Re: How does one get caught up in life so you can start “fresh”?

[Anonymous]

Get diagnosed. There are many possibilities that look like ADHD and some of them could

be bad for you and baby so you need accurate diagnosis as quickly as possible. The first

thing you should do is ask for an appointment to see if you have ADHD and get treatment

if you do. There’s usually a wait so you should do it first before anything else.

Don’t be afraid of meds. When they work [ and they usually do ] you won’t want to go back

to the chaos and stress you are going through right now and you sure won’t miss it. Even while

pregnant it is likely that you can work out a plan that’s safe for baby while helping you too.

 

 

While you’re waiting for that first appointment, shrink that mountain of todo lists by delegating

more tasks and only keeping the ones nobody else can do. Coordinate people instead of

tasks and all the work will get done in time for you to fine tune the results with time to spare.

A coordinator doesn’t do the work and fall behind, they decide who does and when they do it.

Don’t forget to assign work to the people who hired you. They tend to be the best volunteers

because it’s their show, after all, and they’re already invested in getting it done.

Gardening is not one of our strong suits so leave it to others until you get better at managing

more important things, like your ADHD and the bills. Hand off extra unscheduled things like

painting house or doing taxes to hubby too, or at least do them together. As the coordinator

of your household you can put him to work and he’ll tend to be the best volunteer too.

 

 

If the house tends to be a clutter pack up everything you can live without [this season] and get

those boxes out of sight. Less stuff to organize and clean may not solve the clutter completely

but when you can clean up in an hour instead of taking all day it tends to get done more often

and becomes less of a distraction. It changes your home from a chore factory to a comfort zone.

This is especially true if you work from home. Simplicity at home will pay off big in many ways.

A side benefit of such a plan is you get to raid your supply every once in awhile and flip the

whole house or a room at a time into new modes when you feel like it and when it’ll be fun.

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