This was such a good question and I wholey appreciate the level of honesty and vulnerability required to ask it. Here's my response and I hope it helps. ☺ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaLsv3_FrhS/?utm_medium=copy_link
I've had better days and I'm not feeling exceptionally motivated but I have a living room that's not going to paint itself. I'm almost done with the all the trim. I have to cut in along the floor and then the rest will be super easy. It's just very tedious and I'm not really in the mood for tedious today. My original goal was to have all of this done before the boys get home but that's not likely to happen. I'm going to choose to be okay with that because there's not much I can do about it, and beating myself up isn't going to help. The current plan is to make a list of everything I need to finish up today and get after it. Lists are really…
We only have a finite number of years on this planet, so you need to do your best to look after yourself. With that in mind, here are three key signs that you need to take action to improve the state of your health: You’re short of breath after walking upstairs Source (CC0 License) Generally, shortness of breath is a big indication that you have underlying health problems. It’s normal to be short of breath in some situations - such as when you’re exercising or doing something that’s mildly rigorous. But, when you’re gasping for air after simple physical tasks - like walking upstairs - it’s a sign that you are incredibly unfit. Your cardiovascular health is not in a good condition, and this is a sign for you to…
Recently, I've begun to wonder if I might have ADHD. I'm 43 years old and never once thought that to be the case. There is ADHD in my family, and both the younger boys carry that diagnosis, as does their mom. I've watched them over the years and seen how ADHD impacts their lives. I've not seen any of those struggles in myself. I'm not very impulsive and certainly not hyperactive. A few weeks ago, I read an article about other ways ADHD can present, especially in adults. Forgetfulness, failing to follow through, struggling to focus on the task at hand, and being easily distracted, among other things. I don't forget important things, but little things seem to slip through the cracks, which seems weird. I struggle with focus. That's…
It's been a relatively quiet day so far. It's beautiful outside and the kids have been working on the house while I've been working on........work. I still have 3 seasons to remaster and re-upload. It sucks and it's time consuming but otherwise pretty easy. Anyway, the boys have been a great job with minimal fighting. I really appreciate the minimal fighting side of things because it's exhausting and annoying for me to have to deal with. I'm sure many of you can relate. Something that I haven't really talked much about is that we've been trying to reserve Sundays for hiking. Getting out into the woods is the absolute best way to both end one week and begin another. Depending on the weekend, it might just be a grown-ups only…
It's been a relatively quiet Saturday night here in The Autism Dad household. We've been binge-watching Stargate SG1 on Netflix and slowly working on the house. I didn't get nearly as much accomplished as I was hoping to because I've been dealing with a bad headache since we went to lunch. We're going to spend a good chunk of tomorrow tackling things around the house. There's a ton of laundry to get caught up on and there's part of me that wants to haul it all to the laundry mat so I can get it all done at once. It's a nice idea but it's never gonna happen. LOL I'm trying to reorganize my bedroom because it's driving me crazy. I managed to get my laundry sorted and some things…
As I'm beginning to live my best life, I'm finding myself exposed to lots of new and exciting things. I feel like I've lived a relatively sheltered life because I'm experiencing so many new things for the first time, and I'm in my early forties. One of the things I'm deliberately experiencing is food from different cultures. I'm being introduced to foods from all over the world and it's been an amazing experience. I'm lucky to have a great guide through all this stuff and I can't believe I've lived so much of my life, having not tried some of these things. For the longest time, I was waking up feeling like it was one day closer to my death. That's a shitty way to live. Now I wake up…
I had some time to kill this afternoon before I ran a few errands. The kids are going to their moms for a little while and I thought I would play some solitare or spades. In the past, I preferred to use an actual deck of cards but I can't find anything but UNO cards right now. That's a whole other story for another time, but it's frustrating. Anyway, at this point, I should have walked away but I can be stubborn at times and I was going to play solitare if it killed me. lol Before I gave up, I remembered that my kids sometimes play games via internet browser. I did a quick Google search for solitare and that lead me to a site called solitaire.org. That said,…