Wintersβ Day In
Spilling the tea since 2006. Wanna cuppa?
Conversations on life, faith, stories, music, and creativity from author and songwriter (and aspiring mermaid) Talena Winters.
Bears, Mermaids, and a Late ADHD Diagnosis (at 49)
I outran a bear last week, but the bigger adventure was getting diagnosed with ADHD at forty-nine. Hereβs how one week on medication brought my fictionβand my mermaidsβback from the dead.
All Art Is Human Art, Part 3: Support, Not Segregation
Involuntary AI labelling doesn't just target AI-assisted creators, it hurts unassisted ones too. There is a better way. Part three of a three-part series on why all art is human art, and why support beats segregation.
Life Lessons from a Late-Undiagnosed ADHD-er
Iβm still new on the journey of learning about my ADHD, but Iβve been learning about how to deal with it for a long timeβand these are a few things Iβd love my kids, or anyone else learning to deal with executive disfunction (or even just life), to learn earlier rather than later.
Working on a cure for Business ADHDβ¦
A note to self about why Iβm making the decisions Iβm about to make, so when I question my sanity later, I can look back at this and say, βOh, yeah.β
Peaks and Valleys
When the blahs happen two weeks a month, itβs not just depressionβ¦ Also, update on my slow productivity mission, what I did this week in my business (hint: knitting pattern update), and some sad news about my grandmother.
Morning Lite: My New Productivity Plan
Part of my Slow Productivity switch has been changing my morning routine. Iβm only a few days in, but it seems to be working so farβ¦
When You Just Canβt Do It All
Lately, I've been getting that too-familiar "overwhelmed" feeling. Looking back over the first six months of this year, I am coming to a difficult conclusion: I still can't do it all. So it's time to reset some priorities.