A website I use daily recently changed the entire appearance of their platform. They actually have two platforms running concurrently, and I still use the old one. I decided to do a deep dive and figure out why I preferred the old platform, and I sent the company my findings, which turned out to be basically all related to neurodivergence; ease of use and appearance. When I relayed this to someone who also uses the platform (and knows WAY more than me), the comment was generally that it was...

The concept of teaching children to wait often comes up in therapy sessions, but I was reminded that this is clearly a dying art, and it’s adults that need more of the teaching sometimes!!! I went to the bank. It’s month-end, but I timed it so that I wouldn’t get there as soon as the bank opened, but still before the lunchtime crowd. I walked into the bank and the line was fairly ok, only half of the U-turn was full with people, and then maybe two more on the other part of the U. The senior...

What a privilege it is to be bored! To not be overwhelmed, to not have a full schedule, to have the gift of time. We spend so much time being busy (or feeling guilty when we’re not) that we sometimes forget that being bored is a good thing! For children, being bored can be amazing! Once they’re safe and not getting into things they shouldn’t, being bored opens doors to creativity. I spent a good bit of my childhood (during vacation times especially) with my cousins doing the MOST! We were...