Christy Lingo

🤣🤣🤣 This is so me! If I start a story, buckle up. You're in for a ride.

Cis woman, 44 years old

Do you struggle to feed your family as an #adhdmom?

I do!

Decision making, motivation, & task initiation are all EF involved in the meal planning process. No wonder we struggle.

Creating family favorites list has helped me so I don't have use as much dopamine figuring out what to make each week.

I could retire early with the money I spent on planners I barely used over the years...🤣 #adhd

Motivation, task initiation, prioritization, and time management are all executive functions.

So it makes sense that those things may be a struggle for those of us with #adhd.

But with practice and accountability, we can start to actually follow through and see progress on our goals.

Hey! Stop eavesdropping on my brain! 🤣

🧠: hey, remember [important thing]?

me: crap, yeah… but I can’t do anything about it now, I’m focusing on something else

🧠: but if you don’t do it now, I’m never going to remind you about this again

me: …fine, I’ll do it now

🧠: hey, I just remembered another thing…

I often remark about irony of the hoops us ADHDers have jump through to get a diagnosis and our medication. I am the WORST at remembering anything.

Long to-do lists can feel incredibly overwhelming for #ADHD brains.

Could be due decision making about what to do?

Or prioritizing what to do first?

Or maybe it's because none of it feels fun or exciting?

Making simpler list can be one step in helping quell overwhelm & initiate tasks.

Guilty...😬

What are you grateful for today?

Did you know that practicing gratitude can help boost your dopamine and serotonin levels?

Or that it can help you rebound from RSD quicker by helping your brain to reframe negative thoughts?

Who knew gratitude could be so helpful for your #adhd mindset!?!

Yep. Feels very "Wednesday after holiday break and 2 snow days" appropriate. 🤪

The more you tell yourself something, the more likely you are to believe it.

Which is why regular positive affirmations are so important for us #adhd entrepreneurs and #adhdmoms looking to reframe our mindset in a more positive way.

What's your affirmation for today?

Advertise your account with one Simpsons image

Textpost: "People with ADHD have Ferrari engines, bicycle wheels, and shopping cart steering." Ferrari Engines ist underlined

And the La Cucaracha melody as a horn

#adhd #adhs #adhdbrain #meme

Please tell me you'll be addressing all of this on TMYK tonight...😉

I started keeping mine right next to my alarm clock to I take it first thing. Otherwise, I have to count what's left in the bottle to figure it out. 🤪

What's the worst thing leftover in your fridge? 😬

Take a few minutes to clear out any of the holiday leftovers and other food from your fridge that you know no one will eat in your home.

Decluttering the fridge helps #adhd moms with meal planning and helps us find what we have when we need it.

Always a good reminder!

If you've got decluttering on your 2025 Bingo card, try this simple, #ADHD friendly hack this weekend to help jumpstart your progress.

It was helpful for me was when a coach said to think of it as a workout for your brain. Every time an intrusive thought comes in and I recognize it, I have a chance to practice refocusing. And that helps strengthen that muscle for when I need to refocus after distracting thoughts in the real world.

I couldn't wait for my kids to get older so we could vacay instead of presents for Christmas. 🤣

If you've got big plans and goals for your self or your business in 2025, you need to spend time figuring out WHAT you're going to do this month and WHEN you're going to do it.

Scheduling's important bc #ADHD brains love to make plans...but often forget to see how they collide with other plans.

The second Illustration is also me when someone ist telling me sth important.

#adhd #adhdbrain #adhdmeme #meme #neurodivergent

Um, showering. 🤣 Also dishes and wrapping gifts.

Today's tiny task...

Update your calendar for the year with all the dates you don't want to forget

This helps with #adhd because...

A) we see where we've made commitments & helps us avoid overscheduling

B) it can help us remember an event or project that is not happening in the near future

Yes! I'm hearing (and experiencing, if I'm honest) a lot of this right now. I try to stop and ask "what's the quickest means to an end and can I go back and revise/improve it later if I want."

I'm totally stealing your term "ease back into work". The idea of tiptoeing is so much easier to motivate myself with than diving back in head first on Monday.

Success! I've kicked my internal critic out of my brain and I'm ready to move to the next level. Bring it, 2025!