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O is for Ordinary.

What ordinary thing made you smile today?

Today I'm wearing a winter hat indoors.

I realize this raises more questions than it answers.

The truth is much less exciting than you're probably hoping.

I found the hat in a box while unpacking and decided I wanted to wear it.

That's it.

No deep meaning.

No life-changing lesson.

No profound insight about personal growth.

Just a hat.

And me.

Honestly, I almost didn't take a photo today because I kept thinking I needed something more interesting to share.

Something wiser.

Something more important.

Something that would make this post "worth it."

But that's not really the point of this challenge.

The point isn't to create something extraordinary every day.

The point is to show up every day.

Some days are meaningful.

Some days are messy.

Some days are funny.

And some days are just ordinary.

This is one of those days.

And I think that's okay.

Maybe more than okay.

Maybe ordinary deserves a little more credit than we give it.

After all, most of life happens there.

Not in the big moments.

Not in the milestones.

Just in the middle of an ordinary day, wearing a winter hat for absolutely no reason at all.

What ordinary thing made you smile today?

#OrdinaryMoments #EverydayJoy #ShowUpAnyway #PhotoADayChallenge #SheHatedTheDishes

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N is for Needs.

What if getting your needs met doesn't require doing everything yourself?

Before we go any further...

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that there is actual floor visible in this photo?

Not boxes.

Not piles.

Not a carefully cropped angle designed to hide the chaos.

Floor.

Real floor.

If you've been following along for any length of time, you know that's kind of a big deal around here.

Yesterday, I had plans to meet a friend for lunch for her birthday.

Right before I left, my husband wanted to talk about the guest room.

You know... the one full of boxes.

The one my niece is supposed to stay in when she visits us for the first time.

The one that has been stressing me out for weeks.

I told him what I needed.

I needed the house to still feel manageable.

I needed somewhere to retreat when things felt overwhelming.

I needed him to understand that this wasn't just about moving boxes.

What surprised me was that he heard something deeper than what I was actually saying.

At one point he said:

"I just want to help carry that burden for you."

Then he asked me to trust him.

So I left for lunch.

And while I was gone, he and my daughter got to work.

When I came home, the guest room was done.

Not perfect.

The house isn't suddenly empty.

There are still boxes in other rooms.

There is still plenty left to do.

But instead of one giant overwhelming problem, there were several smaller problems I could actually handle.

And apparently...

there was floor.

What I've been thinking about ever since is this:

Sometimes getting our needs met starts with being willing to say what we need.

Sometimes it means letting someone else help.

And sometimes it means accepting that the solution won't look exactly the way we imagined.

But that doesn't mean it isn't exactly what we needed.

So I'll ask again:

What if getting your needs met doesn't require doing everything yourself?

#Needs
#TrustTheProcess
#SupportMatters
#PhotoADayChallenge
#SheHatedTheDishes

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L is for Laughter.

What situation in your life is so ridiculous that all you can do is laugh?

Right now, it's the boxes.

We've moved so many times over the last few years that we reused moving boxes.

Which sounds practical until you realize the boxes still had the old labels on them.

As a result, boxes labeled for my daughter's room ended up in my daughter's room (makes sense, right?)

But, she opened them, discovered they weren't hers, and moved them into the hallway.

Now they're blocking my office.

The guest room is full.

The boxes I actually could unpack are trapped behind other boxes.

And because of my shoulder, I can't move any of the boxes myself.

To make things even better, my 18-year-old niece is coming to visit us next week.

Not her first visit to this house.

Her first visit to us.

Ever.

Naturally, the guest room she's supposed to stay in is currently occupied by boxes.

Lots of boxes.

Fortunately, she insists she doesn't mind and even claims she "likes boxes".

I'm choosing to believe her.

The whole situation is absurd.

And if I'm being honest, there are moments when it's frustrating.

But there are also moments when it's funny.

Because sometimes life gives us problems that don't have an immediate solution.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is wait.

And while you're waiting, you might as well find something to laugh about.

A friend of mine knows I've been struggling with all of this lately, so she's been sending me extra funny videos.

Not because they solve the problem.

Not because they make the boxes disappear.

But because they remind me that even in difficult seasons, there are still reasons to smile.

It reminds me of something I say often:

Some of the worst moments make the best stories later.

Sometimes you can't laugh in the middle of the mess.

But if you're lucky, eventually you can laugh when you look back on it.

And sometimes that possibility is enough to get you through today.

So I'll ask again:

What situation in your life is so ridiculous that all you can do is laugh?

#Laughter #FindingJoy #Perspective #PhotoADayChallenge #SheHatedTheDishes

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K is for Kindness.

What discomfort are you tolerating that you don't actually have to?

Today was one of those days.

Meeting after meeting.

Barely enough time to eat.

At one point I realized I was cold.

And for a moment, I considered just staying cold.

Not because I wanted to.

Because stopping to do something about it felt inconvenient.

Then I caught myself.

I turned up the thermostat.

I grabbed a blanket.

Problem solved.

It sounds ridiculous when I write it out.

Of course I should get a blanket if I'm cold.

But how often do we do this to ourselves?

How often do we stay hungry because we're busy?

Stay exhausted because there's more work to do?

Stay uncomfortable because helping ourselves feels like one more thing on the list?

Recently, someone I barely knew offered to help support my injured shoulder and later made a video showing me how to tape it correctly.

She wasn't trying to solve everything.

She was simply looking for a way to make things a little easier.

And that's what kindness often is.

Not grand gestures.

Just noticing discomfort and asking:

"Is there a simple way to make this better?"

Sometimes for someone else.

Sometimes for yourself.

So I'll ask again:

What discomfort are you tolerating that you don't actually have to?

