Are we having fun yet?
Nothing tests a marriage quite like moving. Probably even more so with ADD ADHD.
Strategies:
1. Recognize that your life is in turmoil. Your structure is gone. Your schedule is in disarray. You will barely be able to function at all. Your job right now is moving.
2. Recognize that she is very stressed; don’t take it personally.
3. Get all the help you can.
4. Remind yourself, this too shall pass.
5. Try to maintain the practices that help you cope with stress: my quiet time, exercise, the little Blue Book.
6. Perhaps this will prove to have been an opportunity to take a look at things, restructure, reorganize and reprioritize, and perhaps something better will evolve out of it. Or perhaps it will just prove to have been a major pain in the neck.
Doug
Bonus Links:
Structure in ADD ADHD
Sometimes it all just seems a little too much.
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It also helps to have a really detailed list of things to do. Then you don’t have to constantly worry that you’ve forgotten something. That’s how I survive when we move. The list is my lifeline.
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homey – I especially like the “detailed”. That is always a good strategy, and I guess is part of breaking it into small steps and listing all of the steps.
Thanks for commenting.
Doug
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We had a big move–from Colorado to Germany. It wasn’t so much a test of our marriage, but a test of my ability to handle multiple things at once. There was the chaos of remodeling our house for 6 months on top of a full load of tough University classes. My home and my life was in complete chaos for a total of 9 months. I hate moving, but I really Hate moving overseas! But, as an Army wife, I have had to learn to dal with maintaining some semblence of order while moving about every 3 years. My ADHD rears it’s ugly head everytime we get new orders. I immediatley begin gathering my ADHD survival kit–an expandable folder, my list of things to be done, and information about our new home (whenever possible). Thanks God our move back home will be nothing like prepping to move here–no DIY construction on the house! 🙂
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live – wow! and i thought i had it rough.
i like your idea of a ADHD survival kit.
thank you for commenting
doug
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