I always think in what you labeled as "bad day". So everything seems harder than it is and takes more spoons. That's why I need Adderal and coffee every day.
This is why I keep cheap instant coffee on hand. Just dump a couple table spoons into your mouth and chew until it's gone.
#goblincore
You can also get those concentrated energy drink drops that you're supposed to put in a bottle of water. I've got heart problems for some reason, can't imagine why.
I use energy drinks for that. I drink them a bit too much, but it's useful to roll out of bed and chug way too much caffeine on days I need to get up and go.
Otherwise coffee. Per week usually 3 days energy drinks 4 days caffeine
Perfect description. For bonus points add doubt to every step:
Should I wash the pot more before using it to fill water, or is it enough to rinse it?
There is stuff in the sink. Will it cause me to spray water when filling the pot over it? What if I hold the pot too low and get tomato sauce on it. I'll have to clean it. Where is the dish rag in case I need it?
Should I rinse the filter first? I heard it recommended.
Should the coffee put in the filter be flattened? Or is it okay in a little mound like it always is.
How cold will I have to wait for the grounds to be before I take the filter out, and is there space in the garbage? What if it leaks again and I get a small coffee puddle in the drawer under the bin bag that is so hard to clean.
And add micro-blackouts where random unrelated gestures and moves have been made, only to find out right after the fact
Also, there is the possibility that the last time the coffee maker was used it was never rinsed, and now there is a green cement-like layer of mold on the bottom that will need to soak overnight before you can even imagine scrubbing it off.
This is why I can't make a pot of coffee without first emptying the dishwasher (if it's clean), move dishes from sink to dishwasher, and take out the trash first.
This is one reason why I drink Cold Brew. I only have to make it like once a week.
I just defer all that to lunchtime when I need the griddle.
Which of course doesn't get cleaned until dinner, when the cycle repeats.
And you'll come back in from taking the trash out and forget the original plan was to make coffee and go do another thing instead.
Cold brew is a great idea. What's your method/recipe?
I have a primula cold brew pitcher that I bought several years ago and it has had constant use. I'm not sure if they still make/sell this particular model but it does approx 2qts at a time.
So I'll make a primula pitcher and let it steep for a few days, then move it to a "storage pitcher" (regular 2qt pitcher) and then start another primula pitcher that'll steep until the storage pitcher is empty. Rinse. Repeat.
The pitcher has held up amazingly well over the years. Recently, the filter handle has these two little metal pins that function as a hinge...over time they corroded and now needs replacement. I bought some little screws and nuts to do it but now I forgot where I put the handle.
The great thing about cold brew is that even cheap beans/grounds make a pretty good coffee. I usually buy the cheapest pre-ground at Job Lot, or store brand at the wholesale club. The pitcher has definitely paid for itself in Dunkin runs.
Thank you!
I’m surprised that bad day isn’t, no coffee cus too many steps.
A day without coffee is the day I die
I’d get overwhelmed and die on step 3.
Can't you just do it?
Have they tried breaking it down into smaller steps to make it more manageable?
I’ve heard this is a good analogue to dementia. When you list out all 14 steps of making coffee, it’s not surprising that someone with an impairment gets things wrong.
Note that you didn’t specify where the pot and coffee maker are, how exactly to measure the coffee, where the filter is, what to do with it, exactly.
do you know whether dementia also affects simpler routines, such as making coffee with coffee powder and a boiling pot? it's:
done
ah yes, the classic tale of accidentally pouring water in the container of coffee grounds
Shut up I did that on purpose I just like it really strong.
I feel this but also trying to do another task at the same time and being mad at yourself for being inefficient in the execution of steps.
This is every day for me now.
Send help.
"Put filter in coffee pot"
Um... I don't think that's going to work out very well for you. But hey, everyone makes coffee different.
Also forgot to put the pot in the coffee maker, so they’re gonna come back to a mess of hot water everywhere. But on the plus side, they will technically have a pot with coffee in it.
A strengths based perspective acknowledges that being able to identify every detail in a mundane process is a good thing. Probably a reason ADHD people excel at programming, for instance.
ADHD is like doing everything with your non dominant hand
I feel this to my bones
This is exactly it. And the reality is worse, because it's not even just "get the coffee out the cupboard", it sesrch for ten minutes for the coffee in your mess of a kitchen, eventually finding an empty packet, so you get out a new packet but have to wash the scissors to open it, then when you can't find a a clip for the packet you decide to empty it into a old tin only to realise the tin was already full cause you did the same thing yesterday.
Even that isn't all the steps!
8a close cupboard
8b open cupboard
13a remember that I forgot to close the cupboard after step 9
15 wander off while coffee is brewing because it is taking so long
16 remember coffee 30 minutes later
I feel like with autism, every day is a bad day. Or programming, and I'm not certain those two are different.
I feel called out...
I feel like this all the time. Which is why I drink tea.
Drink
Edit: I would drink a nice instant, but coffee makes me jittery anyways so tea is the way for me. I do have a nice instant coffee, but I only have a cup a few times a year.
You mean:
To reduce steps, I keep the electric kettle on the counter. Then it's just steps 5-12. But you also forgot step 10.B = forget about tea, and 10.C = remember tea and try to figure out where you left it.
Not really. I only drink twinning earl grey, have a kettle on the stove all the time (most of the time with enough water in it already), and use the same mug all week. I’ve streamlined it so I don’t have to make any of those decisions. So more like
"Luckily" coffee prices are so high now I don't even bother, I've just stopped drinking it at home.
Which godlike creature typed that all out? I couldn't get past the third line
AuADHD -
Everyday:
So true. It do be exactly like that
me on most days for most things
You have versions with different number of steps to do one thing, do you have a system which day to use each? Now you have to think each time instead of working in auto-mode.
No - this is just hindsight. We can't choose how our brains process the next day, only overanalyze how it already processed the prior days.
The lighter side of ADHD
