I’m not someone who was born this way. I didn’t come out of the womb organizing closets and drawers. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid. Of course, that was in the 80s before they started drugging kids (thank God!). In fact, they didn’t call it ADHD back then. They called it “hyperactive.” Even though I was put in GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) classes, which were for kids who were above average intelligence, I always struggled to get my work done. I have a very clear memory of my teacher saying to me several times a day, “Courtney, stay on task.”

Somehow I managed to graduate high school and college (with honors), but I followed a non-traditional path to get there. (I was in my late 20s when I finally graduated). The day I graduated, I was 8 months pregnant, and that’s when things started to fall apart. College gave me an externally imposed structure, and I really thrived within that structure. Once the structure was gone, I almost didn’t know how to function. 

Through lots of research, trial, and error, I started to find methods that worked. 

I am now a wife, a mother of four children, have a full-time job, run this blog, I try to have a social life, and I have reached a place where it has all become manageable AND most importantly, enjoyable. I’ve learned how to create my own structure and find joy in the planning.