7 ADHD Friendly Tips to Make Your Next Vacation Awesome
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Hello Brains! Going on vacation is supposed to be relaxing. So why is it so stressful?!?!
This video is all about vacation tips from ADHD brains, to make your next vacation ADHD friendly and awesome! Ft. Chloe the ADHD daug!
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Hey Brains! Check the description for the link to the budget tracker, and yeahhh we totally misspelled Niagara Falls oops. Hope the tips are helpful tho! Add your vacation tips here!!!
Just finished my vacation budget, it's gonna be great!!!
I haven't figured out how to like your videos every time I like something you say... :/
I'm so thankful from bottom of heart because you are the only who understands people like us.
If only I could get a job that paid enough to take vacations!!!! The joys of the 🇬🇧
Theme parks and roller coasters the bigger the better
1) Plan one
2) Budget
3) Manage stimulation Level
4) Plan stuff to go wrong
5) Leave to-dos behind
6) Communicate expectations
7) Take a recovery day
Dork Princess haha plan, budget and plan some more. Are we sure this is a channel for brains with ADHD? Lol
Layla and Evan 😂 when you have anxiety all you seem to do is 4.
Dork Princess that’s me haha
I didn't leave a recover day and am struggling mentally today
I had to rewatch half of the video because I was focussed on your hair and how good it looks instead of the actual tips lmao
Gianna Rijpma lol that’s so adhd
I was distracted by her eyes. They're beautiful. :)
@@dassabse9609 this is true.
omg! same here. incredibly straight and the bobby pin was new
I was just thinking... her hair looks distractingly awesome oh this video haha
"Put "something goes wrong" in your to do list" is the most amazing tip I ever heard.
Thanks a lot for these tips :D
Hey, so, I was traveling this Weekend and of course something went wrong 😂 it caused a car drive that should have been 2,5h long to be 7h long. My friend was really bumbed but I reminded this tip and we were fine.
Husband and I both have ADHD. Literally leaving for vacation tomorrow morning... stayed up until 4am last night over-planning and making lists. Panicking. This was at the top when I logged on... *songs from the heavens* THANK YOU!
same here! Me and hubs (both add) got like, 3 hours of sleep before leaving for vacation last week. It ended up going great, but the planning definitely needs to be improved upon 😅
@@marisadaniela6 I hope I have the same experience! I am extra paranoid because I have way more dietary restrictions than I used to due to chronic migraines and weird allergies, so it is SUPER hard to eat out. Thankfully, most of the trip my cousin is letting us stay at her house and said I can just stock her fridge for at least some meals! WOOHOOO! I'm glad you guys had a great time!
@@Ooshlii aww thanks. And best of luck to you, sweetie! Remember, it's alllll part of the adventure 🌈😉
I'm the person packing a at 3AM for 7AM flight. I simultaneously love and hate traveling for this reason. Vacationing can be so stressful.
Have certain habits that you need to do ingrained so that you don't forget or miss certain things. For instance, when I'm anywhere other than home, I find a designated spot to put all of my stuff. Hotel room, at a friend's house, wherever, all of my things go in one spot, and I only move them when I'm using them. That way I don't forget anything when I'm packing up to leave. I learned this in drum corps 7 years ago, and I will always use this method.
I call this "designating a launch pad".
Yes! I do not unpack. I live out of my suitcase.
@@ellencampbell5997 same! The only things I sometimes take out are bathroom things, and I always do a walkthrough of where I am prior to leaving to make sure I didn't leave any of this stuff out of my bag accidentally.
This is a great additional tip! I always loose my stuff whenever i sleep outside my house!
I've always done that but never realized it untill reading your comment. It makes sense!
Manage stimulation Level: So important! I can't handle a vacation where I just sit around all day, but I also want/need to sit around sometimes.
Yeah my hubby and I went to the Bahamas last year and after we did what there was to do there was a lot of downtime. I spent a lot of time on Facebook because there was nothing else to do.
