6645 - ADHD and procrastination

Amy Marie Hann - Facebook



5 ways I was accidentally making my ADHD avoidance worse.

For years I thought I had a motivation problem. I told myself I needed more discipline, better time management, or a new planner.

What I actually had was ADHD procrastination fueled by executive dysfunction.

Here are five things I stopped doing that finally helped me break the procrastivity cycle.

1. I stopped calling myself lazy. Shame makes ADHD task initiation harder. When I labeled myself a hot mess mom, I added emotional weight to tasks that already felt overwhelming.

2. I stopped making tasks vague and huge. “Clean the house” is not a task. It is a trigger for avoidance. ADHD brains struggle with prioritization and overwhelm, so I started defining smaller, specific outcomes instead.

3. I stopped waiting for urgency to create dopamine. Living in last minute pressure kept me stuck in stress. ADHD time management cannot rely on adrenaline forever. It leads to burnout.

4. I stopped using fun as avoidance. Scrolling, researching, planning, reorganizing. All productive on the surface. But when those activities replaced high priority tasks, I was reinforcing ADHD avoidance patterns.

5. I stopped ignoring the shame stories underneath it. Money was a big one for me. When you believe “I am bad at this,” your brain will avoid anything that confirms that fear. Executive dysfunction gets louder when shame is involved.

Learning how to manage ADHD is not about trying harder. It is about lowering resistance, increasing clarity, and working with your dopamine system instead of against it.

If you struggle with ADHD procrastination and feeling busy but behind, you are not broken. You likely just need better strategies that support how your brain actually works.

6644 - Aging research

Summary: We often think of aging as a slow, steady decline, but new research suggests it is actually a series of rapid, discrete shifts. By monitoring African turquoise killifish 24/7 across their entire adult lives, scientists discovered that behavior in early midlife can predict an individual’s total lifespan.

Despite shared genetics and environments, some fish began “napping” during the day and swimming slower as young adults—early signals that they were on a “short-lived” trajectory. This study suggests that aging isn’t a smooth slide but a “staged architecture” where the body remains stable for weeks before transitioning into a new stage in just a few days.

Key Facts

The “Truman Show” for Fish: Researchers tracked 81 fish continuously, generating billions of video frames to identify 100 “behavioral syllables” (basic building blocks of movement and rest).

Early Predictors: By day 70–100 (early adulthood for killifish), behavioral differences in sleep and swimming speed were strong enough for machine-learning models to forecast which fish would live the longest.

Stepwise Aging: Aging progressed in 2–6 rapid transitions. Like a Jenga tower, the “structure” of the animal’s behavior stayed stable until a sudden shift forced a new, less-resilient stage. (The researchers suggest that aging may involve long stretches of relative stability punctuated by brief periods of rapid change. This process is more like a Jenga tower, in which many blocks can be removed with little effect, until one change forces a sudden restructuring, than a smooth downhill slide.)

The Sleep Signal: Fish on shorter aging paths began sleeping significantly more during the day, while long-lived fish remained active during daylight and slumbered primarily at night.

Molecular Mirror: At the point where behavior became predictive, the researchers found coordinated gene activity changes in the liver, specifically in processes related to protein production and cellular maintenance.

Key Questions Answered:

Q: Does “napping” mean I’m aging faster?

A: In killifish, daytime napping was a major red flag for a shorter lifespan. It suggests that the internal biological clock or energy levels are starting to falter. While humans are different, this study aligns with data showing that disrupted sleep-wake cycles in people are often early precursors to cognitive decline.

Q: Why use fish to study human aging?

A: The African turquoise killifish is a “biological shortcut.” It lives only 4–8 months but has a complex vertebrate brain and shares many aging markers with humans. This allows scientists to watch a “lifetime” in months rather than decades.

Q: Can I change my “aging trajectory”?

A: That’s the million-dollar question. Now that we can identify these “stages” of aging, the Stanford team wants to see if interventions (like diet or light therapy) can stall or even reverse a transition before it becomes permanent. If we can spot the “Jenga block” before it falls, we might be able to stabilize the tower.

Whole article...

https://neurosciencenews.com/staged-aging-killifish-behavior-30308/

6643 - Halloween

I know it's early for Halloween posts but if I didn't post this now it would be long gone from my brain 7 months from now. Besides it gives the gals 7 months to work on this unique Halloween costume.

Here's the video of the trick or treaters.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1572499067078164

6642 - Long joke Sunday

A woman approaches a man and says,

"Excuse me Sir I'm doing a little

survey, can I ask you questions?"