#PhotoADayChallenge #AlphabetChallenge #Kindness #ADHDLife #Neurodiversity #SelfCare #SheHatedTheDishes

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J is for Juggling.

What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever found while looking for something else?

Mine might be finding my phone in the refrigerator.

I wish I was kidding.

I sat down to work and realized I needed my phone to look at some notes.

The problem was that my phone wasn't on my desk.

So I started looking.

Bedroom.

Kitchen.

Living room.

Office.

Nothing.

Eventually I found it in the refrigerator.

Which is also when I realized it was four o'clock in the afternoon and I hadn't eaten yet.

So now I'm making food, reading notes, trying to get back to work, and wondering how my phone ended up next to the leftovers.

If you have ADHD, this story probably sounds familiar.

Sometimes it feels like we're juggling ten things at once.

Work.

Family.

Appointments.

Self-care.

The dishes.

The grocery list.

The thing we were supposed to do before we got distracted by the other thing.

And yes, it can be exhausting.

But here's the part I don't hear people talk about enough:

Juggling is also a skill.

Most of us have spent years learning how to adapt when things don't go according to plan.

We learn to pivot.

We learn to recover.

We learn to keep moving even when our brains take the scenic route.

Is it messy?

Absolutely.

But it's also kind of impressive.

Because despite the chaos, we still manage to keep a lot of balls in the air.

So I'll ask again:

What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever found while looking for something else?

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I is for Intention.

What are you doing repeatedly, and why?

Yesterday I talked about habits.

Today I want to talk about the thing that comes before habits.

Intention.

Because habits aren't the goal.

They're the tool.

This is my game closet.

When people come to our house, I've started telling them it's one of the most important rooms.

Not because I love collecting games.

Not because I needed another hobby.

Because these games represent something I care about.

Connection.

Friendship.

Shared experiences.

Future memories.

Every month I host a business game night.

Every few months I invite friends over to my house to play games.

Those gatherings don't happen because I own the games.

I own the games because I intend to create those gatherings.

The intention came first.

The games support the intention.

The game nights are the habit.

And that's true for so many things in life.

The habit isn't the point.

The walk isn't the point.

The meal tracking isn't the point.

The photo challenge isn't the point.

The habit is just the vehicle.

The real question is:

Where are you trying to go?

Because when a habit is connected to something that genuinely matters to you, it's easier to keep showing up.

Not because you're disciplined.

Because you're moving toward something you care about.

So I'll ask again:

What are you doing repeatedly, and what intention is driving it?

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H is for Habits.

What's a habit you've built because you struggle with something?

A lot of people tell me how organized I am.

The truth is, I've spent most of my life trying to figure out how to stay organized.

Sticky notes.

Calendars.

Lists.

Jars full of completed tasks.

Apps.

Checklists.

If there's a system out there, I've probably tried it.

Not because organization comes naturally to me.

Because it doesn't.

One of the tools I've been using lately is an app called Finch. I've used it for 558 days in a row.

The app gives me tiny rewards for doing things that are important to me.

Not just work tasks.

Things like:

- Eat breakfast
- Go for a walk
- Do my migraine exercises
- Stretch for my plantar fasciitis
- Remind myself that I am not a victim of time

The rewards are small.

But they help.

And over the years, I've realized something important:

The goal isn't to become the kind of person who magically remembers everything.

The goal is to build systems that support the life you actually want to live.

The dishes don't get done because I'm disciplined.

They get done because I've built habits around them.

I ask for help when I need it.

I don't let them pile up until they become overwhelming.

I have systems.

The same is true for exercise.
For self-care.
For work.
For relationships.

Habits aren't about becoming a different person.

They're about making it easier to be the person you want to be.

So I'll ask again:

What's a habit you've built because you struggle with something?

Or what habit do you wish you had that would make life a little easier?

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G is for Gratitude.

What is something that makes you happy simply because it makes someone you love happy?

This car has been sitting for years.

Not because we didn't care about it.

Life just got in the way.

There was never enough time.
Never enough money.
Never the right place to work on it.

Today, all of those things lined up.

So we spent the day working on it.

We're not doing a perfect paint job. We're doing a practical one. Enough to protect it from rust and make it look a little less like a project that's been waiting for years.

The funny thing is that I don't really care about the car itself.

I never have.

But today I got to watch my husband work on something he genuinely loves.

I got to watch him make progress on something he's been wanting to do for a very long time.

And that made me smile.

Sometimes gratitude isn't about the thing.

Sometimes it's about getting to witness someone else's joy.

Sometimes it's about realizing how far you've come.

Five years ago, this project felt impossible.

Today, it's sitting in our driveway.

Not finished.

But moving forward.

And for that, I'm incredibly grateful.

So I'll ask again:

What is something that brings you joy simply because it brings joy to someone you love?

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D is for Dishes.

Have you ever tied your worth to a task?

For years, I thought the goal was to get the dishes done.

If the sink was empty...
If the dishwasher was unloaded...
If the cabinets were organized...

Then I'd finally feel caught up.

Successful.

Enough.

The problem was that dishes don't stay done.

You wash them.
You put them away.
And then somebody eats lunch.

The cycle starts all over again.

What took me years to understand is that I wasn't actually chasing clean dishes.

I was chasing a feeling.

I believed that if I could just keep up with everything, I'd finally feel okay.

But the dishes were never the problem.

The dishes were just the thing I had chosen to measure myself against.

Today, the dishes are done.

They're clean.
They're put away.
They're sitting neatly in the cabinet behind me.

And while that feels good, it doesn't determine my worth any more than a sink full of dirty dishes does.

The dishes were never really about the dishes.

What task have you accidentally turned into a measurement of your worth?

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