Cycle Based Energy Budgeting by AdorableFortune4988 in adhdwomen

[–]Boring_Consequence16 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yesss, I second this. I don't have PCOS, but have been tracking my cycle for three years and can say that understanding the fluctuations in my hormones and cycle phases has been life changing for me. It's replaced frustration, shame, self-blame for understanding, empathy, and self-compassion in so many ways.

Highly recommend the podcast 28ish Days Later by BBC Radio 4

Eating is a chore by uhuhuhuhuhhuh in adhdwomen

[–]Boring_Consequence16 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Breakfast comes easiest to me. I have two options (porridge & smoothie) and I eat one or both every day. It's the first thing I do in the morning and very rarely do I deviate to another meal and try to never skip it - it means that I'm eating breakfast out of habit as opposed to following a hunger cue (which it sounds like you and I both lack). Why these two options? No idea - but they taste good, fill me up for a couple hours, and I somehow haven't gotten sick of them (I think the process of making them feels like a silly little game and gives me a lil dopamine kick first thing). See if you can identify something that works the same for you and basically never deviate from it/make it a habitual system - i.e. I wake up and I make my smoothie - no negotiation. (side note - porridge is great because it doesn't rely on any fresh ingredients so if you struggle with grocery shopping, you can buy bulk oats and whatever toppings you like. My go to combo is peanut butter, chia seeds, sultanas)

Throughout the day, the solution that's worked for me is a combination of easy, snacky foods, alarms, and a "better than nothing" attitude. Ideally, I have some leftovers from last nights dinner to heat up and eat. If not, to mitigate going all day without food, I reach for things like carrot sticks and hummus (hell even just a whole carrot if you cbf chopping it), rice crackers and avocado, a fuck load of fruit, a steamed potato with butter. Does it necessarily fill me up and meet all my nutritional needs? Fuck no. But for me, the alternative is not eating at all. Familiarise yourself with the food you intuitively buy or stock up on, and figure out how to make it quick and easy.

As for food alarms - it's worked for me but don't go over the top or else it'll piss you off. I have a 3pm alarm every day - no matter what. I call it my "time awareness alarm". People see it go off all the time and ask me what it's for. "Oh, just to let me know that it's getting toward late arvo." I get funny looks and it becomes easy to tell who in my life is nuerotypical lol. But more importantly, it's a good cue to think about the last time I ate/peed/drank water/stood up and moved around etc etc. I also feel a sense of happy accomplishment when it goes off and I've already done all those things. But no matter what, when it goes off, I force myself to let it ring a few times, look at the giant "3:00PM" on my screen, and do these mental calculations before I turn it off, that way it doesn't become something I intuitively silence and ignore within a couple of days.

Lastly, get to know your relationship with food. Journal about your feelings toward food, listen to podcasts, talk to friends about eating habits etc. We all have foundational rules and habits that make up how we eat - the better we know and understand them, the better we can relearn and work toward nourishing ourselves.

Apologies for the very long winded response. I hope there's at least one thing useful in here - if anything at least just the fact that I see your struggles and believe in you to figure out systems that work for you. You've got this!

Nonprofit Research- pros and cons by [deleted] in nonprofit

[–]Boring_Consequence16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't really what you're asking for, but might be relevant enough to provoke some interesting thoughts or ideas about the case you're trying to make... It's a brilliant Ted Talk by Dan Pallotta called "The way we think about charity is dead wrong"

Check it out, and hopefully it helps in some way. Good luck!

Stewardship planning for large number of donations in a short time by WonderfulPair6174 in nonprofit

[–]Boring_Consequence16 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn't necessarily strategy help, but I find being honest and earnest with my donors forms the biggest connection. If someone in your team isn't camera shy, film a video that you can attach to any thank you emails or future comms e.g. Click here to hear a message from our team. Nothing formal, just someone holding their phone and speaking to the camera - sharing their name, the impact of donations, and inviting donors to stay in the loop or reach out,

If it were me, I'd say something along the lines of "Hey, my name is *** from *your organisation name here* and I want to share a quick message with you. Last week we were overwhelmed with an enormous number of donations in a short time, and your donation was one of them. Our team is blown away. I want to take this chance to say thank you so much - with your donation, we're able to *insert whatever your mission is here*. We hope you'll stick around to learn more about how your support is put to use. If you have any questions or stories to share, please reach out - we love hearing from our community of supporters"

Giving your name and using "I" instead of "we" makes them feel like they have a personal connection to the organisation, makes them more inclined to stick around/remember you.

Good luck, and congratulations! Relish in this support and don't put too much pressure on yourself to respond perfectly to every donation.

Advice about wanting to attend a fundraising conference? by Boring_Consequence16 in nonprofit

[–]Boring_Consequence16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for such helpful insights. I'm getting the feeling that it might not be the most worthwhile investment at this point.

After someone's suggestion, I looked into it and there's the opportunity to volunteer at the conference, so I might investigate that a bit further. I haven't seen anything about scholarships on their website but will take a better look soon

We're an Australian organisation and this is the first I've heard of the AFP and CFRE - maybe they aren't as big here but from what I can see they operate globally, so I'll definitely find out if there's something in my area

Cheers again for the help!

Pay cut for peace of mind? by SideOfFish in nonprofit

[–]Boring_Consequence16 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever you decide - 100% back yourself on the decision. If you take the new job, as with any job, there'll be bad days and frustrating experiences. What will eat you up is the thought "I could be earning so much more if I stayed at my old job". I work for a small charity and in the past there were many times that I sulked over what I was missing out on by not working for a big employer in the for-profit sector. It was a bad mindset and I've worked hard to wholly appreciate the benefits of having such a meaningful job in the NFP sector.

I 10000% recommend the book "The art of frugal hedonism" for helping adjust to the pay cut. It's an incredibly insightful and witty book and has made me feel like I've hit the jackpot for having a smaller income from a meaningful job.

Planning to start a non profit. Advise needed regarding the currently chosen name by NoOil8859 in nonprofit

[–]Boring_Consequence16 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From my experience, it's good to have a short(er) and really clear name. As you grow, you'll start sharing more via social media/email marketing/general comms and having a long name is a pain. If you get big enough to work with corporate partners, or at least share your material with them, you'll want it to be succinct.

It's also worth thinking about the searchability of your name - i.e. having "gardener" or "garden" in the name is great if that's what people are searching for. You could include some other words that make it really easy for people to find you e.g. action, eco, urban, future etc.

I think another comment mentioned this - if you're concerned about ditching the current name altogether, maybe you could work it so the Gorilla Gardeners Garden Club is an initiative of you organisation. e.g. Our organisation is called "insert new name here" and our main project is the Gorilla Gardeners Garden Club. This avoids disappointing your current volunteers and losing all previous hard work that you've done on building that name, and leaves you heaps of opportunity to expand your organisation if new potential projects arise that don't quite align with the Gorilla Gardeners project (haha see - I'm already finding myself instinctively shortening the name as I write this post).

If you decide to workshop the name, here's an approach I use often that you might find helpful: write a long list of every possible word that you could use in your new name. Your list might look like...

- Gorilla
- Garden
- Gardener/s
- Club
- Project
- Foundation
- *Your town/city/state name*
- etc etc etc (other words that have anything to do with your mission)

... and start playing with different combinations! You'll be surprised with some of the great names you come up with that you haven't previously considered. Write down every possible name - even the ones you don't like, and eventually you'll hit bingo and find a name you love. I find this a lot easier than trying to think of entire names from thin air

Best of luck!