Tag: lists

  • 14 Addictions We Don’t Talk About (and How to Break the Loop)

    When most people hear “addiction,” they think of drugs and alcohol, but there’s a whole category of addictions that fly under the radar—the ones society often rewards. We rarely name them, but they can quietly drain our energy, dictate our choices, and keep us locked in behavioral patterns we don’t even recognize as addictive. This…

  • Personal Challenges I’ve Used To Get Ahead In Life

    Over the past 7 years, I’ve been working my butt off to become fully self-employed. At the time I started, I was a scared, broke traveler living overseas off the butt of my hard (full-time) work, and I was sick of living that paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle. I wanted more for myself. And I knew that if…

  • How to Say “I Have ADHD” Without Actually Saying It

    Whenever I tell someone “I have ADHD” things seem to just… go wrong. It’s never actually my fault or the other person for misunderstanding me, it’s just that: A misunderstanding. But misunderstandings hold us back in life. They’ve costed me jobs, friends, and other opportunities other people have taken advantage of because they’ve been more…

  • Things I Miss About Being Undiagnosed—And Not

    I’m just gonna say it: I think we romanticize being diagnosed. But don’t get me wrong: my life is much better now that I know (more of) what’s going on, but that doesn’t mean there are zero downsides to diagnosis. When I was late diagnosed in 2021 at age 23 with ADHD (and around the…