Yeah it's a mental illness. ADHD sucks and makes so many things hard.

Doesn't mean we aren't smart, or capable, but it is definitely limiting in a lot of ways.

Kira doesn't care about regulations

WRONG!

I write the tasks in my little notebook and then I don't have to think about it until later.

DISCLAIMER: This only works if you actually review the notebook periodically, as I have recently discovered.

I'm not even kidding - I started doing the bullet journal method (this video) recently and it is not an understatement to say it changed my life. I'm just talking the basic method in the video - I always thought bullet journaling was all of the pretty spreads and fancy lettering but that's not at all what it is about. It was developed by a guy with ADHD to help himself manage his own brain in school and work.

Knowing that if I write something down I have a process to evaluate it later means I really can stop stressing about it. And then at the end of the day / week / month I can look over the tasks, evaluate if they are actually important, and put them where they need to go.

Knowing that I have those periods of reflection each week / month to migrate and organize tasks means I don't stress about a super long list of tasks either. Before I always felt like I had to do a task ASAP or else I would forget it and it wouldn't get done for months (if ever). Now I just don't worry about that.

It has helped me also a LOT with planning a reasonable amount of things to do for the day. Yes, these 10 things NEED to be done, but they don't NEED to be done TODAY - I'll put them in my weekly or monthly when I am reviewing unfinished tasks for the day. Then when I start a new day, I will review the weekly, monthly, and previous day and pick a couple unfinished things that are important and put them on my daily list.

Having that structure and writing things multiple times also helps me with executive function. It makes everything seem much more achievable.

TL;DR - Bullet Journal Method was made by an ADHD brain, and I recommend it. 10/10. Just watch this short video and also maybe check out some of the other videos and podcast that Ryder Carroll has done

I feel like this video (link below) does a good job of explaining why a lot of current third places aren't quite meeting the need, or just don't really fit the definition of third places.

https://piped.video/watch?v=MD_CMrCpBMc

I can think of a few places that meet most of the criteria near me, but there's very few. The closest ones are probably the gaming shops, where you can show up and just hang out playing games with friends for free - but those are kind of geared towards specific activities, so you can't always show up and just hang out with others whenever, as there are usually only regulars on certain days of the week, and often they are involved only in playing a game, not casual conversation.

I have issues with FireFox running YouTube on windows 10 - it gets super laggy - the issue is nonexistent if I used the Piped frontend. I think it depends a lot on what website you are using - some don't play well with FireFox.

That being said, I did not have issues with FireFox on Mac when I used that, or on Linux, though I don't use my Linux laptop a lot for web heavy stuff

Audiobooks are fantastic for me while riding a bike or walking on a treadmill - something to physically do and something to mentally do.

I can't just sit and listen to them though.

EDIT: Oh and repetitive tasks - I got back into audiobooks when I started making chainmail again. Which reminds me... I haven't finished that thing I started a year ago...

I love connect. I used sync for a bit and it's great too but I fully switched to connect now

This is PETG also - it makes for super sturdy prints.

It's like a little dance for every layer

Shallan in stormlight archives.

It's just too much, all the time. So many stupid decisions that create collasal problems for the entire world for no reason. She keeps almost getting better, then getting worse.

Also she's supposed to be super witty but most of the jokes and quips are really... not.

Also Q from star trek. Not a book, but I just really get so annoyed by him I can't enjoy any of his episodes

I have the sv06 and I do not at all regret buying it, but if I had realized the 7 was coming out so soon I probably would have waited for that. It looks nice. I will probably get one at some point. Or a 7 plus if they make one since I do want a bigger printer

I have done some gridfinity stuff for my desk and I will say I really like it - especially the idea of the magnets in the bins / baseplates to make really cool modular organization bins.

The baseplates let you change things around and stick things together like legos vs having to make sure random STL files are all the right size to look good together, or designing everything yourself custom for your space.

That being said, for me, the main downside is also the baseplates. I know that's what makes gridfinity gridfinity, but it just feels like a lot extra to print. Like I have to create a gridfinity space, then I can start actually organizing things. I need to add some more bins... Oh wait, first I have to print a few more baseplates. I probably need to switch to some more minimal baseplates that will print faster and use less material when I am ready to expand my setup - I printed the gridfinity refined baseplates. The features are cool (press-fit magnet slots, optional thumbscrews), but I don't think it's worth it for me given the extra time and material required.