Yeah, I recall being visually overwhelmed 38 yrs ago on a 5 day trip up Pacific Coast Highway 1 from San Diego. By the 4th day at Monterey, the intensity of the beauty tore at my soul. Wish I knew about overstimulation then.
Arysta same like I have sensory processing disorder and can get overwhelmed in that aspect but usually my brain is under stimulated and I’m bored 24/7
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This video breaks it down very logically. Thank you. Vacations always seem more stressful than they are worth. I’ll refer back to this video the next time I’m planning one
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Just got my diagnosis today (I’m 25 years old) and your channel really helped throughout the entire process!! It’s amazing how emotional it is to know that I’m not “just lazy” and am not alone. THANK YOU!
Take Ritalin before doing walking-tours or museums! Cannot stress this one enough.
BUT, be sure to make sure it's not illegal in the country you're visiting.
If it is, your psychiatrist can write special papers for you.
It never ceases to amaze me how you can logically break these things down in a manner that ends up hitting all the right buttons for the challenges of life. And once again, recognizing that obstacles that I have been embarrassed to even admit to are actually a 'normal' part of life with ADHD. And not only can I talk about them, but I can also actually do something to mitigate their ability to derail my day. Amazing! Thank you so much!
1) If you're going to a destination with dozens of attractions, make an A-list of places to visit, a B and maybe a C. This way you'll see everything that's important but also have some wiggle room in case some museum is closed or took you less or more time than anticipated.
2) Pick a travel guide and let it "decide" what to see, where to eat and where to party. Lonely Planet are great, and so are Merian's (there may be others I do not know but are good, too!).
3) Once you have your list and your guide, check which sites have free entry on which days. Often these are different days and if you plan wisely, you can save a lot of money that you can then spent on pleasures, or on 'not overspending' (once I managed to visit 3 museums and the royal castle in Madrid for free just by planning by free entry days, and could spend the saved money - some 60€ - on restaurants and other pleasures). You can then make a flexible "puzzle" with the other paid activities on the other days or hours.
4) Consider buying a city pass for 2, 4 or 6 days (or whatever you destination offers, depending on the length of your stay and the number of attractions included that you want to visit). It will shorten the time you spend waiting in lines, save you money on the entry tickets, make some planning decisions for you (as you will want to put all the sites included in the city pass to be visited during the validity of the pass). In some cities it even works as a public transport ticket! (which again saves you money and the trouble in figuring out which ticket you should buy - or worse, the money on a penalty if you are caught without a valid ticket).
5) If you are travelling with several people and/or using various currencies, use the Splitwise app. All can enter their spendings they made in any currency, and the app keeps track of how much who owes whom. Less potential for fights over money.
6) Consider having a wishlist of stuff you'd like or need (e.g. in your phone or journal) and dedicate separate budget for that (which you won't spend on general vacation budget). If you need e.g. a new summer dress or shoes, and you have time to visit shops, do so on your vacation. Buy things you love on your destination, if this is something you were planning to buy anyway. This way you have a personal souvenir from your vacation that is actually useful - and likely a thing that you wouldn't buy at home, as there may be stores you don't have at home.
7) Oh, also: in the EU while you need to have some ID with you all the time, it doesn't need to be the passport or even the original document. Bring a copy of you passport and have it in your purse, while your passport is kept save in the hotel's safety deposit. Or use your driving licence instead.
These are good tips. Number 5 and 7 are especially important for those of us with ADHD. Another tip would be consider using a professional travel advisor. They make the planning portion go much more smoothly and they are your backup if something goes wrong during your trip. It doesn't necessarily cost extra to use an advisor and often the savings in time, and stress would more than make up for it. You can also often buy your vacation on payment plans which is a great help in budgeting for the trip.
Getting motivated and completing step 1 is always the hard part
I am currently ON vacation in Bali, worked for like 7 hours today (but was SO productive for some reason) and this is perfect! I hadn’t realized how important it was to create a before and after buffer! Thank you for the video!!!
Thing that went wrong on my trip to NYC: walked too much in bad shoes the first day and my feet were killing me the rest of the trip. I got around this by doing the cheesy tour bus thing for the next few days. I had a great time even if I wasn't planning the cheesy tour bus thing.
