ADHD Archives | Jayne Hardy

Writing ➤ 26th March 2024

Body-Doubling For When You’re Struggling to Focus OR Get Started On Tasks

You know how you hear about something new and then you hear about the same thing a few more times before you really take note? I was the same with Schitt's Creek and in more recent times, body-doubling. The term 'body-doubling' is one I've only just learned about but it's a notion I recognise as a mechanism I've used as far as I can remember to focus and get started on things.

DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 5th October 2023

Recording Your Own Affirmation Track Is A Really Good Idea

A buck-ton of science backs up why and how affirmations work. The trouble I’ve always found is that they feel a bit disingenuous when I listen to them. When I read already-written ones aloud, they’re...

Writing ➤ 9th April 2023

How To Self-Edit Your Work As A Writer

As a writer, self-editing is an essential part of the creative process, albeit a daunting one. Spotting errors and inconsistencies in our own work can be a right ol’ challenge.

Writing ➤ 19th April 2024

Do Ideas Come To You In The Shower? Here’s Why

This 'ideas in the shower' phenomenon is so well-known and experienced that you can even buy waterproof shower notepads! Those of us who have experienced it will know the sheer desperation of holding the idea in your mind's eye while you scutter around naked, still soggy, trying to find something that'll let you capture it before it disappears again.

Everything Else ➤ 8th November 2023

How to Get Unstuck: Some Ideas To Help

Life is truly riotous. It's not a clíche when they say it's a rollercoaster; full of ups and downs. Just as we appreciate spring so much because it comes after a stark and chilly winter, without life's obstacles, we wouldn't appreciate life's great times so much, they'd be without contrast. That's not to say that the downs aren't difficult, demanding and draining. Because, let's face it, sometimes they're so tricky that we can get awfully stuck in them.

DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 2nd December 2024

DIY Christmas Crafts: Baked Orange Garland

The scent of these baked oranges are up there with freshly cut grass, baked bread and chai latte, for me. A Christmas craft that’s ridiculously easy to do and one I do year after year...

Everything Else ➤ 14th June 2024

I Have Fallen in Love With My Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner

I decided to buy an Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner. My only regret is that I didn't take the plunge sooner. You see, I'm in love. Completely and utterly bowled over.

Everything Else ➤ 13th March 2024

A Letter To You If You Don’t Have ‘A Village’

Dear You, They say "It takes a village" and you hate that saying because it's a stark and painful reminder that you don't have one. It hurts, it rankles and it smarts doesn't it?! I know that you often feel alone, depleted, invisible and torn. As though there's nowhere or no one in which to turn for help. You might at times feel jealous of those who do have support. Anger, too, at your circumstances. Regret for the choices you may have made. Despair at the choices which felt as though they were taken from you. Exhaustion at the monotony of it all, wishing and wanting and needing a break.

Everything Else ➤ 17th May 2023

Leaving Instagram: How It’s Been 12 Days In

Truthfully, Instagram hasn't been an enjoyable place for a long while. There's something about the noise of it that fills my head quickly. After a scrolling session, I feel flat and less motivated.

Everything Else ➤ 13th December 2023

How To Choose Your ‘Word Of The Year’

Last week I shared what my word of 2023 was and how staying committed to it changed a great deal in my life. It was the first time I'd ever made a beginning-of-the-year intention and stuck with it. I could fill reams of paper with the New Year's Resolutions I wrote over the years (since I was a teeneager!) and promptly forgot or put down.

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