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ADHD Christmas Shopping Strategy

posted: Thursday December 18th - 12:35pm

This year may be the first time ever that I went Christmas shopping and bought everything I was supposed to without forgetting half of it--I'm so proud!

Last night after I finished writing my ADHD blog I started worrying that I hadn’t bought Christmas gifts yet and I was running out of time. So I sat down, thought of everything I wanted to buy, and where I had to go to get it all. Then tonight I actually went to the store and got everything. It may have been the first time ever...
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ADHD Holiday Countdown

posted: Tuesday December 16th - 12:49pm

Maybe it is the ADHD, but I get so impatient for Christmas that I just want to open gifts straight out of the shopping bags.

The weeks just before Christmas seem like the longest of the whole year. The waiting and anticipating and excitement make me feel like I’m five years old again. I admit – I’m the first one awake on Christmas morning every single year: 6:00 AM (OK, sometimes it’s more like 5am) and I’m up walking around waiting for everyone else to wake up. Patience isn’t one...
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The ADHD Manager Requests Patience

posted: Thursday December 4th - 12:15pm

Holiday shopping seems to bring out the ADHD in people, they become impatient, easily frustrated, and create messes they don't clean up.

If I had to describe Black Friday in four words they would be complete and utter madness. I worked at the mall from 6am to 2:30pm; but that wasn’t too bad, after all, some people were there at 4am and the mall opened at 5am. Why does the busiest shopping day of the year have to start so early? Couldn’t stores open at 8am? Besides the ungodly...
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