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Circe, Madeline Miller

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this one. fuck this poem.

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By the way, you can improve your executive function. You can literally build it like a muscle.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

Things can be easier. You do not have to be stuck forever.

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two women. and they kiss. think about it

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We come to you with a very important missive: behold these incense boxes (kōgō) in the shape of mandarin ducks! From Meiji-period Japan (1868–1912), they are made of lacquered wood and decorated with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e, as well as cutout gold foil application.

They're part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's open access collection and available to view on JSTOR.

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I recently watched this tawny owl documentary, and gah these goddamn cuties have me in a chokehold. 🥹🦉

If you're having a bad day and need a pick-me-up, I highly recommend! It's the kind of documentary that gives you hope in this bleak world lol.

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Perhaps if I own a jacket for every occasion on god's green earth I will know inner peace

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drawing this for myself and the like two other kyle fans here 🙂‍↕️ ty game changer for giving me the friendship i never knew i needed

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reblog if you have skilled writer friends and you're damn proud of them

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The sneak shot for chapter 16 of @applesandbannas747's lovely fic, The Way Fame Burns, for @thestarminstrel !!💕💞

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they're sealing me away in a tomb tomorrow. forever

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Alternative universe

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im supposed to be relaxing but i have something evil to say

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throwback to the milves <3

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Why the fuck are you 30+ on tumblr

this is my house?