I’ve been pretty impulsive my whole life. Words come out of my mouth before I think about them. A thought comes into my head and I act on it. I hear about something cool and I sign up for it. Someone implies I can’t do something so I do it. This impulsivity has its pros […]
Lessons I've Learned
Time to reassess
Life has been a little bit crazy lately. Unmanageable. Not because of the holidays but because I’ve just had too many plates spinning at the same time. Tonight was the banquet for the girls’ high school swim team. I went from boys’ high school practice to the banquet. I have so much to get done […]
Keep Making Mistakes
Earlier today I shared this post from The Autistic Teacher on the Not Your Average Mom Facebook page: A reader left a comment acknowledging we all make mistakes, but also questioning, shouldn’t we be striving to be the best that we can be? I started to reply to this comment and then decided to address […]
Growing Pains
My three youngest kids are at a swim meet on Long Island this weekend, and I am not with them. I have never missed a travel meet with the kids. NEVER. But for a bunch of different reasons I stayed home. I cried for a very long time the day I decided I was going […]
Seven Things You Can Do To Make More Time In Your Day
When I ask women why they don’t exercise consistently, lack of time is the number one reason they give me. But many people who have lots going on DO exercise regularly. Even people who are busier than we are. So it’s not that we don’t have time. It’s that we prioritize our time differently. If […]
My IEP
The other day I shared that I was recently diagnosed with ADHD. I have struggled for so long with so many things, and I’m not sure how it took me 53 years to put two and two together. In hindsight it’s SO OBVIOUS. I started medication about eight weeks ago. We are still adjusting/tweaking/determining the […]