I get it! I always say that i love irony..even when the situation isn't the best but I can always appreciate the irony! Did you know people with adhd are known (generally speaking) to get in much more accidents/injuries etc? So one thing I do is purposely do my best to go slower. And it feels unnatural. But I've been hurt so many times by my body just randomly freaking out (proprioception) that now I'm like you know what? Let's give me a wide berth here 🤣 but at least I've gotten fewer bruises lately haha. And I have wooden, unforgiving stairs. And almost fell down them once, like literally slipped and it would have been bad had I not caught myself. So yeah.. I consider getting down the stairs safely a "win" 🤣

I have a small win in this!! I got the mail today and right before taking out trash, I went through the mail and said any junk trash it NOW! and I did! Even quickly went through those "packets" of coupons and only kept one! And I put the "keep" stuff in the laundry basket with the other papers 😁 "don't let it get worse" applied in real time!

So! I decided to try a new rhythm today and it worked! And I ended up going through my entire dresser! And labeling the drawers (for now) with heart shaped post its I had 😁

@Renee Kers WONDERFUL!!! and I bet you are an amazing party planner 😁🥰

@Renee Kers haha no! That "role" is for later Renee. THIS Renee's job is simply to do her best at party planning 🥰

@Renee Kers I'm trying a new rhythm today and so far it is WORKING!! woo hoo!!

@Renee Kers MAGICAL!!!

@Melody Vi thank you! Yeah I realized that reading or anything like that could trigger emotion. But sudoku is numbers AND it is a pattern. And my brain looooooves patterns haha. So I will try it tonight and see how it goes!

@Robin Keeler thanks! Yeah it came to me because I realized that my system was digging its heels in at having to go to bed "early." So I made a whole story about it and ironed out all the details and it's been working! Last night was night...19! I wouldn't know that if I didn't have my streak list haha! Basically I imagine that we are going on a trip to Dreamland. And I'm the pilot. And so the "after dinner routine" is us preparing for the trip. My daughter going to bed is her boarding the plane. I do "final checks" downstairs before I head upstairs. I now have what I'm calling "stimulation bridges". The funny thing is my daughter has no idea haha. This is all in my head. But hey it is working! And I'm grateful! Because I don't know if I've ever been IN bed WITHOUT phone by 10 for as long of a streak before. Also, the last thing I write in my journal before getting into bed is "I am safe to sleep". And to get my system even more on board, I told myself the measure of success is NOT how long we sleep (meaning me and my subconscious haha). Because we can't necessarily control that. And that has taken a MASSIVE load of pressure off myself! For example, I live near a baseball field. And there's a game tonight. But I'm not going to worry about that. I'm solely focusing on what *I* can do.