On the way to one task, this woman with ADHD ended up washing dishes, adding on to her grocery list, cleaning the stove top, and more. We can all relate to the mental exhaustion she felt by the time she circled back to her original plan.
I put away the super-size bag of cute little baby carrots from my latest Costco run. The overstuffed bag takes up too much space in my stylish new stainless steel kitchen fridge, but it fits nicely in the 20-year-old spare refrigerator in the basement. Simple, right? Take bag to basement. Insert into refrigerator. Done. But I get distracted easily, and there were a few complications.
I also wanted to cook some carrots for my dogs . I needed my favorite steamer pan, and it wasn’t in the cabinet . I found it in the sink, still dirty from the broccoli I had cooked the day before . I found another bag, tucked the lettuce inside, and put it in the shiny stainless steel refrigerator next to the small bag of carrots. I went back to the dishes. I washed the steamer insert and picked up the main saucepan, which had ugly burn spots in the bottom. Now I needed a scrubber sponge .I hunted the countertop, which was covered with dishes, fruit, and the rest of the Costco haul. There were no scrubber sponges in sight. Even my backup supply under the sink was exhausted.
I was mentally exhausted at this point. This “simple” task had evolved into a complex undertaking. Unlike dominos, which neatly lean into each other leading to a precise end point, my path required backing up to go forward. Clean the stove before cooking. Clear the drainer before rinsing. Find the scrubber before washing. Find the pan before scrubbing. This is the stuff ofIt’s a minor miracle that the carrots made it to the basement at all , given my ADHD brain’s tendency to wander off track.
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