Hobbies, Habits, and Hot Takes!
Shenanigan Report
In this lively episode of Moments of Madness, hosts AJ and Marly dive into the delightful realm of hobbies and habits that add spice to their lives—and maybe a little madness too!
AJ opens up about her creative passions, revealing her love for crochet, spinning, and sewing. She dreams of having the ultimate “lady cave” where these pursuits can flourish. Meanwhile, Marly shares her journey into the world of wooden models, now exploring painting techniques, as well as her foray into cross-stitching (that was never completed) and briefly into knitting that resulted in a single scarf.
The conversation shifts gears as the duo emphasizes the significance of structure and routines, particularly for those navigating life with ADHD. We discuss how establishing habits can lead to benefits and offer some ideas on approaches to helping to establish new routines and habits.
But that’s not all! Prepare for a rant as AJ and Marly dissect the ideas surrounding “wellness” versus “healthy.” They explore how easily people can be swayed by the allure of wellness culture, challenging listeners to think critically about what truly promotes well-being.
Scintillating Segments
- Hobbies: AJ likes to create things, Marly mostly makes messes with paint pens, and never really finishes much
- Habits: Can structure help an unstructured mind? Routines and habits for ADHD legends, can they help, can they be formed, are we too chaotic?
- Hot takes: Wellness versus health, what’s your thoughts?
Madness Resources and Links
- Hand Weavers and Spinners Guild of NSW - where AJ learned many and varied obscure fibre and textile related hobbies.
- Sticks & String Podcast - AJ was on one episode doing a natural dyeing experiment with eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately the episodes are no longer available but the Wordpress site is still around.
- Habitica: This app is all built around gamification of habits. Input the habits you want to form and when you complete them, you level up like an RPG character!
- Building Habits with ADHD - ADD.org page about habits building and approaches for people with ADHD
- The Dopamine Dispatch: Useful Substack site for ADHD tips.
- How to Get Your SHEET Together: Another great Substack recommendation, by Maggie Jon. Contains many swears.
- Why is Gwyneth Paltrow selling a candle that smells like her vagina?
- The Cleveland Clinic: What is Vaginal Steaming and is it safe? Short answer is … don’t do this!
Music Credits
Our lively intro and outro tracks are courtesy of the Short Circuits album by Brevyn.
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