lannister80

Ah, I always thought the way too thick hot and sour soup was the result of too much cornstarch.

Not dark enough and don't block enough radiation at the right wavelengths.

Oh, and CONGRATS on 1029 days of sobriety! I wish I were that strong.

Lists are the only way I survive ADHD

EDIT: because this comment got some upvotes, here are some strategies I use. I'm in my 40s with kids, FYI.

• Use reminders on my Android phone constantly so that I remember to do things later. Even if it's months later.
• Put every work meeting, kid school event, doc appt, etc in my Outlook calendar with notification warnings ahead of time, anywhere between 2 hours and a week prior.
• Important objects have one and only home where you place them when not using them. For example, my wedding ring is only ever in one place when it's not on my finger. I am terrible about placing an object on the nearest horizontal surface when I need to put it down and having no memory of where I put it even 20 seconds later.
• Use a recurring reminder application for tasks that need to be done once a week/month/quarter/year. If you are late or early, it will reset the interval to whatever day you do the task. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ugglynoodle.regularly)
• Use that "driven by a motor" energy to be a house cleaning / laundry doing machine. When I'm home for a weekend by myself without the wife and kids, I end up shampooing the carpet, mopping, doing car maintenance, repairs around the house, reorganizing the garage, busy busy busy. Then I try to sit down and watch a movie in the evening and I end up watching 15 or 20 minutes of four different movies before giving up and maybe playing video games halfheartedly before going to bed.
• While challenging, do not stop a task and start a new one until the first task is done, unless there is some kind of economy of motion to be gained, like "I will only need to traverse the stairs four times instead of five if I split this task in half and do something downstairs in the middle". Always use the idle time of a task (like while the laundry is washing or drying) to do another task. Yes, I actually think this way on a regular basis.
• I find cooking is another way to use up that nervous energy. Gotta keep moving!
• It's easy to use alcohol to try to bring your energy level down, don't fall into that trap, it sucks.

I've been unmedicated my entire life and was diagnosed roughly 20 years ago when I was in college. I think I'm finally going to try to get on medication and see what it can do for me.

When you are traveling through the wilderness, it's recommended to turn around and look backwards pretty frequently, so you familiarize yourself with what the route back looks like.