I felt like I had to find a quiet spot, alone, to read the 'Awakening' which I managed to do. The insights were amazing and I realised exactly what I needed to do at the time. I took action on the way home and am waiting for the outcome - not impatiently like I would have done, but with the realisation that things don't have to be perfect immediately and that I had other options I could follow up. One much happier person here, and looking forward to Day 6

Just started the ADHD Awakening Assessment and realized my "spinning" when I'm overwhelmed isn't being a flake - it's my brain refusing to fake that one impossible demand matters less than another. Turns out the systems that kept failing me weren't built for how my mind actually works. Curious where this goes next.

Today I had an appointment I did NOT want to go to. In my head? I had already: ❌ Rescheduled it ❌ Cancelled it ❌ Pushed it to "next week" …about 100 times before I even got out of bed 🛌 My avoidance was so loud that instead of planning to go, I: 🧹 Tidied the entire living room 🧹 Cleaned upstairs 🧹 Found corners of the house I forgot existed (ADHD productivity = doing literally anything except the thing 🌀) And then somewhere in all that scrubbing, a tiny voice landed 💡 "JUST TAKE THE PAIN UP FRONT." To be honest it was more like @Jim Ebbelaar was enthusiastically screaming in my head, suggesting that I could also just go and take the pain now... instead of avoiding... and keep living in that state for another week.... In Dutch we have this perfect phrase: 🍏 door de zure appel heen bijten. Bite the sour apple. Just go through it. Don't drag it out for another week of dread. Take it now and be free tonight ✨ So I got in the car 🚗 I drove there 🛣️ I sat through it 🪑 I endured the pain 😝 I came home 🏡 It was hard. AND. It's done 🎯 No rescheduling. No "tomorrow Renée." No 100 more mental cancellations. Just… done 💐 If there's something you've been avoiding all week, this is your sign 🌟 Take the zure appel today 🍏 Future-you will be SO grateful tonight 💖 What's YOUR zure appel this week? Drop it in the comments and let's eat them together 👇🌈

I just finished the three sections of ADHD Snapshot and discovered something I'd never connected with before: the addiction that plagued me wasn't the real problem, but rather my brain's way of escaping a disorder that didn't have a name. The moment I learned the name, everything started to change. I'm 23, and I want to turn my experience into a career in which I treat others.

Just completed all 5 sections of the Awakening Assessment, and I realized something: the same drive that has me spending hours perfecting an invoice so a customer sees a "professional, not just an any day joe" is the exact gift that makes overwhelmed people feel like the impossible just got easy. Turns out my wiring isn't the problem. It's the point. Now, I'm about to prepare for the report after this second round.