Give yourself a gold star

[happyhermit]

I'm here to give myself a round of applause for getting a chore done that I had been putting off, AND I want to make this a thread for other people to post big and little successes in. Nothing is too small! Try to just state the success, don't downgrade it with all the "it should have been 2 months ago, but at least...." or "it barely makes a dent in the mess, but at least...." Just "I DID SOMETHING RIGHT! Yay!"

They say that we ADHDers, more than other people, are sensitive to criticism and need validation. So jump in, y'all!

Starting off with: I cleaned the ceiling fans, all 2 of them. (and I'm having a hard time resisting the word "finally", but that just drags it down ... the important thing is, I did it!) GOLD STAR TO ME.

[W00denBird5]

Wow, you're great and own the moment. Really mean it as I hope I don't sound like I'm mocking you.

Always rethinking my every thought.

Love your sparkle, it's great to read.

I'm still a little stuck in procrastination right now but my mind's not, so working on ticking something off the list today.

[happyhermit in reply to W00denBird5]

You got this! You can do it!

[Hidden]

Your bloomin amazing. A thread is such a wonderful thought we ADHDrs find it hard giving ourselves the recognition we deserve for getting anything done. I’ve been practicing kind self talk and mindfulness recently and I make myself get excited when I’ve done something that’s a challenge for me (and boy is that a long list) I literally stand there say YYYYYYYESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! I’d look round expecting my family to be as excited as me, which they didn’t get at first but after they saw how good I was finally letting myself feel we now either high 5 or but bump, whatever’s easiest at the time hehehehe today I’ve filled in my 6 minute diary GET IN THERE !!!!! ✋

[happyhermit in reply to Hidden]

You go girl!

[PorcelainB]

Good for you!!! I Totally get it. I lhave been struggling to send an email to my son’s occupational therapist because it involved finding, photographing and linking several writing samples and even though I’ve already done most of it, I have been procrastinating finishing it. Then I beat myself up with guilt and stress about it because it is ultimately to help my son, but For some reason finishing this task is so hard for my overwhelmed ADHD brain!

[happyhermit in reply to PorcelainB]

Good for you for getting most of it done! Just do a little bit more, and next thing you know it'll be sent.

[PorcelainB in reply to happyhermit]

I did it!!! Thanks for the encouragement.

[happyhermit]

I remembered to take my pills at lunch today! Woot woot!

I don't have trouble with the first thing in the morning pills or the last thing at night pills, but I only remember the daytime ones half the time. *whew* it's about PROGRESS, not perfection.

[gphill56 in reply to happyhermit]

I use TWO alarms on my phone to remind me of mid-day meds. Because frequently something is going on to prevent me from taking them right away when the first one goes off. I leave 15 minutes in between to (possibly) remember on my own.

[happyhermit in reply to gphill56]

Thank you. I have bells going off all day long ... these pills are meant to be taken with food, so they have to be tied with mealtime rather than clocktime. And I'm getting better about remembering them. I actually do eat usually at a consistent time, too, but that "clock time" is associated in my mind with the meal, and I'm still getting the hang of associating the pills with the meal. Getting there, though. They are not my highest-stakes meds, luckily.

[TryingToBeSeen]

Wow, its really nice to express our triumphs no matter how trivial they seem to others!! This is a great idea.

So here I go... I started writing the next chapter in my thesis !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot express how good it feels to start, like my dopamine is free flowing right now. Progress has been made and its only up from here!!

[happyhermit in reply to TryingToBeSeen]

Yes! You've got this!

[positivepassenger]

Hi HappyHermit!

YOU GO GIRL! I love your post! and YES ::CLAPPING:: I am so proud of you overcoming the chores! I did the same thing last night and DANG it was hard hard hard to get started but I too was successful and man was I so proud of myself and I am proud of you too!!

-R

[happyhermit in reply to positivepassenger]

I swear getting started is like 99% of the difficulty most of the time. I think the technical term for the relevant executive function is "activation." I just call it "an excess of inertia"