The man says, "Yes of course"

Woman, "If you're travelling in a

bus and a female gets on the bus

and she's got no available seat,

would you give up your seat for

her?"

Man, "No."

Woman, "What if the lady that got

on the bus was pregnant would

you give up your seat then?

Man, "No."

Woman: "What if the lady got on

the bus was a senior lady would

you give your seat then?"

Man, "No."

Woman, "You are one selfish man,

you have no manners. Who do you

think you are?

Man: "I'm the Bus Driver."

6641 - Saturday pi day jokes

The volume of a pizza with radius 'z' and thickness 'a' is "pi zz a".

Why did Pi fail their driver’s test?

Because it didn't know when to stop.

What’s wrong with the equation “pi r squared”?

Because pi are round.

What happens when you eat too much pi?

You get a bigger circumference. 

Apple pi is a circumference food.

What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?

A cow pi.

Life’s irrational, just like pi.

Have the Caesar salad only.

Beware the sides of starch.

They told me if I voted for Harris grocery prices would rise and we would be at war.

I did vote for Harris, and they turned out to be right.

Winner of the internet...

Q: Have you ever met someone truly evil?

Guys answer: My cousin is Stephen Miller.

Good news: my plumber, Markwayne Mullin, from when I managed an Applebees is now in charge of homeland security and that is one of the least crazy things about the current administration so that's fun for all of us.

Why do Republicans say AOC is "just a bartender" when she has a masters degree in economics,  but they don't say Markwayne Mullin is just a plumber?

Reports are circulating that Sweden has officially recognized sex as a sport, with plans for a first-of-its-kind championship evaluated by a panel of judges. (Where do I sign up?!)

Back when I was a kid you didn't need Joe Rogan. Your best friend had a 27 year-old brother who was a fucking loser who would smoke pot in a room with blacklight posters and tell you that the Mayans invented cell phones.

Mark Hammond, republican South Carolina Secretary of State during an interview... (I lost the last part of this joke)

If we're ever in a situation where I am the "voice of reason", then we are in a very very bad situation.

I was born in 1951. I’ve walked like an Egyptian, moonwalked, walked this way, walked on the wild side, walked on sunshine, walked the line, and walked 500 miles. I’m tired of walking. (Bilbo)

I’m pretty sure I've reached my “what the hell??” quota for the year, and it’s only March 9th. (Bilbo)

Does Pete Hegseth realize he’s not George C. Scott in Patton? He’s George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove. (Bilbo)

The Onion: Company Lacks Manpower To Complete Newest Round Of Layoffs.

Rules that make no sense...

1. A town in Italy made it "illegal to die"

because their cemetery had no more space.

2. Noise laws in Switzerland are so strict

that flushing a toilet at night is often banned.

3. In Thailand, stepping on a dropped

coin is a crime because it insults the King.

4. Until 2015, dancing in Japanese

clubs after midnight was actually

against the law.

5. Venice will fine you up to $700 if you

are caught feeding the pigeons.

6. In Western Australia, it was once

illegal to possess more than 50kg of potatoes.

Women have banded together into a new group called the Clitterati.

No debt

Ideal weight

8 hours of sleep

Mental health on track

Right nutrition

Zero Alcohol

This was my peak. I was 8.

Good times ...

Orange Turd turns 80 in June.

If he makes it, his AGE will surpass his IQ!

How many countries do you have to bomb to win a Nobel Peace Prize these days?

Asking for a felon.

If you put a Jumbotron on the side of a blimp, does that make it an LED Zeppelin? (Bilbo)

Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25.

A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit walked in to blood donation clinic.

The nursed asked the rabbit, "What is your blood type?"

"I'm probably a type O", said the rabbit.

Missouri's 12 seasons:

Winter

Fool's Spring

Second Winter

Spring of Deception (We are here)

Third Winter

The Pollening

Actual Spring

Summer

The Devil's Front Porch

False Fall

Second Summer

Actual Fall

I was told there would be a handbasket. (Bilbo)

On our third date, I finally had the courage to tell the man that I was earning extra money as a makeup artist at a funeral home.

In that moment of honesty he also admitted that he just remembered he had a wife and two children, so we shouldn't be seeing each other anymore.

Urgent message on Truth Social...

Costco very crowded today.

Peeple no about the raptor and are preparing. 

Raptor on March 22. Spread the word.

SALLY WORKED AT THE FERTILIZER PLANT.

WE NEVER MET BUT MA KNEW HER.

Fun Fact: A paper airplane can be in flight yet remain stationery.

Sometimes people ask me how I know all the random shit I know and all I got is, "I have ADHD, an internet connection, really good research skills, and zero self-regulatory mechanisms".