Hi everyone my friends call me Linds, I’m from Manchester UK and I work as a community Support Leader. I have experience with nutrition and weight loss You can ask me questions about anything, I may not know the answer but I'll try I want to get these things from ADHD Harmony: I want to live the best possible version of me, I want to trust myself that I am capable and will see things through. For fun, I like to micro learn (I think thats my hyperfocus) I play chess, I love watching period dramas (especially those that are based on historical events) I enjoy helping others win - if only I could take me own advice 🤣 I love exploring and experiencing the world, meeting with friends and meeting new people, but I also, as well, like shutting the world out sometimes and being alone. I was diagnosed with Adhd at the age of 42, blood tests revealed that my levels of progesterone were depleted at the age of 40 as perimenopause kicked in hard! I now have the marina coil fitted for that and take a daily dose of adhd meds instead of the antidepressants that I was prescribed to numb my feelings previously before being diagnosed. Things are clearer in my life now but not established as I'd like them to be after 3 years on. Things are settled in my mind that started this Adhd journey, but now I want to conquer my brain and undo all the patterns that keep me back from being the best version of myself ive ever been. Look forward to getting to know you all Linds 😊

I watched a few short videos on YouTube about Interstitial Journaling and the little brown notebooks I bought, to give it a go, arrived today. First I crafted a poem with ChatGPT to stick in the front as inspiration on tricky days. Sage thought I should share here incase it’s helpful to anyone else. If probably won’t make too much sense unless you have an idea of what Interstitial Journaling is… if you ever feel a kind of paralysis for doing normal daily tasks it might be worth your time to check out the videos for yourself. “I’m opening the little brown gate in rhyme, to make this notebook a lantern through time. Interstitial Journal This book is not for polished thought, nor proof that all is smoothly wrought. It is a bridge from stuck to small, a handrail in the hallway wall. Interstitial means: between - between the dread and the routine, between the wish and what gets done, between the fog and any sun. Here I do not have to shine, or wait until I feel “just fine.” I only have to tell the truth: what I am doing, minute to minute, in proof. I am sitting. I am staring. I am scrolling. I am despairing. I am making tea. I am finding socks. I am standing still like a jammed-up clock. And then perhaps: I am uncapping one pen. I am breathing out. I begin again. This is a book of gentle spells, of tiny knocks on frozen wells. Not “fix your life” and not “push through” - just name what’s here, then choose what’s true. Because the mind can tangle tight in all-or-nothing, noon-or-night; but movement often enters small - a note, a sip, a step, a wall at last leaned on instead of feared, a path made visible because it’s cleared. I write what is happening now, not best. I write what is true, and leave the rest. “I am avoiding.” “I am tired.” “I am cross.” “I am uninspired.” “I am washing one blue cup.” “I am standing up.” No moment is too poor to name. A spark is still a kind of flame. A thread is still a way to sew myself back to the next small go. And when the day has slipped its frame,