Thing that went wrong on my trip to Denver: lost a bag of $75 worth of souvenirs. I used Colorado's finest medicine to deal with my emotions about this and that helped a lot.
Innovative thinking is a big thing about vacations that refresh our souls.
My best advice is do not rush! Rushing to arrive places is what takes away most of the enjoyment for me, bringing me just more stress. I admit that planning ahead does help (but honestly I am super likely to forget even if I write it down). So if I have to decide between saving money and saving me from stress, I choose the later. If I have to book a flight I tend to choose a later flight so I don't have to rush to the airport (or wake up too early) and If I go overseas, Ideally I'd like to take a day or two of lower activity to recover from jetlags. Also I like to remind myself that for every problem there is always a solution, there is always another flight in case you miss it and a change of plans is never out of question, what really matters is having a great time.
Scheduling "something goes wrong" in the itinerary has actually just blown my mind 🤯 this is going to transform how I plan holidays!!
I use this kind of method too. When I want to be sure that I'll not be late, I do everything like my meeting is scheduled maybe one hour or half an hour sooner than it is in reality.
I absolutely love the fact that you are posting more! You have really helped me and I hope that you will continue to keep posting such great videos like this!
thank you! We're trying for every other Thursday without fail wish us luck!
@@HowtoADHD Good luck Jess! I'm also quite active on your Twitter and love all your posts so thanks! The fact that there is a place where I can connect with other ADHD brains means more to me than you will ever understand. My life has truly changed and this is thanks to your help!
This video helped me so much in coping with shame I've felt on trips and vacations before. I always felt like the wet blanket on trips because I didn't want to cram something fun into every nano second. I've stayed for hours alone in a hotel room on multiple trips, miserable because family and friends were out having fun while I was, I now know, was having a meltdown from too much stimulation. But I couldn't put anything into words and frequently was badgered about my "odd" or "princess" like behavior. What made me feel worse is I wasn't normally like that! I knew I got overwhelmed easily, but travelling brought out something in me I rarely saw and couldn't explain. Now I know it was my ADHD. Thanks, Jessica!
This is perfect timing! I'm going to be going on vacation in nine days. Love the parking lot idea and recovery day.
I've found that cleaning my house and getting my chores done before I leave is the best strategy for staying relaxed when I return home. My bed is inviting, my laundry basket is empty and ready to receive the contents of my luggage 💛
I don't have ADHD, but my husband and both kids do. This channel has been amazing for living with my Brains.
Thank you for that!
I was just one vacation and whenever we walked around I needed to have one earbud in and be listening to a podcast and I had no idea why, now I understand I needed the extra stimulation that just came from that helped me be a reasonable person! Thanks and I your videos have really helped me come to terms with my adhd. I was diagnosed a while ago but I never actually knew anything about why my brain was like this and I thought I was just lazy and unorganized but it makes so much sense now thank you!
I absolutely love travel and have been blessed to do a fair bit of it. Because I've been able to travel a bit a lot of the tips you posted are second nature. But one thing I also love is that I now tend to travel solo and after making sure I have the basics covered (flights and at least the first few days of lodging) I can let my impulsivity reign ssupreme.This has ended up giving me a lot of really amazing trips that really made me feel alive and created great stories. I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, and honestly it doesnt always work out great, but having experience in having things go wrong - fixing them - and moving on really allows me to roll with life a lot better than I used to. Also I make more money than i did when I started traveling so that helps. :D thanks for another great video!
I *love* the look of your most recent videos! Having the cut aways of you in different settings is not only cool but it really helps give that How-To visual so many of us need. 👍🏼😁 I'm glad to see you doing well on enough days to still help all of us Brains. We LOVE YOU!! Keep up the good work 🧡
Perfect timing for this video! Thank you so much for posting it along with the tools and widgets to make things work. You rock!
