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07/01/2021

05/10/2021

It's National Clean Your Room Day! 🧽🧹

Here are 5 steps to cleaning a room when executive dysfunction is a factor.

Step 1. Get some tea or coffee (start off with a reward for getting started!) and break the room into sections in a to do list. For example: Put clothes into hamper, Bring dishes into kitchen, Pick up trash, etc.

Step 2. Get all the supplies you'll need like trash bags, the vacuum, clothes hamper etc. so you don't have to go in and out of the room and potentially get distracted! Make this an item on your to do list to check off!

Step 3. Create your ideal cleaning environment. Cleaning your room is NOT a necessity, it is a self care task. A good sign that you are cleaning your room with fear based motivation instead of reward based motivation is that the task feels punishing and evokes feelings of shame and guilt! Make the task enjoyable and comfortable, such as by playing music, dancing, etc. so that the process as a whole is rewarding.

Step 4. Executive dysfunction often means that things that are effortful, tedious, and require intrinsic motivation and long-term planning for delayed gratification can feel and sometimes literally are impossible. Pomodoro timers have been proven to be VERY helpful for making tedious tasks feels like games for your brain, and so the time component itself will help to build up dopamine.

Step 5. REWARD YOURSELF AGAIN. Let me make this clear, cleaning your room, your house, your toilet etc. is not NECESSARY, it is a way for you to care for yourself. If you don't "get done" cleaning in one step, it is not a failure because that was never the goal. The goal is whatever you make it out to be, and so EVERY step you take needs to be rewarded.

Anything else you all can think about that has helped you with cleaning your room?? Help people out by dropping those things below! 💕

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04/15/2021

It's almost here! GRADUATION!!!

I'm so excited for the upcoming graduates! You've put in so much work, put up with so many obstacles, to finally get here! You've done an amazing job and only have a little farther to go!

You got this!

I freaking love these new stickers by the way! We've also got mugs, maybe a collab with a sticker shop as well!

Our new graduation stickers are up on our store now!

All of you inspire me every day!

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04/15/2021

I was checking out some stuff in our store when I realized that no one, anywhere on Earth could actually check out on our store. 🤐 I'm not sure how long this issue has persisted, but it is fixed now.

I apologize for any inconvenience! 😢

This is the kind of stuff that happens when a business is run by a person with ADHD and another person with Autism! 🤣

04/12/2021

Health literacy is the ability to effectively understand and use healthcare information to make informed healthcare decisions and follow instructions for treatment.

87 MILLION American adults have low health literacy, which costs us upwards of $238 BILLION per year due to ineffective healthcare.

The US healthcare "system" is so complex that it requires an advanced health literacy to effectively navigate.

58% of African Americans had basic or below basic health literacy compared to 28% of non-Hispanic Whites.

This means that there are at least 78.9 million Americans who cannot get effective Healthcare in the US.

This is not okay.

Why would that ever be okay?

04/09/2021

🌟LAUNCH UPDATE🌟 Eee I am so proud of this little cutie lol Chemistry was my first love before neuroscience, so I thought it was only fitting to mark the date of our graduation launch a with graduated cylinder design :)

Much more coming, so excited to share!

04/06/2021

It's restock and design day! ☀️ Check them out in our shop!

04/04/2021

✨ Have you spoiled a small business lately?? Today, I woke up with a message to support those like me that are on the small business struggle bus. 😜

I'm calling this Spring PROSPER SEASON y'all! Let's support one another TODAY when we need it most.
💕WHAT TO DO:
1. Drop your store link and what makes your business unique below in the comments!
2. Follow ALL the linked stores and pick 2 to spoil in LIKES on their IG posts
3. Buy 1 item from your favorite store below and let them know!!

04/02/2021

6 Ways to Increase Your Productivity!😊 This is something that I have struggled with for quite some time as someone with ADHD and especially as a first generation student who had a lot of other things to worry about than homework and timeliness (oh intersections).
1. TIMING TASKS AND BREAKS: Our brains love a good game and will give you optimal focus when there is a targeted and dopamine rich goal ahead. Using a Pomodoro timing system where you switch between 5-20 minutes of hyperfocus and 1-5 minute breaks is like a big fun dopaminergic game for your brain.
2. DO THE MOST INTERESTING THING LAST: We've all convinced ourselves that we can just add a little to an interesting project or just play a little of a game we're excited about. But truthfully, your brain will be so doused in dopamine at that point, switching away can be nearly impossible and, even if you are able to, you will likely feel trained and unmotivated.
3. BUILD SYSTEMS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU: Honestly, if it doesn't work for you to do the dishes at night after dinner...do them every morning. Work past the perceived judgement, it'll get easier when you realize your way works better.
4. NEVER USE FEAR OR PUNISHMENT: I won't go so deeply into this now because I want to make a separate more in-depth post on this later. Generally, fear does NOT promote thinking, safety does. And punishment will only get you into the habit of fearing to put forth effort.

5. PLAN AROUND TIME-BLINDNESS: It's going to happen, there's enough past evidence that it will. Planning for it is not weak, it is responsible. If you think it'll only take 10 minutes, plan for 40!

6. START YOUR DAY WITH REWARDS: Not the most interesting rewards! But starting your day with small accomplishments can increase your dopamine levels and make it easier for you to take on more complex tasks later on!

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03/29/2021

Cutting some 🧠 freebies to put in today's sticker orders 😊Also working on some new freebie designs, what do you all want to see?? 👀

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