I’ve just had a bit of an epiphany that has created a sense of mental relief… 🎉

for quite a while now, as a strategy to save myself from keeping many many browser windows open indefinitely (each with several-to- many tabs), I’ve taken to saving anything even vaguely interesting to a “TO SORT” bookmarks folder – with the intention (and implied requirement) of periodically going through them & adding them to the appropriate hierarchical bookmarks subfolder later

just now I renamed my “TO SORT” bookmarks folder to “🧠 BRAIN DUMP” to take the pressure off myself that I ever need to sort them, unless I really want to (and have the requisite spoons to do so) 😮‍💨
 
 
so long as I save them somewhere that doesn’t add the friction of making me decide where to save them (and that doesn’t randomly clutter up my previously-organised bookmarks folder structure), they’re available to find again when I’m looking for “that article I read about that thing” (yes, I sync & back up my bookmarks)

the important thing (for me) is to get them stashed away somewhere so that I can do something with them later if I actually need to. it’s kind of like a #GTD inbox but for everything I read & may (in theory) want to revisit some day
 
 
I also save a Bunch™ of stuff to Zotero for research or later use as I’m going, but just quickly saving them as brain dump bookmarks also means that I don’t have to decide right now which sub-library they need to go in, nor which tags I should add 😮‍💨

when I’m actively working on something that I need all my Zotero references for, I can search my bookmarks for related things and add them & any metadata as needed

#ADHD
#BrainHacks
#BrainDump 

Adding another #sketching / #drawing to #Fediverse

Saw a headline earlier, “How 10 minutes of drawing can reset your nervous system”

Based solely on my observation without any data to back up my support this headline, sketching/drawing works for me and probably why I keep doing my sketching/drawing on daily basis and as needed. Seems to help with my #anxiety and undiagnosed #ADHD
…and now nicotine withdrawal 😅

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A black and white abstract drawing featuring geometric shapes, primarily sharp triangular forms. The composition includes thick lines and cross-hatching

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 6 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone.

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited. We also have a #Deltachat group for game-related discussion. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/

#luanti #game #gaming #games

Hey #adhd people and other serial hobbyists: how long do you hold onto craft supplies you no longer do? I've got several shelves dedicated to a hobby I haven't touched in 5 years. I don't think I'll take it up again but who knows?

*bangs on sign*

#disabled #disability #disabledlife #neurodivergent #ptsd #cptsd #audhd #adhd #autism #plural #bpd #depression #fibromyalgia #chronicfatigue #chronicillness

RFKKK wanting to "re-parent" black children

#racism #government #congress #adhd #health #parenting #world #eu #europe #uk #Canada #slavery #worldhealthorganization
#meidastouch #reddit #oppression
#internationalnews #humanrights
#tyranny #Epsteinclass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-w60QUqaM

I did a talk about love, compassion , neurodivergence, and why I keep burning bridges at the brilliant @emfcamp.bsky.social - here it is #adhd #autism #bbc #podcast #poetry

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-ZrPyQ1TE&pp=ygUORW1mIHJvYmluIGluY2U%3D

Latest ND same food/safe food: jacket potatoes cooked in the air fryer. I'll eat them for days/weeks/months until my AuDHD brain decides it's had enough.

#neurodivergent #AuDHD #autistic #adhd #adhdawareness #AutismAwareness #samefoods

Tell us your failed hobby stories 😂🤭🎵 New Rules - Dua Lipa #hobby #epicfails #adhd #embarrassing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N2zCfuuJCg&t=46

That thing where you say something and mean it literally but folks used to “reading between the lines” insist there’s some implied meaning there and therefore YOU miscommunicated by being direct.

#adhd #audhd

A new podcast about Channel 4’s framing of their ADHD documentary will be on https://www.cosmicshambles.com imminently - part of a series on ableism - here is a conversation on neurodivergence with Gina Rippon, Camilla Pang and me #autism #adhd #neurodiversity

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TJnvCWtAI&pp=ygUYQ2FtaWxsYSBwYW5nIGdpbmEgcmlwcG9u

At 46 I am still unlocking new weird little #ADHD trauma artifacts. Sitting alone by myself and trying to get work done, facing some cognitive resistance, I apparently find it *embarrassing* to do the thing that I know is going to get me unstuck (to wit: writing down comically small individual tasks in my to-do list to plan the project that I'm stuck thinking about one tiny action at a time).

This episode of the ADHD Chatter podcast is really good!
It's about autism, masking, and talking really fast. Dr Luke Beardon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTzYd_DtRMA

#ADHD #Autism

In case you missed it over the weekend...

Some Questions for Channel 4, about their documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’

https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/some-questions-for-channel-4-about?r=24oxwv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Channel 4 have many questions to answer about their upcoming 'documentary'. Here are some of the most pressing

#AdHD #C4

#ADHD #C4