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Meet Theo 🧠

Meet Theo 🥹🧠⚔️ he’s basically the tiny executive functioning sidekick I wish I’d had years ago. Theo’s whole philosophy is: ✨ make things easier for Future You ✨ externalize what your brain shouldn’t have to hold ✨ reduce unnecessary friction ✨ build better systems instead of demanding

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ADHD hack #1 Remix 👓 keep backup glasses at work 👓

One of my favorite ADHD rules is: If I regularly need something in two places, I probably need two of it. 😂 Glasses are such a good example. Keeping an old or inexpensive backup pair at your desk means forgetting your glasses at home doesn’t suddenly become an ✨entire situation✨. No dri

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ADHD Hack #19: Borrow Consequences 🧠

sometimes “I should do this” simply does not have enough plot for my ADHD brain 😂 one of the ways I work around that is something I call borrowing consequences. my bike is probably my funniest real-life example. “I should exercise today” is a very nice thought. unfortunately, there is abso

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ADHD body doubling is basically magic

sometimes the solution is not more motivation, a better planner, or finally developing self-discipline 😂 sometimes I literally just need to text a friend like “hey can you come sit in my house while I suddenly become capable of doing the 14 things I’ve been avoiding?” body doubling is so funn

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ADHD HACK #17: Give Yourself Side Quests 🎮

Do you ever have one BIG thing you need to work on, but after a while your brain starts trying to escape? 😂 Instead of fighting it, give yourself side quests. When I’m working on a big project, I keep a few smaller, completely different tasks nearby that I’m also excited about. When my bra

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I thought my cat was overstimulating me… turns out I was just hungry. 😂

Meet Boots. My dumpster cat foster fail. I was only supposed to find him a new home. Instead, he found his forever home… and I accidentally got an interoception coach. Every once in a while he’ll be meowing nonstop and I’ll think, “Why is this cat driving me crazy today?” Then I s

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Before You Leave The House Checklist ✅

If you have ADHD, leaving the house can feel like a working memory test. Every time I leave the house, I have two choices: I can trust my working memory… or I can trust a system. I know which one has a better track record. 😂 For years, I thought I just needed to “remember better.”

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my executive functioning team says hi 🐾

i have two tiny supervisors with very strong opinions. 🖤 ✨ sammy, chief supervisor * approves snacks * silently judges my life choices * believes porch patrol is a full-time career ✨ boots, head of security * investigates suspicious socks * alerts me to invisible threats * takes his

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ADHD HACK #16: Pay The ADHD Tax Up Front

One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is that everything with ADHD has a cost. Sometimes we pay with: ✅ Money ✅ Time ✅ Executive functioning Today I had enough executive functioning to chop peppers, potatoes, and vegetables into meal-sized bags for the week. That means Future Me get

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Hero’s Checklist #002: Did You Eat? 🍎⚔️

How many times have you wondered why you couldn’t focus… …only to realize you hadn’t eaten in hours? For many people (especially those of us with executive functioning challenges), eating isn’t always about hunger. Sometimes we: 🧠 Hyperfocus. 📅 Lose track of time. 😅 Get overwhelmed deci

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Home Reset Checklist 🧹

Some days our homes get messy. Some days our brains get messy. Sometimes… they happen at the same time. 🤭 One thing I’ve learned is that cleaning doesn’t always feel overwhelming because of the cleaning itself. Sometimes it’s overwhelming because our brains are trying to figure out wher

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Accidental ADHD Hack ✨

I accidentally left my laptop charger at work today 😬 Normally, I’d have all evening to work on school assignments… which always makes it harder to start. But today with no charger easily accessible? Every percentage point felt like a countdown timer, and suddenly I was flying through as

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ADHD HACK #15: Outsource Your Memory

If you have ADHD, executive dysfunction, object permanence challenges, or struggle to remember things when leaving the house, this simple organization hack might help 🧠✨ Working memory is your brain’s ability to hold and use information for a short period of time. Many ADHD adults find that vis

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happy pride month 🌈

many neurodivergent adults spend years feeling like they have to edit themselves just to be accepted. Borrow My Executive Functioning believes support should feel affirming, accessible, and genuinely safe. however your brain works, however you identify, however your story got you here… you

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ADHD Hack #14

if you have ADHD, the problem usually isn’t being messy. it’s that your brain needs a landing zone. random stuff ends up everywhere because every object becomes a tiny decision. where does this go do i deal with it now what if i need it later what was i doing again this is one of my

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ADHD HACK #13

put your meds where your brain can’t ignore them! i stopped trying to “remember better” and just started putting my meds in the kitchen because apparently being near water is the only way my brain accepts responsibility ☕️ for the longest time i thought forgetting my meds meant i needed more

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relearning personal style w neurodivergence

i think being neurodivergent gave me a really weird relationship with style because honestly… i DID care about clothes and self expression growing up. a lot actually. my mom also did a really good job teaching body neutrality, so i never had this huge “i must hate my body first” storyline.

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how my wearable helped me stop feeling lazy

this last weekend my wearable actually helped me give myself permission to rest before, i probably would’ve tried to push through it and convince myself i was just being lazy or dramatic 😭 but i kept noticing physical signs: higher temperature higher resting heart rate worse sleep more fa

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ADHD HACK #12

adhd hack that accidentally made my apartment cleaner 😭 I started lining my trash cans with multiple bags at once because I realized replacing the bag was causing an entire executive functioning spiral for me. take out trash realize there’s no liner walk to kitchen open cabinet grab new b

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Our Story And The Lions That Join Us

not everybody’s lions look the same. a person's nervous system may have been taught to: • fear abandonment • fear failure • fear being visible • monitor how "acceptable" they seemed just to stay safe • blend in because being different could change how the world treated

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