6.17.25: ADHD

ADHD is like waking up inside a browser with 37 tabs open, two of them playing music you can’t find. You start five tasks and finish none. Deadlines feel like background noise until they’re on fire. People think it’s forgetfulness. It’s not. It’s too much remembering at once. You overthink, then underperform. You’re exhausted from doing nothing but thinking everything. Still, you find your rhythms. Little tricks. Noise-canceling headphones, Pomodoro timers, to-do lists you mostly ignore. Some days, you crush it. Other days, survival is the win. You don’t want perfection. Just peace. Just one tab at a time.