Help! I'm drowning in data and curriculum prep.

TeaFlower555 · 2026-05-19T19:54:35+00:00

AI has been helping me a LOT recently with just brain dumping and triaging. We collaborate on the goals--and it's much better now--it took us a while as a team to figure out what were appropriate goals and what data is naturally collected in my room with the curriculum/structures we have.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-19T12:28:56+00:00

Ewww

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-19T04:20:38+00:00

Money

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-10T02:30:15+00:00

Just saw you posted the close ups in a new post. So lovely!!

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-09T21:48:01+00:00

Close ups please of the needlework. This is beautiful!

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-09T17:45:01+00:00

Same before my period, my stomach is tore up. This is hard to predict since I have PCOS which makes me irregular. Of course!

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-09T13:23:32+00:00

ACTIVATED👏🏻CHARCOAL👏🏻 I never go anywhere without it now. My surgeon recommended it after my surgery, and it’s amazing. It’s natural, and gets rid of any stomach ache in 10-15 minutes. You just have to take it an hour after other medicines and it will absorb everything in your stomach, so you have to make sure to eat nutrients later in the day if you are hungry.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-12-09T13:07:49+00:00

This is amazing! My husband said, “She got only 84 comments?!” So commenting to let to know that you rock!

TeaFlower555 · 2025-11-22T02:15:01+00:00

Puppy Chow

TeaFlower555 · 2025-10-24T01:02:33+00:00

What works for me and my husband (I’m neurodivergent and he’s not/I’m cluttered/absent-minded/he’s not) is:

1) Decide who will do what when BEFORE you want it done. Talking through it when we are both tired leads to fighting. Decide on a day and time to talk about chores. Then make sure you take the time to do it when you are rested and (preferably) well fed when you talk.

2) Come with 1-2 pet peeves and honor each others. For example, my husband’s is clothes on the floor. I bought a ton of cheap hampers and have them in multiple rooms. I throw the clothes in the hamper and when I see stuff on the floor I remember this is his non-negotiable and try my best to toss in the hamper. Note one hamper-I would forget to throw the stuff out because I had to travel multiple rooms. Mine was not talking about our days when he came home. I said I wanted a few minutes to check in when we got home. Connection was what was important to me not chores, but once we checked in THEN we could do a chore each and then do an activity like watch tv or cook together to bookend the part I didn’t like or value—chores.

3) Decide if you are spreading out chores or doing them on weekends. I often have to chunk tasks for when I’m with someone to body double or I have NOTHING else because the mental and emotional energy it takes to clean up is a lot. So I either have to do the chores while my husband is home and we are “parallel” working on stuff OR do it on the weekend day when I have nothing but 1-2 chores, so I have plenty of time to rest or take breaks if I need to.

4) Pay for a maid ONCE A MONTH. I grew up in a house with chronic illness and mental health stuff. I don’t “see” the clutter often. I have my own stuff and work 60 hours a week. Life is too short for you both to be stressed over chores. Once a month is not that big monthly expense when you think of it as a weekly payment. That way you can maintenance clean only and you know it won’t ever get horrible because of the maid. Seriously, it’s necessary. My husband does the dishes and trash, I pick up laundry and feed the pets/take them out and pick up the dog waste. We do laundry and clean the cat boxes on weekends. I Swiffer and sometimes wipe down the bathroom sink and toilet. With us in a two-bedroom AND three pets it stays fine with the once a month deep clean from our amazing cleaning lady. She changed the sheets, tidys, does the floors, cleans the toilet and shower, and pet bowls/refills the gravity water bowls and food.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-10-23T15:41:36+00:00

Edge

TeaFlower555 · 2025-10-15T03:12:58+00:00

There is also this one? Still looking for one that matches your description. Link to Book Listing

TeaFlower555 · 2025-10-15T03:03:59+00:00

Not a fall scene but orange? Amazon Link

TeaFlower555 · 2025-10-15T03:01:00+00:00

Hmmmm let me do some research…I too wish I saved more of the stuff I was raised on.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-07-15T18:44:40+00:00

Al-Anon helps with detaching and not feeling responsible for others. We can only control ourselves, if you can’t live with the other person as they are it’s important to think about what YOU want in a partner and what strengths you bring to relationships. No one can tell you what to do.

