• Home

  • Services

  • Merle's Blog

    • New! Evening Tidying Sessions
  • New! Evening Tidying Sessions

  • About

  • Online Course

  • 2021 Virtual Meetups

  • Daily Life Laboratory

  • Contact

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Ready, Set, Start!
    • Prioritizing
    • Simplifying
    • Personal Boundaries
    • Perfectionism
    • Moderating the Extremes
    • Frustrating Behavior Patterns
    • Unsexy but Important Tasks
    Search
    You can FALL IN LOVE with planning and prioritizing
    Merle Kaplan
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    You can FALL IN LOVE with planning and prioritizing

    "What time can you work on that thing you said you'd do?" "When are you free to meet this week?" "What are you eating for dinner...
    370
    The Computer is crying; should I feed it?
    Merle Kaplan
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Computer is crying; should I feed it?

    Lately it seems I can't do anything online without running into some mysterious tech hiccup that forces me to lose momentum on whatever...
    690
    Bearing good fruit
    Merle Kaplan
    • Jul 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Bearing good fruit

    So much of my worldview is filtered through what I think other people think or do. Other people and their opinions have to stop mattering
    1090
    WHY does everything take me so long?
    Merle Kaplan
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    WHY does everything take me so long?

    I'll be honest about my blogging problem: A year ago I'd committed with my business mentor that I'd write and post one blog a week. So,...
    2120
    Yesterday was great...but what happened to today? (A.K.A. "the slug monster phenomenon")
    Merle Kaplan
    • May 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Yesterday was great...but what happened to today? (A.K.A. "the slug monster phenomenon")

    Yesterday was great. And by great, I mean productive for me. I woke up early, wrote in my journal, and without (much) delay I started...
    1651
    I am doing the right thing at the right time in the right way
    Merle Kaplan
    • Apr 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    I am doing the right thing at the right time in the right way

    Yes, you read that right. I, Merle Kaplan, am, right now, doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. I'll say it again,...
    960
    Dear Executive function team--You're Fired!
    Merle Kaplan
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Dear Executive function team--You're Fired!

    If you have ADHD, like I do, most likely your toughest challenge is regulating yourself. Regulating your "attention" means making sure...
    1230
    Just do ONE thing at a time (not eighty)
    Merle Kaplan
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Just do ONE thing at a time (not eighty)

    I dream of having a secretary. I could hire someone, of course, but how would I explain the job to them? "Hi, nice to meet you. Your...
    800
    Why do you keep doing the same stupid things if you're so smart?
    Merle Kaplan
    • Jan 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Why do you keep doing the same stupid things if you're so smart?

    You vow you'll never do THAT again (whatever THAT may be) because the wound (the undesirable result of THAT) is fresh and now you're...
    1510
    using the 80/20 rule to set priorities when you have ADHD
    Merle Kaplan
    • Sep 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    using the 80/20 rule to set priorities when you have ADHD

    I've always been intrigued by the 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who...
    2600
    Why adults with ADHD often struggle with codependency --  recognize it and break free
    Merle Kaplan
    • Jul 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    Why adults with ADHD often struggle with codependency -- recognize it and break free

    I've long felt there's a link between ADHD and codependency. Codependency can be defined as: "A dysfunctional set of behaviors and...
    4,2870