Black Girl, Lost Keys.

Valentine’s day is fast approaching, and that has me thinking about love and  ADHD relationships. I think about love a lot, especially after enduring a divorce. I spent a lot of time after that divorce wondering if love was something I would ever find again. After all, it isn’t easy to be in love when you are messy, forgetful and chronically disorganized. I mean, I have a hard time finding my own…

My New Year’s Resolution Is To Say NO

This post contains affiliate links to products that I think you won’t want to say no to. 🙂

OK, I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t have a problem with self-improvement in any way, but it should come naturally. I don’t need the entire world to stand behind me when I decide to make some changes. If my weight isn’t where I want it to be, if I…

This ADHD therapy post contains affiliate links, none of which will cause you to need more therapy. 

Part of managing ADHD is getting ADHD therapy, and you gotta go hustle a good therapist up.If you have ADHD, that means you more than likely have spent some time on somebody’s couch or office. Getting an official ADHD diagnosis means you have to go find a doctor and answer a series of questions…

Coping With The Holidays is another trial we have to bear.

Coping with the holidays is another story when you have ADHD. They say the key to a successful holiday function is preparation; that must be on my other key ring. You know, the lost one.

Every year they fool me! Holidays always begin with so much promise. One minute you’re watching the commercials with the happy kids and bobbing your head…

Procrastination sucks.

Dealing with procrastination is like navigating a funhouse, full of mirrors, floors that spin, and other obstacles. Living with ADHD isn’t so bad, all things considered. . . that is until I do something that requires focus and/or attention. I’m a time blind girl, living in a world that feeds on time like a ravenous beast. So when I’m on MY time? I want to float peacefully…

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It is a riveting night at the house of Brooks, aka the Palace of Procrastination. There is doo-wop, knitting needles, new crochet projects being planned and funny dog selfies being taken. I’m…

I wrote yesterday about the effects of abuse, and so much of it is rooted in misogyny. As someone who has suffered from the effects of that toxicity, the origins of misogyny interest me. I had the fortunate pleasure of being able to discuss those things with my close friend, Kyle Barnes. After meeting up online, we formed a fast friendship, and I found myself confronting many of the ideas he held…

Ok, so if you’ve been reading for a while, I may have alluded to it before, but if you didn’t realize it before, I’m saying it now: I was once in a relationship where there was emotional abuse. It has been a few years since the relationship ended, and while initially, I expected the process of healing to go at lightning speed ( abuser is gone = problem solved, right?), I have found that the end…

Dirty John: True Crime Meets Lifetime

People with ADHD have a constant craving for stimulation. Longtime readers of BGLK know how much I love true crime podcasts: have you read the posts I wrote about Serial? Nothing leaves your heart racing like true crime. So often you think you know what is happening, and before you know it you find out that you are very, very wrong. There’s something gripping about serial killers, kidnappings,…

Dove: You Can’t Wash My Black Away

Thanks to Dove, I need to buy new deodorant.

Am I oversharing?

You might wonder why you need to know that; you might think this is one of those ADHD symptoms I have where the chronic oversharing kicks in and I tell you a bunch of stuff you didn’t necessarily need to know about me. That happens sometimes, but in this case, hang on. I have a point, and the deodorant is the tip of the iceberg.

As a…