I’m literally packing for vacation today and leaving tomorrow, this video came at the perfect time! It’s too late for some of this stuff, but I definitely still feel a lot better knowing it so that I can work it into my plans as best I can
Thank you! I’m a mum of an adhd 6 year old and your videos have been such an inspiration! We’re planning on a road trip (18 hour drive) and this will be a big help for the both of us, as well as his siblings.
I have that flavor of ADHD that combines with dyslexia so in my eyes what you're doing on TH-cam is so impressive. There are very few people with ADHD that are as courageous as you are. Because of people like you I'm going to stay in the game, continue the struggle, Keep On Keepin On. The contribution you are making to other BRAINS is incalculable. Thank you so much!
Loved the new way you handled speeding the vid up. Much easier for me to follow. And the content is excellent. timing, too. I'm planning my first legit vacation in decades. You have great production values, young lady.
This is great! I don't have adhd but my husband does and having at least one day after vacation to calm down is so important! Also making a list of what we want to do/see and making an easily adjustable schedule around those activities has helped a lot.
Timely video. Also the moment with your dog when you got up from the grass was so so great. Speaking as a Dogwalker. Great connection you have
aw thank you! yeah I love that dog, we go everywhere we can together :D
This video is perfectly timed for me, because me and my friend just started to organize a trip to a celtic festival.
I'll try to follow this advices, thank you very much!
Best advice! Love you and your tips! I tell all my Mental Health Team about you and your channel, Jessica!
I just saw you on Monk!!! You never told us you were on an episode of Monk!! You make a great cashier!!!!!!
Perfect, I just got back and struggled with the getting it together and 4 days later still have stuff in the car. Just got dressed out of the trunk. If you're sharing "chores" at a beach or mtn rental with other folks--make some schedules or lists of who is doing what, so no one has to worry about who is doing what and when. But keep it flexible with ready substitutions and swapouts or whatever works.
Great tips as I'm getting ready for our vacation (that was scheduled and didn't know about). I like the idea of lists, especially to avoid packing the house so i don't forget anything. 22 days to figure this out. Great ideas Jessica, thank you.
Thank you SO much for your videos! They are so incredibly encouraging( and fun and interesting!😁). I am going on a vacation in 2 days and I have to pack for me and my 7 kids.😳 b4 every vacation I have a panick attack ( hopefully this time with some of your tips I can keep it at bay😉). I just found your channel a week ago and am watching as many as I can per day( without overstimulating my brain). I truly feel like your channel is a God send! Just knowing there is someone that can give good advice who has 'been there done that' and knows how hard things can be when others cant figure out, " why are you making a mountain out of a molehill?"Thank you again!🤗
We're going to Canada this summer, and I've been so anxious about how it will go! Thanks for these. I've used several of these in the past... Like lists! I make very detailed lists before travelling, and it helps so much. I end up only forgetting two or three things. 😉
How do you always know exactly what I need?! 🤣 Thank you so much! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ The couch is now my launch pad!
These videos mean so much to me and help me so much xxx
Recovery days are great.
I am fortunate enough to have a career that accrues vacation time, and one thing I always have to do for the come-down is schedule a vacation day for the first work day after I get home.
Even if I am coming home Friday night or on a Saturday, I am taking that Monday off and it helps loads.
I am a brain, and my husband is a heart. He used to OCD plan vacations until I asked him to just let me plan a trip with no itinerary. I mean, seriously, we'd get back and I'd need a day or two of rest before getting back to work just to recover. Once he relented, and I planned our trip- with ZERO expectations of doing anything (except laying on the beach!) he's never gone back. Now, he looks forward to just relaxing and spending time with me and our kids. :) Just got told to plan our next trip in July earlier today.
Hubs and i both have a form of add, and we just took our children to the amusement park. It was so great, they had a blast! Life changing bonding for our family... That said, the planning and execution was a bit...clunky. Thanks so much for this video! I needed this for this summer 😁😁😁
I have been planning a small vacation for my son's birthday. Something that I have done is researched hotel costs and gas costs. I think I figured out it would be like $1105 for the trip so, I rounded that to $1500 to equate for anything extra that might happen. THEN I took that amount and divided it by how many weeks until our trip, so I can set aside a small amount every week. I also make to-do lists for packing and things that need to be done BEFORE I leave. Such as making sure the thermostat is set or calling our electric company to let them know we will be out of town and to call our emergency contact. Thanks for another great video!
