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7w
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simmer pots
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On a day where I’m working or studying from home, I love to have a simmer pot on the stove for as long as I can. My favorite things to add are: rosemary, grated ginger, cinnamon sticks, apples, oranges, and lemons. I usually change up the ingredients based on the season or how I’m feeling, but there’s nothing better than your house smelling cozy. I am sometimes sensitive to candles or perfumes, but I haven’t found the scent from a simmer pot to bother me, and I love the way it spreads slowly to every corner of the house. Add jazz music in the background, and you’ll feel your shoulders and jaw start to relax. Truly one of the rituals/practices that makes me feel the most calm.
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The way I’m living
physical notes to myself, everywhere
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Great ADHD hack to have physical checklists/notes to myself everywhere. This particular one is next to my front door but I also have ones in the kitchen, in my room, on every mirror, in the bathroom, etc. Little reminders to put my brain back on track work super well for me, and even the process of writing them establishes little routines for different parts of my day— which is very needed!! I switch them out for different colors/styles when they start becoming part of my lived environment and my brain starts skipping over them!!
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The way I’m living
writing your do list on a legal pad
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let’s revisit the legal pad— it was the basis for the original notes app design after all. simple. classic. getting to cross something out after you’re done with it? so much better than deleting the task or pressing a button. to do list on legal pad has not failed me yet.
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