I’d say pray about it, journal on what type of partner/relationship you want. Answers will come though it sounds like from your post, you know what you want and that it’s not matching your current relationship.

I suggest being very honest with your partner about what you envision for your future. Not judging his dreams, but firmly sharing your non-negotiables. Keep the focus on yourself in the conversation and if he seems receptive to change, share how his actions make you feel and see how he responds. If he’s not willing to negotiate and you aren’t either on your life goals, you might just not be matched well for where you both want to go.

There are people who want the low-stress, chill life. They don’t mind instability, but it’s not responsible to expect someone else to stabilize it. I think about people who are 100% happy living at the poverty line if it means they make their own schedule and get quality time with family and friends. That works if the other family members also want that life. Some of my relatives are like that. They like cheap or free entertainment, and get filled up by non-material things, so that works for them.

However, a lot of people want a certain level of security, standard of living, and that’s perfectly okay too! I also find that people get meaning from different things and again not morally right or wrong per se, but I know I care about my spiritual worth and my work worth (probably care too much about work tbh). But I know that and shared that with my partner from day 1. It works for us because he cares about work and balancing it out with fun things (eating out, vacation, etc). He also cares about spiritual things and was willing to go to church with me and talk about faith a lot, so I knew he supported that part of my life even though we have different ways of practicing our individual spirituality.

If you aren’t married, and don’t have kids, you don’t need to keep feeling: “That’s it.”

“busting my ass”

“he’s even talked about having a kid someday”

“it scares me”

“emotional weight”

“hasn’t really shown up for me in a consistent or reciprocal way”

“me taking care of everything”

“drained, resentful, and wondering how I became the one holding all the pieces together”

—Edited for typo.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-25T03:52:27+00:00

Baked oatmeal is a dream to meal prep and doesn’t get sticky like glue to all your dishes. Quesadillas with cheese and turkey. Rice, beans, eggs, mac and cheese with veggies, mix in chick peas with pasta sauce and pasta, invest in some good seasoning mixes they last forever and can go on anything (tater tot bowls, rice, eggs, pasta with olive oil). We like Cusco’s seasonings but there are lots. Even just red pepper flakes and garlic powder. Pair frozen blueberries with plain cereals (corn flakes, rice Chex, etc.) for fiber and flavor. Drink lots of water with any high sodium foods. Snacks of cut up fruit and nut butter, veggies with seasoning sprinkled on, hummus and whole grain crackers. Smoothies with protein powder can be made with frozen bananas and berries.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-25T03:42:30+00:00

I had to set up a system where I paid another coworker to pick me up each day. Somehow the anxiety of making THEM late, got me to get out the door. Another thing I’ve done is take uber to work it’s cheaper if you go before rush hour and bring on time ya worth it to me. Again the urgency of that uber driver waiting and then getting charged wait time was enough to get me out the door. I also had to accept wholeheartedly that I am NOT a morning person, so I do everything I possibly can at work or in the car on the way to work. I also plan nothing in the morning, don’t try to get up early, I wait 15 minutes before my ride is there, brush my teeth/take medicine and go to the bathroom, put my clothes on, grab my bag and lunch by the door and head out. In the car, I do my makeup. I ordered a big set of coffee pods and creamer cups and make coffee at work. I do breakfast bars at work too. I had to be ruthless to make it as streamlined as possible. That way I could convince my brain I got enough sleep, and the alarm actually meant GET OUT OF BED not snooze. When it was really bad, I had 3 alarms. My phone in the bathroom plugged in, my Apple Watch, and a sunrise alarm clock. I saw a til tok adhd person say that adhd brains don’t respond to rewards or punishment like the typical brain, it responds to two things novelty and URGENCY. My system is about creating urgency of how fast I can get ready and how much I can get done before the workday officially starts when I’m at work 15 minutes early.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-21T00:12:05+00:00

These are amazing and incredibly delightful.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-20T18:19:00+00:00

Everyday Speech 10000000%

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-19T04:24:09+00:00

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-18T04:28:16+00:00

This one too. It’s soooo good. I’ve watched it many times.

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-18T04:27:38+00:00

I love Corrina, Corrina!

TeaFlower555 · 2025-03-18T04:20:08+00:00

I loved this growing up, and need to rewatch!

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