I love the idea of including "something goes wrong" on your vacation list! :) It will, so why not add a little humor and have a realistic expectation about it? :) Love your videos!!!
We are two autists adults one with OCD (me) and one (ADHD) and we LOVE to travel, I also have to travel for work. We do a lot of this stuff you have on the video and laughed a lot at things he does and I do so we complement well as travel buddies. The tips on travel itineraries and activities with and app and others, amazing, thank you!!!!! Is also good to know we were on the right track taking extra day or 2 to slow down and a couple before leaving to have all done and accounted for, I can attest to this tip as a real deal changer for stress reducing effects (oh, and I am a mom too so, you now anxiety soars and I am traveling alone with her in 2 weeks...OMG).
My travel tip, if you budgeted money for food daily and you did not use it all on X day, roll it to the next for either emergencies or other areas and you will have even more extra $$$ to buy stuff at the end of the trip and still be on the safe end ;)
(I do budgeting visually and manually because I have dyscalculia and otherwise I forget)
Just wanted to give a quick shout out to How to ADHD. After discovering your channel I set an appointment and tested 93% positive for ADHD, got a prescription, and it's been a very positive choice in my life. So thanks :)
I lost my phone for a brief 15 minutes during an island hopping tour. I made all people in the boat running around in the island looking for my phone.
It turns out I put it in someone else’s bag.
I did the same thing when I was in Highschool.
I lost my phone in class and I was sure that I've put it in the pocket of my vest. It wasn't anymore so I made a few people in the administration open the classroom to check and half an hour after, when we were thinking that someone stole it, the person in front of me said "Isn't your phone in this pocket?"
It was in a pocket of my vest but the one which is on my right arm, the one I never use...
I wasn't sure whether or not I should request the day after my vacation off. This video has cemented that I definitely should! Thanks!!!!!
Thanks Jessica, hubby and I discovered day before off and day off after holidays, even though it shortened it, worked a treat!
We once walked out of an airport without collecting our luggage at the carousel, and only realised when we arrived at the hotel, miles away! 😖😂
I love vacations and planning and thinking about it and gets me even more excited and then when I get there I like to just live in the moment and have fun but in the back of my head I never stop thinking about how it’s gonna end and I’ll be back home to my boring life and wasting my whole time stressing out when I could be completely stress free .
Right on time for my vacation!
We’re going to Comic-Con, and this couldn’t be timelier, especially planning for things to go wrong! There’s ALWAYS something: parking, wardrobe, merchandise, interpersonal conflict.
We talked about this video and managing stimulation levels. This year, we’re going by train instead of loading a car and driving. Goodbye stress of driving in traffic on Sunday night when we’re all exhausted!
Just started watching these videos again! I forgot how much your videos helped me! Bell is on.
I generally do best when I get an hour or so of quite downtime in the afternoon. Sort of an adult nap time! It really resets my day and I don't get as frustrated with my travel companions.
I have an idea for a video: Creativity and ADHD Brains? I’m a 36 year old ADHD/Autistic female who has been drawing like crazy due to the pandemic and your videos have helped me better educate on myself as I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 4 back in the 80’s. I have been working on artwork nonstop for the last few days!:)
These are great reminders!because us brains always,i mean always need reminders. Now if i can just remember to go over this awesome video the next time i go on vaca.
The last vacation I took, I wrote a list but I also had to pack for my daughter. Thus, I ended up not packing important medication. This year, I plan on making the list but making sure I check off each and every thing, including each and every medication. Fortunately, my daughter is older and doesn't want to come with us. Thank you for this video - very helpful.
Niagra falls is so much fun, especially the rapid ride and if you can afford it, the helicopter ride.
I am glad you got to go to Niagara Falls it is a great place to visit. I live about an 1 1/2 hours south of there. I agree that things will go wrong so staying positive and not getting too caught up in it is a great tip.
