adhd – Bayside Homestead

The Year of the Snail.

Ah 2025 – you have certainly started with a bang around my part of the world. Before the metaphorical fireworks went off I decided that my “word of the year” for 2025 is SLOW; and my spirit animals are the Snail and Sloth. Post fireworks, I am glad I’m already in this mindset and haveContinue reading “The Year of the Snail.”

Working life – part 2

As always – when I mention any neurodivergence my experiences are mine and mine alone. I don’t pretend to, or try to, speak for anyone else. I am diagnosed ADHD, and highly likely Autistic but can’t be given an official diagnosis due to my Autism not visibly affecting me (ie: no one else can tellContinue reading “Working life – part 2”

Working life

As always my experiences with neurodiversity (in particular ADHD and Autism) are mine and I don’t claim to speak for anyone else. I really had no idea what I wanted to do when I left school, but I was pretty good with computers so I went to uni and did that. I graduated and stillContinue reading “Working life”

Aroreretini

I came across this word on Facebook – it’s a new Maori word for ADHD and I love it. The translation is “attention goes to many things”. No mention of disorder, no mention of deficit. I feel like it describes how my mind works much better and it’s more empowering to me than ADHD. I’llContinue reading “Aroreretini”

Autism, ADHD and the Environment

I read a thing today that came across my Facebook newsfeed. It was a series of people responding to the statement that if autism isn’t caused by environmental factors how come we didn’t see it in the past. The responses centred around how autistic people were obviously there but not identified; because when the worldContinue reading “Autism, ADHD and the Environment”

Accepting myself as I am

I haven’t had much time lately for gardening with one thing or another. Actually that’s not true – it’s not a lack of time, it’s how I’ve been choosing to spend that time. One thing I struggle with is that when I decide to do something (like crochet a blanket) that’s all I want toContinue reading “Accepting myself as I am”