🧠 Neurodivergent ≠ Broken: Why You’re Not Lazy, You’re Wired Differently

The Guilt, the Grit, the Gefilte-Fish Moments, and the secret to thriving while weird

Ever try to get out of bed with ADHD? It’s like Moses parting the Red Sea, if the Red Sea was made of weighted blankets and shame. I set six alarms, none of ‘em worked. My executive function called in sick—again. I looked at my to-do list and suddenly remembered I absolutely had to alphabetize my spice rack. Starting with the ones I don’t even use. Anise? I haven’t anise’d anything since 2003.

And let me tell you something else: Pharaoh had ten plagues? I get fifteen before breakfast.

• Task paralysis

• Time blindness

• Inbox dread

• Existential fatigue

• And that one guy on LinkedIn who posts, “Just wake up at 5AM and hustle.”

Laziness? Please. If surviving a brain that runs 43 tabs at once with 19 pop-ups isn't work, I don't know what is!

For years, I thought I was defective. Couldn’t start anything. Couldn’t finish anything. Couldn’t remember where I put my coffee—only to find it in the microwave next to last night’s existential spiral. I’d stare at my calendar like it was written in Aramaic and wonder, What’s wrong with me?

Here’s the kicker: Nothing’s wrong with me. I’m just a neurodivergent running a neurotypical software update—and crashing every five minutes.

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BUT HERE’S THE REVELATION...

The moment I stopped trying to “fix” myself and started building with my brain instead of against it? That was my exodus moment.
I stopped chasing normal.
I started chasing systems that fit me.
And I started winning. Not Wall Street winning—inner peace and fewer meltdowns at Trader Joe’s winning.

Want to know how I did it? Come behind the paywall, darling. The real matzah’s in the middle.

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🔓 The Seder Plate of Survival Skills

1. Mindset Shift #1: Your Brain Is Not a Bug, It’s a Feature