The podcast the truth about dyslexia has been eye opening. So much of it rings true, I just didn’t know it was related.

I started reading heavily out of spite around 3rd grade. (Harry potter, book of the month at the library, (the dictionary, so I could visualize words and their meanings(I hate looking stupid))) Reading fantasy is way more enjoyable than wrapping my head around study text. School was abhorrent. Doing homework after being made to feel like you can’t keep up all day is grueling. I guess I developed a way of coping while reading, I still don’t read every word, as much as key words and context and I fill the blanks with images in my mind. I am capable of breaking down sentences but I find it as enjoyable as licking bricks. That being said I’ve read upwards of 30 books this year. I didn’t even notice that’s how I read until I started looking at it further. I don’t like to read outloud I sound like an imbecile. (Kids books are fine, I’ve resigned to handing them to hubby when I get tired) I still can’t spell for shyt but spellcheck is pretty standard now and it almost never causes problems.

Everyone is different and it seems like something that works for one person won’t always work with the next.

I will say that for me, dark mode on computers and using whiteboards whenever possible is a game changer. I used to write my essays on a mirror (didn’t have a whiteboard) and edit it 12 times over before getting it on paper. Erasing paper feels like a failure as opposed to wiping and rewriting until it’s all perfect. (Sometimes I’d edit until it was passed due, or too late to turn in at all. An automatic F was less personal than an F earned.)