12/03/2023
I went to one intro class in 2019 and decided to wing it from there. It became a hobby, then a business, doing hundreds of cookies a month while homeschooling my kindergartner. I couldn’t figure out why I felt so burned out. Ha! It took me 3 years to realize that was a *classic* ADHD move. The skill regression that came with my late diagnosis was severe. I lost all creative drive, wondering if all of this was just part of the mask I was fighting to shed - that if the mask disappeared, my cookies would too, and if I even cared. So I’ve been resting these past six months, taking things slow - reading books?! And then I made like 30 cookies in 24 hours yesterday and I’m just laughing at myself. My kitchen looks like a page from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and I’m feeling that familiar fatigue, but it’s still here. Maybe not in the way that it used to be, but I’m ok with that. Here’s to simplicity; here’s to quiet. Happy Holidays 🫶🏻
