Who else here is a full-blown reading addict?? I’ve realized something about myself.......I am 100% an “all or nothing” person. It’s in my DNA. Never done drugs, never smoked (not judging, just know myself)… because if I like something.......Oh, it’s game over..... Food...... I will eat the SAME thing every day for 6 months straight and then suddenly act like it personally offended me and never touch it again.... Rules that say “take no more than one”? Cool cool… I’ll take two just to see what happens. For science. Obviously. Then I found reading…And I was like ohhhhhh this is my new personality now..... The difference was, it wasn’t forced. No tests, no pressure. Just me choosing it. BUT… life got busy, and sitting down to read felt impossible. Enter: audiobooks here...... Now I can “read” while driving, cleaning, zoning out, avoiding responsibilities (you know… normal things). And when my brain gets loud or chaotic, I put a book on and it’s like everything just… quiets down..... Let the peace begin.... I get completely lost in it, and honestly......... Sometimes (alot of the time) that escape is exactly what I need. I’ll read/listen to anything—self-help, thrillers, romance, dark romance, fantasy… if it exists, I’ll try it at least once..... So I’m curious ( i think curious should be my middle name), does reading or listening to books help quiet your brain too? And what are you currently obsessed with?? Let’s talk books—I need new ones anyway!🤣

Is anyone else either extremely early (like 45min) for whatever you need to go to or be at or late? There is not "right on time"... its from one extreme or the other..

I went to bed last night by 9:30pm and did a meditation of gratitude. I woke up this morning at 6:15am. I got up did the dishes, listen to our good old trusty friend Jim and started doing the homework. Able to take a shower along with a cold dunkaroo, brushed my teeth ( at home AGAIN), I got my healthy lunch ready and was out the door only two minutes late. I would like to say that I did this while my husband and daughter were getting ready for school and work ( because he brings her to school), and my eighteen year old son got up on his own at six fifteen a m, which he normally doesn't get up until at least 9am (im sorry what?). Hey buddy, everything ok? Why yes mom, i just feel rested 🤔 I'mgonna ponder that for a while.. But the reason that this is a win is because I did all this while having three of us pop into or make random noises at random times... i was still able to stay focused on what my tasks were for the morning... go me, go me doing a little dance! Now to conquer the rest of the day because it is only 8am.

Just started the ADHD Awakening Assessment and already realized something. The years I spent feeling "not enough" in a sales role weren't proof I was broken. They were proof I was forcing a brain wired for depth and integrity into a system built for something completely different. That reframe alone is worth sitting with. Roll on tomorrow!

Ok everyone… onto the next Kat-ism...... Who else hears a totally normal sentence and your brain immediately turns it into a full-on concert… either in your head or OUT LOUD? Mine is mostly out loud... Like someone says “you’re beautiful” and suddenly I’m singing you’re beautiful, it’s true… like I’m on stage somewhere.... No im seriously.... Well I looked it up and apparently there’s actually a name for this. It’s called involuntary musical imagery (aka earworms)—which is when a song or melody pops into your head automatically without you trying. And in my case, it seems to get triggered by something called semantic priming, which is basically when your brain hears a word or phrase and instantly connects it to a song or memory tied to it. So basically: my brain hears words..... finds a song .....starts a concert I did not schedule... Best part of this, (hold on one moment, i'm practically rolling on the floor right now in laughter) there are three of us in the house that have it... so my husband ( who is the only one in the family that is not neurodivergent) will say something, and then all three of us Bust into song all at the exact same time... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 my husband will just shake his head and walk away..... Am I on my own on this one or is this another “why are we like this” club situation?? P.s. this is one of my idiosyncrasies that I truly don't mind. I certainly can't say the same for other people around me though...🤣🤣🤣🤣sorry not sorry