Insights and advice about living with ADHD

On Fear & Fragility

I want to share what's on my mind. The thing is, I wanted to tell you yesterday, and the day before that. My head aches (literally) with everything unsaid. I've been afraid. Afraid to write. Even though I know it's what I'm

Am I Making Things Harder For Myself Because I'm Bored?

Maybe bored isn't the right word.* Instead, I wonder if I'm not being intellectually challenged, and if this is the reason for my constant self-sabotage. I started this blog because I'm struggling, and I thought I might be able to help others while helping

Show Your Work!

I was inspired to start Artist with ADHD after reading Austin Kleon’s book Show Your Work! It’s a short book—you can read it in one sitting—in which Kleon enumerates on 10 principles behind getting noticed. He wrote it in response to questions he would get from

First Post

Welcome! I am grateful you're here. As the name implies, Artist with ADHD is a blog about creating art as a person with ADHD. But it's so much more than that. First, my notion of "art" is broad. Second, it's not all