ADHD and me aren’t on the best of terms with cleaning my room
But I do have some factors that’s helping to work a bit, so just wanna share (definitely not procrastinating for a moment on the cleaning):
-Listening to a stim playlist that’s fast paced; Keeps my brain stimulated and hyped with dopamine to let me push through with sorting through stuff
-Working in small sections; Like going with “Clear all the books off my bed” instead of “Clear my bed” as it helps make it a little less overwhelming than the overall task at hand
-Having a ‘deadline’ to meet; I have relatives coming up soon that need my room to stay in, so having that coming up fast helps fuel the need for a panic-fueled drive to get moving; Even if you don’t have guest coming, having the idea of a deadline you need to meet to get the thing clean may help push you to get it done
-Having the idea that someone is going to go into your room to clean things up instead of you can get myself moving to get cleaning, as I’ve seen with other ADHDers and Autistic folks, having someone ‘threaten’ to go clean your space can be stressing and to avoid having them go in to where needs to be cleaned can drive you to go get it done before they get the chance
These are definitely not a catch all advice and stuff, but some strategies to have in mind that could potentially help, and I hope that someone can find this helpful!
If anyone else has any advice or strategies of their own to add, please do! You are more than welcome to share and I would be happy to see what else that could be helpful c:
Rather try to connect with the ADHD tumblr community than search google and get shit like this as ‘helpful advice’:
{Image description: a screenshot of a google search link that reads “73 ADHD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life Now” end description}
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(wait for the season to come back to me tag)
Robin crosses her arms. “Okay, so when you said you could fly, that was…a blatant falsehood. A vile calumny. Not to put too fine a point on it: a filthy lie.”
“Fuck you, I can fly!” squawks Eddie.
“Sure. Like, three feet.” Robin does not look impressed.
“That’s three more feet than you, bloodbag.”
“You’re barely hovering, Penn Jillette. Call me when you get powers that don’t totally suck.” Robin visibly realizes her mistake as Eddie laughs so hard he does an off-kilter roll in mid-air.
“Oh, Buckley. I can’t even touch that one, it’s way too easy.”
Eddie drifts over to the couch and collapses. It does look like it takes a lot out of him to do stuff like that, sometimes.
Steve is already sitting on the couch, so he ends up with Eddie’s feet in his lap. He casually drops a hand onto Eddie’s ankle. Eddie runs a little cooler than a human, but not that much. Robin’s been trying to see if his temperature changes at different times of day.
“The hell does it matter if Eddie can fly real high?” Steve asks.
“It doesn’t,” says Robin. “Except for how he was all like ooh I am a creature of the night, I stalk the shadows from above and it turns out he can basically float just enough to clear the coffee table. It’s like, an extended jump.”
“That’s still pretty awesome, though.”
“Steve thinks I’m awesome,” Eddie warbles.
“Not what I said,” says Steve, but he smiles at Eddie and rubs his thumb over the bony jut of Eddie’s ankle. He thinks he’s probably never going to get over how good it is to have Eddie close and touchable like this.
Robin heaves an exasperated sigh and ambles into the bathroom to rummage through her makeup. Tonight is lesbian karaoke night at a bar in Andersonville, and Robin’s been pretty determined to work a Joan Jett look this time around.
“I mean, you don’t literally suck blood though, do you?” she calls through the open door. “It’s not like you’ve got fangs or anything.”
“Uh, I definitely have fangs, Robin.”
“Ok, but you know what I mean. Ow, fuck, my eye.”
Robin wanders back out, dabbing at her kohl-lined eyes with a tissue. Steve thinks she did okay with the makeup, but he’s definitely not an expert.
“You’re not exactly, like, Bella Lugosi’s Count Dracula, are you?” she says. “I don’t see any swooning damsels in nightgowns with delicate puncture wounds on their heaving bosoms around here.”
Eddie wrinkles his nose. “Gross. I mean, sure, that’s not exactly how I…how it works. But I still definitely have fangs. Like sharks, see?” Eddie opens his mouth and yeah, Steve can see serrated teeth descending in little rows, stacked close together. Eddie pokes Robin and gestures at his mouth, going “Ngaaah” until she rolls her eyes and looks too.
“Yeah, congrats,” she says. “You already showed me the first night you were here, remember? When Steve kidnapped you from the bar?”
“Um, excuse you, I did not kidnap Eddie,” says Steve.
“You kidnapped me a little bit.” Eddie prods Steve with his foot. “You lured me in with promises of embarrassing photographs, which were really pretty disappointing, all things considered. Way less embarrassing than I thought they were going to be.”
Robin, who is a traitor, says: “Oh, you should get him to show you the photos from Dustin’s graduation! He was trying so hard to look like a respectable adult that he ended up going way overboard and people kept assuming he was one of the actual parents.”
“Yes!” Eddie springs up. “Buckley, you’re a saint.”
Steve groans, and Robin pats him on the head as she grabs her keys. “Have fun, boys.”
“Come on,” says Steve, resigned. “I’ve got one framed in my room.”
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I know I've said a million times before but I absolutely love your artstyle. I've never been the biggest dan of my own art cuz it's always been way too complicated and really difficult to just doodle characters and stuff-- but yours is always so consistent in comparison (not that I'm saying I'm bad at art I just struggle to draw using the same techniques I used to)
I wondered if you had any anatomy tips for characters? Like do you break down characters into shapes to get their proportions vaguely correct while sketching? If you do I very much want to know what shapes you use because I've not been able to draw a single full body character in quite a while cuz I can't get their proportions the way I want 😅
OH god good question also THANKS JSDFHD 😭😭😭
uhhhh I guess I do the general blocky thing that most people do?
(like I'd emphasize the vague in "vaguely correct" here because every other day I stumble on a new amazing art tutorial on how to simplify all 900 back muscles into a perfect shape and it's like oh wow I have Not been doing that and I probably still won't remember now)
BUT for me it's all about the Vibes
so when I'm really trying it usually either ends up being an amalgam of some tips that I try to remember + the shapes I've seen the most in tutorials since the early internet KFJHSDJKF
but like a lot of the time I just do something super simple and then I have to figure it out later on a second sketch layer so it's all kind of a mess BUT that's the general shapes at least!!
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3, 5, 17 for the dc ask game <33
:D <3 <3
3. Who’s your third-favorite Robin? Tell us one thing you like or dislike about them.
Steph is my third-favorite Robin and I just love her tenaciousness and her 'fuck you imma do it anyway' attitude just hits.
5. Favorite Flash
Okay, so I haven't read all of the Flashes, but of the ones I have, Jay Garrick is my fave. His Golden Age stuff is just hilarious to me and I've enjoyed reading him in the JSA series (1999) so far.
17. Who is the best civilian love interest, and why?
Lois Lane, hands down. She's an icon, she's a legend, and I read Superman stuff just for her. She's very much, 'this is Pulitzer Prize Winner Barbie and this is just Ken, her boyfriend/husband' and I love that for her.
I find Lois to be a well-rounded and developed character who is more than just Superman's love interest, and I love her determination, her drive and passion when it comes to her job. She's also a mess, almost obsessive in her work to a weird, toxic level, and can't spell for shit. She's complicated and an inspiration all in one.
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