Hi, my name is Shanon, I’m from the great American state of Tennessee, and I am currently a SAHM of a 4 y/o. I am just recently realizing I might be as ADHD as my (diagnosed in childhood) brother. So happy to have come across Jim and this challenge! Excited to figure out how best to stop beating myself up and start understanding and tapping into my non-standard "operating system." You can ask me questions about: - Anything you want, as long as you don't require expert answers ;-) - Mom-life and home-schooling (early days since me and the wee one are just getting started) - The Bible! I am a Christian and a bit of a Bible research nerd. I want to get these things from ADHD Harmony: 1. Recognizing my masking behaviors and peeling them away to see (and let others see) who I truly am and where I need to grow to become my best future self. Can't get where I am going I I don't know where I'm starting from. 2. Tools to help me develop systems that really work WITH my brain instead of beating my head against the wall. 3. Understand ADHD better, for myself and to be a better sister for my brother. Also, for my son. I see him struggling with things that may be indicators that he inherited my special squirrely brain powers. If so, I want to understand better so I can help him grow up understanding his special operating system instead of feeling broken and just not good enough like I did. For fun, I like to: 1. Read, pretty much anything, but the Bible and mystery/political thriller novels have special places in my heart. 2. Sing and dance! Mostly randomly in the kitchen, car, or grocery aisles. 3. Solve puzzles of all kinds. Except for Rubick's cubes. I loathe those.

Wrapped up my Day 5 questions last evening. On a very large scale, I’m not a fan of reframing events, especially when they are hurtful, primarily because my brain knows what I’m trying to do, rendering it ineffective. In the Transformation Report, there were zero calls to “reframe” anything. Simply put, it took aspects of life and placed them in context, my ADHD context, not the neurotypical context. I truly hope all who completed the 5 days read through their report and can say the same thing.

Last night, I realized that something has quietly shifted for me — and I wanted to share it here. This week, I’ve been working from my new place and sleeping at my soon-to-be old place (they’re about a 15-minute walk apart). Along the way, I noticed a couple of small moments where I forgot things. I also became more aware of how certain setups either support my brain… or work against it. What stood out wasn’t the forgetting — it was what the forgetting means now. Before, it would frustrate me. Now, I know it’s safe to forget again. I’m no longer in survival-mode hypervigilance. I can be present, notice, adjust, and keep moving. Environment matters so much for those of us with ADHD. We don’t need to try harder — we need to reduce friction and design spaces that actually support how our brains work. We’re all at different phases — but… We’re not lazy. We’re not broken. There’s nothing wrong with us. And it genuinely brings joy to my heart seeing so many of you begin to realize these truths too. We’re all learning to work with our brains instead of against them — and that process starts with awareness. In many ways, we’re wired for things others might even envy — creativity, depth, intuition, resilience. The work is learning how to protect our nervous systems, reduce unnecessary pressure (reduce friction), and let those strengths show up without burning ourselves out. One small shift at a time really does add up. 🌱 (Brings to mind the penny story from The Slight Edge. If you’re not familiar, Google it and get ready 🤯) It’s a pleasure to be here with you. 🦅😊🙏

I pulled out the invoices, put them in the email for October and sent it. Did the same for November but I was missing 2 invoices. So I checked and found that I had skipped August. I added a note to my boss, attached the August ones and sent. Now I just forget about it i feel good! 😊

Did I close the loop, no I did not. But I did make progress. A client whose payroll is just fubar and I am the one tasked to figure it out and clean it up. So, I did dig in and think a have a decent plan to diagnose, repair and build a template so this does not happen again. So the dopamine is trickling.