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Overwhelm is my Choice

By totallyaddauthor

We are working on the last stages of four new videos. Follow ups to ADD & Loving It?! Count ‘em, Four!
On Saturday, June 9, Patrick and I will be on the air on the Baltimore PBS station, MPT, for the world premiere of ADD & Mastering It!…

Rick | TotallyADD Blog

I Got Rhythms… I Just Never Noticed

By totallyaddauthor

Had an interesting experience a few days back. My energy was up, I was workin’ away, and then my energy flagged a bit… and then went up a bit… and then (sound of slide whistle going down) THUD!
Suddenly, it’s like I’m 88 years old. Falling asleep at 3:00 in the afternoon, while reading. And what was I reading?…

Adult ADHD | Rick | TotallyADD Blog

Getting In Shape

By totallyaddauthor

When I started training for the bike rally I was 20 pounds overweight, and had enough muscle to be able to get up from my computer, get to the dining room table and then make it to bed.   

Adult ADHD | Rick | TotallyADD Blog

The Power Of Teamwork

By totallyaddauthor

So I’ve been blogging about how I, an ADHD adult, managed to train for a 368 mile/6 day bike rally in less than three months. Bearing in mind that I was out of shape, didn’t have a bike, hadn’t ridden in years, and the other 190 riders had been training for 6 weeks.
I pulled it off using the same strategies I’ve used to manage and even master my ADHD…

Adult ADHD | Rick | TotallyADD Blog

Make Things Work For You

By totallyaddauthor

Once I’d committed to doing the rally, I started training. But I had to use a mountain bike with ancient knobby tires. Even adjusting the seat didn’t hide the fact that it was a girl’s bike.

Adult ADHD

ADHD Strategies: Chunking it Up

By totallyaddauthor

I had to break the bike rally into chunks. Manageable chunks.And since I didn’t own a bike, hadn’t ridden one in a decade, was out of shape, overweight and late to start the training regime, those chunks had to be very, very minute to be manageable.

Rick | TotallyADD Blog

I'm Right, and Everyone Else is Wrong

By totallyaddauthor

There are 7 billion people on the planet. None of them are living exactly the way I do. They don’t share the exact same beliefs about everything, or the exact same interests. And since I always do what I think is right, that makes them, everyone else wrong. Am I right? Of course I am.