That’s amazing, way to go on following through with the appointments and meds.
Your description also makes me think I should maybe be on Adderall…
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I will merely point out that there have been quite a few times you reminded me of my ex when he was off his ADHD meds, lol. Do with that what you will 
ETA and I mean that with full love. My ex is a wonderful human, as are you. And he still avoids his meds last I checked, and he’s a delightful person with many people who love and care for him. Not meant as a slight in any way- just that it’s possible it would smooth your day to day a little. 
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This is very likely, and yet for some mysterious reason I have never gotten around to it.
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Allie Brosh (hyperbole and a half) once described needing refills for ADHD and depression meds like putting cardiac pills on the top of a mountain.
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I quit my job officially (haven’t worked in two+ years lol) and submitted everything to roll my 401k over into my existing IRA.
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Yay high five! I feel like quitting your job is an OMD rite of passage.
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I’m a “recovering” hoarder. Long story how I got here, it’s tied to my PTSD, but whatever.
I’ve been sending things to auction: books & housewares. Been doing this for over a month. It works the stuff leaves my hands/house and I don’t have to move it again and the process doesn’t lean on the PTSD either. For decades, when my space was tidy and/or I was cleaning regularly, I’d have panic attacks.
Sending things to auction goes around that. I don’t have to handle the things more than once more and the $ is being paid directly on our debt; the one credit card and the equity loan, to be exact. DH has cash flow insecurities; I have debt insecurity. It’s “my” money so I get to choose what happens to it and it doesn’t affect our lifestyle as his paycheck does that. Most of the time, mine wouldn’t buy the groceries…
So, I’m making more $, paying more against the debt, feeling more secure, and having less stuff to store, move, clean, etc.
It’s all good! The challenge here is to keep doing it as the PTSD gets het up after a while. We’ll see if this leans on it, or not. Everything else has, except for the small amount of household chores I’ve managed to make into habits…
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It looks great. I know from having been a bookdealer, that things like that are pricey. 
Good for you!
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I removed the elastic from a dress waistband. The elastic had shrunk in the wash and made the dress uncomfortable to wear. A few snips to open up the side seams of the waistbandand then the elastic only had a couple stitches holding it on. Dress is wearable now.
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I paid my auto insurance today!
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I sent an email to daycare advocating for myself and my kid on a couple of key issues. Just got back a positive note from the manager. Our next few months are going to be so much easier!
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I’ve been working on the cookbook I’m writing, every day. Partially this is because the last food order I"m making this year is happening next week, but part of it is just my facing the fact that unwritten books just don’t sell and I want to sell this and/or ideas from it as articles.
If it’s not written, I can’t do any of that.
One of the truisms about being a writer. You must write or you have nothing to sell.
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Phoned the customer service to cancel a subscription, went well and I get 210 Euros back 
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I started the seed catalog. I used to have one box for seeds. That box is long gone. Since, they’re in multiple places.
I really don’t know what I’ve got and I need to if I’m going to seriously grow more food next year. Since we’re anticipating DH retiring in July, this is part of the “retirement planning” here.
Food is normally only about 10% of the average American’s expenses, or less (or used to be) but no matter what’s “normal,” he’s retiring and our income stream is going to take a huge hit.
So… since we want to be able to continue to drink the coffee we like, etc. that means that we need to cut the other food expense, somewhere else.
This is it.
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-temporality lifted security freezes, applied for and got accepted for the target red card. Now I’ll get 5% back instead of the 1.5% we’ve been getting, plus I can pay with just my phone. Much easier with toddler in tow.
-set up recurring donations to two charities we’ve wanted to add and I just…. Haven’t.
-set up two CCs on my apple wallet, so if we’re ever out on a walk and I don’t have my purse I can emergency grocery store or whatever I need to.
I’ve been putting these off for AGES.
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I had my stove checked out. It is acting up and shut itself down from time to time, after 30 minutes without power it is working again.
It is beyond repair, so I decided to get my kitchen freshed up. Went to the store and ordered new countertops, sink, faucet, fridge, stove, oven. It will be delivered and installed in March.
The stove started acting this way aprox. 4 years ago 
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I got quotes to have our soakwells emptied of leaves! I’ve been meaning to do that since we moved in 4 years ago. This weekend I have to work out if I can get the lids off.
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Wew, got the Spring Cleaning bug and I really got into the toilets with a cleaning pumice stone and screwdriver-as-makeshift-chisel…My SO got the stone so I felt I had the right tool for the job.
Washed both the cars and popped in my SO’s front bumper with a screwdriver.
I’m not normally a fix-it person, but am very happy I was able to do it!
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Had a bag of photos and negatives that I had decluttered about 2 years ago when Covid hit. It has sat under my desk, then next to the sofa in a basket with blankets. Today it made it into the actual garbage can. It’s hard to let go of things with emotional attachments.
I also did a few 5 min jobs that have been giving me the side eye - I purchased a blanket ladder so today the blankets that get used were hung up on it neatly. I have 3 more (2 electric blanket and another one) that I think should join the pictures in the trash. The electric blankets only slightly warm, not super heat up which is why I think they need to go instead of me keeping them around thinking they might change one day.
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Electric blankets start a decent number of fires. If they’re not performing as expected, definitely trash them- could be a sign of a wire wearing out which is a fire risk.
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