I knew I was an adult when I started keeping a stash of plastic bags inside a slightly larger plastic bag.
Posts by Kyrus Keenan Westcott
I try to be a responsible adult, but sometimes I just eat a sleeve of crackers for dinner and call it a charcuterie board.
I have ADHD. I need a deadline to function. If a task does not have a deadline, it will outlive me.
Having ADHD means my internal clock is always set to eventually.
I have ADHD. I try to watch educational videos, but I watch them at triple speed so I can learn nothing, faster.
Having ADHD means I can give you a TED Talk on a hyper-specific topic I learned about yesterday, but I cannot find my shoes.
I have ADHD. I have a very specific morning routine that I follow perfectly, once every four months.
My ADHD makes me a great problem solver for other people, but a complete disaster at solving my own life.
I have ADHD. I try to listen carefully when people tell me their names. I instantly forget it the moment their mouth stops moving.
I have ADHD. I just walked into a room, forgot why I was there, walked out, remembered, walked back in, and forgot again.
With ADHD, my hyperfocus is a superpower until I realize I haven't blinked or consumed water in seven hours.
I have ADHD. I do not hold grudges. I literally forget why I was mad at you.
Ari Scott sat down with me on the podcast to talk about the reality of #ADHD burnout and entrepreneurship. Listen to our full conversation here: loom.ly/5YcCUfc
The nine to five corporate clock was not built for a neurodivergent brain. Forcing your biology into that rigid structure creates massive friction.
It is time to stop internalizing executive dysfunction as personal failure. Building your own machine might be the ultimate lifeline.
I put together a full breakdown on separating your symptoms from your core Enneagram motivations here: loom.ly/jRvdoV4
Stop blaming your character for things tied to your chemistry. That chronic novelty-seeking is often an #ADHD dopamine deficit, not a quirky personality trait. 🧠 We must separate our biology from our identity to build systems that hold us accountable.
The full conversation about cortisol and the physical toll of stress is required listening for anyone who feels exhausted. loom.ly/QdaLjuY
"The biggest issue is not that we are not doing enough for the body, but that we are doing too much."
Dr. Nayan Patel completely changed how I look at #burnout. Our bodies do not need another life hack. They need a break.
We need to stop calling executive dysfunction laziness. I talked through my entire diagnosis experience and finding the right lens for your mind right here. 🎧
loom.ly/2YfPigo
Getting diagnosed with #ADHD in your 30s brings a heavy mix of relief and grief.
You finally understand your own brain, but you also mourn the years you spent assuming you were broken.
I have ADHD. I can pinpoint exactly when I lost interest in a conversation. It was usually three seconds before I enthusiastically nodded and said, "Wow, really?"
I'm an introvert. I will aggressively decline a phone call, stare at the ringing screen, and then immediately text the person asking what is up.
I have ADHD. I do not unpack from trips. I just live out of the suitcase until it organically empties itself back into the closet over the span of three months.
The most intense cardio I do as an adult is running to the microwave to stop it at one second so it does not beep and alert the neighborhood.
Adulting is constantly trying to figure out if your body hurts because you worked out, or because you slept with your neck at a 4-degree angle.
I have ADHD. I have 14 half-empty bottles of water scattered around my apartment like I am leaving supplies for a very tiny, dehydrated explorer.
I have ADHD. My primary form of exercise is walking back and forth between two rooms trying to remember why I stood up in the first place.
The greatest deception of adulthood is the phrase "Let's grab lunch sometime." We both know it will never happen, and we are both relieved.
I am at the age where sleeping wrong is a legitimate medical emergency that requires three days of physical therapy and a heating pad.
Adulting is just pretending you know what a 401k is while secretly hoping someone else will just handle it for you before you turn sixty.