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  • I grew up with a mom that was NEVER wrong.

    If I pointed out she was wrong, there was always an excuse. “Well, YOU should have said this, or you made me do that.”

    And because of her need to look infallible all the time, I learned to hide mistakes, blame others, and never let anyone know you aren’t perfect.

    And so, when I first had kids, I instinctively continued to do as I was taught. Once day I realized what I was doing and thought about how it made me feel when I was a kid, and decided I didn’t want to do the same thing to them.

    It wasn’t “as easy as that” and there were many times I caught myself doing it, but when I did, I apologized and admitted my mistake.

    I’d rather they learn how to accept responsibility for their actions than learn how to place blame on others.




  • Whether or not a vote “counts” is like identifying which straw broke the camels back.

    Individually, NONE of them count. Liberals in blue areas will think their vote doesn’t count because their candidate would have won without their vote. And those in red areas feel like it doesn’t count because they’re just getting stuck with whatever conservative is running.

    But, millions of votes that don’t count, DO COUNT.

    Elections are a war of attrition. The first one to ease off a little, loses.












  • Oh I am hardly successful at it. I have certain core rules. I don’t remember actively deciding that these were rules, they just developed over time.

    Of course there’s the reminders. If I set one, it must be important, so obey the reminders. Also, I have a spending rule. Anything that’s more than a few bucks, I’m not allowed to buy it the first time I think about it. The second time I think about it, I do research. If I haven’t completely moved on from the idea, then I’ll buy it.

    I’m still broke and running late, but it’s better than it could be.


  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldtoADHD@lemmy.worldI can't stop when its time to stop
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    3 days ago

    I completely understand what you’re going through.

    The one thing that concerns me is that you keep setting reminders, and completely ignoring them. Lord knows I’ve started playing a game and suddenly realized it was 10 hours later, but when the reminder goes off, you must obey it.

    You set the timers because YOU WANT yourself to be on time. When the reminder goes off, you’re saying past me was wrong, I’ll do what I want. Future you eventually realizes past you was right all along and you repeat the cycle.

    I think you need to make the choice to follow your own rules. Set reminders early and often. Give yourself a 15 minute warning so you can find a good point to stop what you’re doing. When the next alarm goes off 15 minutes later, you shut it down no matter what.

    Living with this is not easy, but it only gets harder when you sabotage yourself.