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Is It Really Collecting Hobbies? Or Is It Darker Than That?

I will never forget the sound of his shock: “You did what?” Turns out forming an LLC correctly takes more than a few clicks and dollars. But I didn’t have time to wait and figure that out.

Podcast: ASMR Working Memory Failure

Recorded live on May 1st, 2026 This wasn't supposed to be an episode. I've been trying to find more ways to overcome my strange block to creating content here, and one suggestion I got from another content creator was "just put on a mic or

A Free Downloadable ADHD Self-Care Bingo Zine

Fold it up, put it in your pocket, and every once in a while during the day you can mark off things as you do them. Use a red pen, or get some little stickers, or maybe even an actual bingo stamp to mark things off as you do them. The prize for getting five-in-a-row? You’re that much healthier. WIN!

An ancient engraving of a demon in the form of a naked man with a unicorn's head.

How I Accidentally Created My ADHD-aemon

There are times when writing about ADHD executive functions feels like I’m voicing some weird productivity dalek from Dr. Who: “Externalize! Externalize! EXTERNALIZE!!” It’s a hollow complaint, though, because the truth is I *love* finding ways to externalize executive functions.

Not everything can be blamed on ADHD.

But more than you think: a case study. One of the reasons the internet is saturated with ADHD content is that along with improvements in the diagnostic methods there has been a huge amount of communication, research, and shared experiences that reveal challenges far beyond the “I forget things and

Handwriting says “Oh, now that makes sense.”

The Maxims of ADHD

A lot of maxims, truisms, corollaries, and such got left on the metaphorical cutting room floor. In the interest of completeness and inclusion, here are some of the related phenomena that have epitomized my experience of ADHD:

Handwriting that shows the words “Deliberate Movement towards Joy.”

DawnLines: A Gentler Morning Journal Routine

The idea of three pages... seems too much, first thing in the morning. I started wondering if there might be gentler on-ramp into brainfulness...

SCIENCE! Shows Notebooks are Best for ADHD Brains

The TL;DR for those who are not quite as brain nerdy is that between taking notes by typing, writing notes on a tablet, or making notes in a physical notebook, the most brain activity (related to comprehension and retention) came from good old dead-tree-and-ink.

Five Reasons You Should Buy That Cool Notebook

In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need an excuse. The poet Toi Derricotte’s told us already: “joy is an act of resistance” and Mari Kondo said that things that spark joy are worth keeping, so if picking up that Oasis notebook from ProFolio makes that dopamine flow, more power to ya!

The First ADHD Open Space Zine!

Part of moving away from other platforms like Substack and Medium has to include making it worth your while. Sure, getting the posts via email is fun, but how about something you can actually hold in your hands. I've been enjoying learning about, reading, and creating "zines&

The Creator Economy is Rigged Against ADHDers

We thrive on novelty. An interesting niche is just a dopamine surge away from becoming a cage, a pit, a trap! We may carry our hyperfocus-enabled expertise with us, but we don’t want to share it any more — not when there’s that Shiny New Subject that we’re learning about.

a gray dark clock has the hands spiked and taped in place.

I'm Not Time-Blind. You're Time-Delusional.

Things you learn in moments of extreme grief, part one. ⚱️Content warning: death. My family recently had a huge and sudden loss on September 6, and I'm still in the midst of dealing with the immediate effects. The long term effects will be with me forever. But when

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How to Keep Chaotic Clutter from the Trap of Horizontal Surfaces.

Tables, desks, counters — they are magnets for the detritus of life. This is how you fight back. Look at your desk. Or your dining room table. Or the end table next to the couch you’re sitting in. Here, I’ll show you mine: Pretty cluttered, right? And it is

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Everything I Needed to Know About Managing Adult ADHD I Learned From Star Trek

I am the voyages of the Braincraft Gray. My lifelong mission: to eke out good life and well-thought-out decisions. To boldly go where my brain has never gone before… (Cue theremin and whooshing spaceship noises!)

A satchel is next to a notebook, iPad mini, and several cords and other accessories.

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The ADHD Every Day Carry, One Year Later

"Yes, there were still times that I forgot something — my wallet, my meds, my notebook. But here’s the thing: it was never because I’d forgotten to bring along the little satchel that holds my EDC."