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Tyler

@tylerm.me
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Author of 'ADHD After Diagnosis' 🧠 | ADHD made me drop out of college... then helped me earn my MBA | Dad of 5 | Strategy Consultant

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Tyler @tylerm.me · 22/08/2025
Got diagnosed at 40. Called my friend. "Yeah, I've known for years." WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 22/08/2025
ADHD is your mood depending entirely on whether you found a good parking spot
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 22/08/2025
ADHD is "that was last week" but it was actually 3 months ago
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 22/08/2025
ADHD is your Amazon cart looking like you're prepping for 5 different apocalypses
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 21/08/2025
ADHD is saying "let me just finish this" and then starting 7 new things
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 20/08/2025
ADHD is reading the same paragraph 17 times because your brain keeps going on side quests
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 19/08/2025
ADHD is: "I'll remember that" forgets immediately "I'll remember THAT" also forgets
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 18/08/2025
ADHD is opening your phone to check the time and doing everything except checking the time
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 15/08/2025
ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do and watching yourself not do it like a disappointed ghost
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 14/08/2025
ADHD is living in a world where "later" could mean 5 minutes or 5 months
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 14/08/2025
ADHD is apologizing for things you haven't done yet because you know yourself • "Sorry in advance for forgetting this" • immediately forgets • "See?"
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 13/08/2025
The most expensive word in the ADHD dictionary: 'Interesting' That word has cost me more deadlines than I can count
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 12/08/2025
Me: "This planner will fix everything." Planner three days later: "Am I a joke to you?"
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 11/08/2025
ADHD is needing complete silence to focus but also needing noise to think
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 11/08/2025
My meeting prep at 2am: CEO-level strategic thinking My meeting performance at 2pm: Goldfish with anxiety The 12-hour time difference is killing me ADHD life
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 10/08/2025
Sunday night check-in: Tasks planned: 47 Tasks completed: 2.5 New rabbit holes discovered: 12 Guilt level: Medium Self-compassion level: Growing How'd your weekend go?
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 09/08/2025
This feels like my brain just got caught in a riptide and I’m not even mad about it.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 08/08/2025
ADHD is your browser history looking like you're planning 7 different lives simultaneously Tab 1: How to start a bakery Tab 2: Astrophysics for beginners Tab 3: Why do my plants keep dying Tab 47: What was I doing again?
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 08/08/2025
half my best material has been wasted on the bathroom mirror since childhood
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 08/08/2025
ADHD is rehearsing conversations that will never happen while ignoring the actual conversation you're having
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 08/08/2025
starts as “what if” and ends with three months of your life gone and a questionable lab smell
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 08/08/2025
ADHD is being simultaneously the smartest and dumbest person in every room
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 07/08/2025
you just described 92% of my “quick dinners.” also somehow i’m now subscribed to three french cooking channels??
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 07/08/2025
not unless i can find a way to automate the aging process and skip the cleanup
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 07/08/2025
ADHD is "I'll just check Instagram for 5 minutes" emerges 3 hours later knowing how to make artisanal cheese
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 07/08/2025
ADHD is your emotions having the volume control of a broken TV remote
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 06/08/2025
ADHD is color-coding your life then forgetting what the colors mean
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 05/08/2025
ADHD is hyperfocusing for 8 hours on a hobby you'll abandon next week
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 04/08/2025
ha! i love that, feels like the paper version of my brain tbh. chaotic but kinda works if you don’t question it too hard
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 04/08/2025
oof yeah that’s a haul, but man, I get it. for me it’s trail walks right before sunset. no earbuds, just letting my brain wander while my feet do their thing. closest I’ve come to peace without a passport
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 04/08/2025
ha yes, deep specialization in that one. i’m actually chairing the department next semester
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 04/08/2025
ADHD is having a PhD in overthinking and a kindergarten degree in starting
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 03/08/2025
ADHD is being a time traveler who only visits the past (regrets) and future (anxiety) but never the present
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 02/08/2025
Me: "I'll get up early and be productive." ADHD: "Actually, let's lie here and plan our entire life while never moving."
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 31/07/2025
ADHD means your idea of "putting something away" is moving it to a different pile with good intentions.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 29/07/2025
Me: "I'll put this important document somewhere safe." ADHD: "Congratulations, it now exists in the Bermuda Triangle of your filing system."
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 29/07/2025
My brain can remember the exact layout of my childhood friend's house but not what I opened this app to do 3 seconds ago. adhd life
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 26/07/2025
ADHD means you can hyperfocus on arranging your bookshelf by color but eating lunch is apparently rocket science.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 24/07/2025
ADHD means your brain runs background apps you didn't know you downloaded and can't figure out how to close.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 24/07/2025
Me: "I'll just take a quick shower." ADHD: "Shower thoughts activated: What if we solved world hunger while shampooing?"
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 23/07/2025
My adhd brain will spend 4 hours perfecting the wording of a text message then send it to the wrong person anyway, because accuracy is apparently optional.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 21/07/2025
ADHD isn't just "being emotional." It's feeling everything at 347% intensity while trying to convince the world you're totally fine.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 18/07/2025
ADHD means you can diagnose plot holes in movies from the first scene but can't remember why you walked into this room.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 17/07/2025
Me: "I'll just check my bank account." ADHD: "Perfect opportunity to calculate how many streaming subscriptions equal a small car payment."
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 16/07/2025
ADHD means your to-do list is 73% things you've been meaning to do for 8 months and 27% "buy milk."
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 16/07/2025
My adhd brain will spend 3 hours researching the perfect pen for bullet journaling then never touch the journal again, but somehow this feels productive.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 15/07/2025
ADHD isn't just "talking too much." It's having so many thoughts fighting for airtime that they occasionally stage a hostile takeover of your mouth.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 14/07/2025
ADHD means you can spot a misplaced comma from across the room but can't find your glasses while wearing them.
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 12/07/2025
Me: "I'll finish this task before starting anything else." ADHD: "But what if we started 6 other things and finished none of them instead?"
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Tyler @tylerm.me · 11/07/2025
I hate when people ask "have you tried making lists?" like I haven't already created 47 different productivity systems that worked for exactly 3 days each. adhd life 🤦
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