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Hiya! 

I would like to thank this anon too for their incredible patience because this has been in my inbox for almost a year! my bad! <3

Sooo I’m not sure if anon still struggles with this but if other people struggle with this too maybe the following tips might be helpful!

Meal prep. Prepare several different meals for a few days, a week or if you have a freezer a few weeks.

Make sure you always have a few basics in cans in storage (eg in your room if it doesn’t fit any of the shelves)

Google budget recipes! For me this tip went hand in hand with the first one because I bought the ingredients for several budget recipes prepared all of them in one day put them in little containers and froze them! This way if you’re uninspired or too tired after a long day of studying you don’t have to think about it you can either heat it up in a pan or pop it in the microwave! :D

Always have pasta and veggies and fruit because skipping a meal is never good (I’m being an incredible hypocrite here but trust me after you would have fainted one too many times because you either skipped or forgot to eat a meal too you’d say the same)

I hope these tips can help you out a bit! If you have more questions you can always ask them! (I will try to answer them sooner this time hahaha)

Lots of love and take care,

Hiya you’re absolutely not bothering, questions are always welcome!

Thank you for your (incredible) patience because this has been in my inbox for ages and I kept forgetting about it! My bad <3

I’ve recently (when I say recently I mean last May, June and July) been taught a new way of planning that works pretty well for me! I have been planning on making it a post so I will link to it here as soon as it’s actually done!

I hope to actually make this post either today or tomorrow and not forget about it so I’m putting it on my To Do list! (this will make more sense when I’ve made and you’ve read the post)

Lots of love and take care,

Hiya!

I do have some tips, but disclaimer! These tips might not work for everyone!

What works for me is sitting in the front, I write down everything I can preferably with multiple colours but if the prof is fast I just try to write my notes as legible as possible. If they write too fast on the board I take pictures to scribble the info in my notes later on.

I also ask all of my professors if I can record their lectures, they usually let me because they know I zone out sometimes bc of the ADHD, I don’t usually need the recordings afterwards but they’re nice to have as a backup.

It also might help to ask questions or have the professor to ask you questions about the lecture :D

Last but not least here’s a video from How to ADHD about note taking (and cats!!)

Lots of love and take care,

Hi! since this looks like a pressing message (I will get to the older messages in my inbox later I had planned on answering but then I forgot!) I will respond to this right now!

I have several things that might come in handy!

Don’t overestimate nor underestimate the people you will be teaching, that means don’t use the jargon (the words specifically used in the field you’re teaching) because you will lose their attention. It also means don’t make it too easy or they’ll get distracted.

Plan ahead, what do you want to say make a list of it and think how much time you will need. 

Which brings us to the next point! Timing is everything, make sure you either set timers during your presentation or for an activity so you and the students will know when to stop.

Make it visible. If you write down on a board or in a powerpoint presentation what you’re planning to tell them they know where they stand and what to expect from you.

I really hope this helps! If you have more questions you can always send another ask or send a message!

Lots of love and take care,

Hiya dear,

This sounds like a very hard situation to be in. 

What I would do is brainstorm; just write down everything you like (whether it’s useful or not) and see if you can link things to what you’re studying. 

You could also try to make a pro and con list about your uni and what you are studying. 

I know the feeling of feeling lost and stuck, I switched my studies once too (I switched from journalism to English education) and it was a better fit for me, maybe you want to do something else maybe you don’t I find making lists really helps me figure out stuff (make it colourful)

Hiya dear anon! I’m not sure which one of the ask me things lists you mean but I think it’s this one:

1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?

This is a hard one because I think they would have to read, watch and listen to a lot of things to understand me. 

They would have to read Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, To Kill a Mockingbird and honestly a lot more books but I couldn’t name them from the top of my head. 

They would have to watch Star Wars AND Star Trek (yes I like both), Skip Beat (anime) and Thomas Sanders’ videos

The music they would have to listen to is pretty much anything from musicals, dodie, Thomas Sanders and random pop, rock and other songs.

17. would you say your tumblr is a fair representation of the “real you”?

I think my tumblr is a representation of a part of me, I don’t post that often (I should do that more often though) so this doesn’t represent my entire life just some studying parts of it.

Thank you! (I had to scroll back a bit on my blog to find it but luckily I found it)

Methacrylaldehyde: Would you rather be really attractive or really smart?

I think I would rather be really smart, because your smarts will stay with you your entire life! 

Hi anon dear!

First off I want to tell you that there are a lot of different kinds of ADHD medication, I probably don’t even know half of them, but the important part in this is that not every medication works for everyone. I used to have the Ritalin 4hours medication but they didn’t work for me so I switched to Concerta. With a friend of mine that happened but the exact other way around, his doctor changed his concerta into Ritalin.

Second not everyone benefits from medication, sometimes the side effects (eg anxiety) weigh out the good it does for your focus and your brain.

Have you tried bringing it up to your therapist, it being the subject of medication, if you have and she deflected it try again. If you haven’t and if you might be nervous to ask her you could maybe start with explaining her how you struggle with school and how you think it relates to you ADHD. Then you could ask her what kind of solutions she can think of, nudging her towards medication.

(also i don’t know where you’re from but in my country, the Netherlands, there are two kinds of therapists and the one can prescribe meds and the other can’t so it might be something like that too, depending on if the system is the same)

One last note: Starting new medication for ADHD might be rough on your body for the first couple of months so if you do start to take medication take care of yourself! <3

I really hope this has helped you in any way! If you have more questions or need advice my inbox is always open (and mostly empty so there’s enough room for questions)

Lots of love and take care,