HeyJaredweirdly wired women
In which I talk about ADHD, work, parenting, hobbies, and coping with chaos. Most of it self-induced.
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they like me, they really like me! (but do they though?) (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend!So, there I was, cursor hovering over the send button, rereading it for the 75 zillionth time. It was a reply to a meeting request. All of one sentence.“I’ll join the Tuesday call about 30 minutes late, and I’ll be on for the full call on Thursdays.”But my brain…Is that right? Should I add a reason? Too much? Not enough? Does “about 30 minutes” sound flaky? Should I say “around”? Wait, does it sound like I’m not taking this seriously? Maybe I should add something warm at the en
the best kind of villagers (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend!This morning, my son fell into the bathroom time vortex.I don’t know what it is about the bathroom, but I remember spacing out in there as a kid. And I still do it. Something about the water running, the small space, the mirror…I don’t know. But time ceases to exist in there (despite the ginormous wall clock). Anyway, I tried to prod him along, which was my mistake. My deadline adrenaline kicks me into action. His deadline adrenaline sends him into a spiral.Normally he makes th
deadline dopamine is not a food group (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend!I’m still alive. I feel like an embarrassing number of my posts start like that, but c'est la vie. Since they laid me off before I could quit back in February, I’ve picked up a few clients that need proposal writers but not full-time. Which is true for many small and mid-sized businesses. Anyway, for those of you not in the world of proposals, mid-summer into early fall is a very busy season. Think of an accountant in the months leading up to April 15th. So, I’ve been swamped f
leak: 1, two+ years of procrastination: 0 (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend!In early 2024, I decided I’d had enough with my stupid bathroom sink. <img alt="photo of my bathroom sink" class="sizing-normal" height="1600"
i’m an IDGAF, thanks for asking (opens the original)
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Hey there, friend!Years ago, I interviewed at a company where every single person had a little framed graphic on their desk, right next to their name.It was basically a quadrant graph with a color in each one representing different drives and tendencies, turned into a visual profile of how you liked to communicate. I learned they were one of the three graphics generated by the Personalysis assessment, which I had to take as part of the interview process. The idea was that when you approached som
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