After telling someone to throw out yet another useless book of advice for neurodivergent people clearly written by someone who isn’t neurodivergent I have one tip re developing a habit w ADHD: make it really easy to implement. Kids dropping wrappers on floor? Put out more trash cans in those areas
Adam Savage's book "Every Tool a Hammer" explicitly gives you permission to get a second x-acto knife and a second pair of pliers and leave a set at each spot you need them rather than wander around looking for where you last left The Tool and omg it is LIBERATING.
YES THIS
I refuse to buy "good tweezers." What even is the point? I'll own them for, like, two weeks tops to start out and then a few days at a time as they randomly turn back up.
My kitchen scissors (since I live alone) have been living on the kitchen table for the past two months.
They get used and I get a lot less annoyed with random tasks that require scissors.
They only moved about 2 m from the cupboard.
This is the justification I need to buy more of those delightful Seki City nail clippers so I'm not forgetting to put them back when I travel.
I've already got double-edged razors in two homes, so I don't worry when I fly carry-on only.
(That, the and replacement blades are a big no-no.)
the problem is i have a shitload of nail clippers but only one of them is really good and the bad nail clippers obscure the good one just by existing in my house, because now i also have to identify the one good clipper out of the lot, and my middle-aged vision isn't up to this task.
This is one of the things holding me back from getting an electric one. Unless I can somehow place it so it's grabbable from both sink and shower, something is going to suffer for it.
They go through the portal in your knitting storage. Somewhere there is a pile of knitting needles, crochet hooks and other textile tools that are taking a vacation.
Buying trauma shears in bulk has been a lifesaver for my multi-ADHD + crafting household 😹 And it means I don't have to murder anyone over misusing the expensive sewing scissors! (Have given sets as gifts to all fam, they are converts now too.)
Do you have The Special Place where The Good Scissors go, and great shame will be inflicted upon anyone who uses them for anything other than Important Sewing Duties?
My mum STILL keeps her good scissors on top of the fridge. All her kids are 30+, grandkids are 20+, I guess there's great grandkids 😆
The sheer number of lip balm tubes scattered throughout this house is hilarious. I gathered them in a pile once just to get a sense of scale, and boy howdy I will never again in my life have an excuse for dry lips
Do your scissors all converge upon one location? We have at least half a dozen, slowly they all go missing, then they'll all turn up on a bench together. Never the same spot though. Drives me batty!
Haha, I just received my ordered EIGHT nail clippers because I am fed up of never finding one! If we ever move again we will find probably so many lost ones!
My alternative is having a Swiss Army Knife on my belt at all times (except airline flights). Not the best tool for *anything*, but far more often than not the *second*-best.
My husband and son keep giving me shit for buying multi packs of scissors at Costco. I have placed a pair in every kitchen drawer and in each bathroom and at the bar and the laundry room and every time I go to one of these spots to grab scissors when I need 'em, *they're not there*.
