You Mean, You Weren't Just Being A Pill?

[kjc]

The other day I bought Organizing Solutions for People with Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized by Susan C. Pinsky.

Now that I've read it, two passages really stand out for me. The most difficult part of any job--getting started--has to be confronted and overcome multiple times for the

Comments

[gothtique]

The quotes alone sound so much like my son!

... and I agree on the Hangers!

[kjc]

Does he have ADD?

[gothtique]

Doran has Asbergers.
He just kinda lives on a planet of his own design sometimes.

I sympathize on the "new clothing" thing

[drwex]

Trying on lots of new clothing in a store is an unpleasant form of self-torture for me. On purchase, everything goes immediately in the wash.

There was (and probably still is) a form of chemical that is generally known as "sizing" that is sprayed on clothing with the goal of helping them keep their desired size when being tried on (and thus stretched and pulled out of size) in the store. This 'sizing' has a smell I dislike and tends to make fabric stiffer and rougher to the touch. At least, that's my experience.

Re: I sympathize on the "new clothing" thing

[kjc]

Sizing chemical! That is good to know. Whatever it is, it reacts with my sweat to generate a horrible smell & gives me a rash.

Re: I sympathize on the "new clothing" thing

[drwex]

If you google for "textile sizing chemicals" you'll get links to places that make the stuff and some organic fiber places that rail about it.

On Wikipedia it's called "Textile warp sizing" but I haven't searched that term specifically - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing

[kjc]

Hey, you're welcome! I didn't realize you had two journals... duh.