ADHD tip you want to try, and then it just goes into the blackhole to disappear and maybe one day you’ll come across it again and think, “Oh yeah, I was going to try that!” To help combat that, I’ve tried a few different things like bookmarks, …