Super helpful! I'm going out of the country next week. I'm excited to go but nervous about how my brain will handle it.
I’m close to there! I live in Oakville. I’ve been there so many times. I love it there! Last time I went was in march
Jumping in a year later to say that balancing stimulation levels is ESSENTIAL. I went on a family trip once where we hit up Universal's Halloween Horror Nights three nights in a row. There was a lot of cool stuff and I don't regret going per say, but between the constant loud music, the random actors jump-scaring people at every turn, the haunted houses themselves, and being on my feet for several hours every night...yeah by the end of night three I had a near meltdown from everything being Too Loud and Too Much. Learn from my mistakes. Take a night off.
Missed you! And I am heading to Niagara Falls as well.
I mean... If I finish the schedule and reservations, because I bought the flight tickets two months ago.
At least now i know why i never feel relaxed, even when its summer break xD thanks for the tips!! ^^ extremely useful as always ^^
I usually go to out of state conventions for my vacation so I have a schedule built in from panel and event times. I pick out the ones I really want to go to, ones that sound interesting if I have the time, and block out a time to go to the Marketplace. Fitting lunch in is a little... hard for me because there is just so many things I want to do! It also helps that I get to meet up with friends that already have plans who will invite me along. I tried a solo trip with no plan and didn't really do much of anything so scheduling is really important for me!
Nice choice of vacation spot! Wish I had known you were going to be in this area. Honestly, one great part of a vacation is getting to see places and things. Its more of an "agenda driven" vacation. Its easier, for me anyway, to go see and experience things, than just "spend time at the beach". A good idea for people who are going somewhere to see specific things (aka Niagara Falls), is to connect with friends and locals near the area beforehand. They can give you ideas about places to see, tourist traps to avoid, best times to go to avoid crowds, and side trips to see things you hadn't thought of. (You totally should have come down to Letchworth State Park!) If I plan a trip to an area I've never been to, I try to connect with some people through a common interest (fellow ADHD'ers, car clubs, geocaching clubs). They can be a great resource, both for planning, and once you get there. Also, if anything happens, its nice to have someone to reach out to that knows their way around the area. If you are driving somewhere, having a GPS (that isn't on your phone) can help navigate, even without a cell signal.
I’m currently planning a vacation, this video couldn’t have come at a better time! 💕
When I went on my honeymoon, my husband suggested we book a few big excursions ahead of time (tours, day trips, etc.) So that we didn't have to worry about booking them there. This made things sooo much easier! we saved money by knowing exactly what we were booking and we had a couple of days that were already planned out but the rest of the days were wide open for exploring. I found it helpful to do a tour right at the beginning so that you can have someone else show you around, then you know what to explore later!! For reference, we went to Aruba and loved it ❤
I'm on vacation in two weeks, I'm so grateful for this video!
This is great advice for a neurotypical brain, too! Thank you! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thanks Jessica! I'm in the process of planning my honeymoon in addition to helping plan our wedding.
This video helped me consider a few things in terms of expectations. 🙃
So, so great and helpful - as always. THANK YOU!!!
Useful stuff as always! 💗
About to do a 2 month USA roadtrip. Thank you for these timely tips!!
The last time I went on vacation was when I was in 5th grade and it was to a camp for either 3 or 7 days.
What I find tot be helpful is to have a Sense of routine on holiday. For me this is the way my luggage is packed, I know always exactly where everything is in my backpack.
Also, Remember that things going wrong are the best stories when you come back!
Omg I can’t believe you were in Niagara Falls!! I live by there and work as a server at Ruby Tuesday on Clifton Hill, I wish I could’ve ran into you so I can tell you how much you’ve changed my life 😭
I'm travelling internationally for the firs time (and on my own) soon, so this was super helpful as I am trying to get ready.
Also, if you need travel sizes for things, try asking Sephora for cosmetic samples. Often they have them or can make them, and they are small enough to be safe to travel.
Heck yes!!! This video is very well timed. Got 2 trips coming up and I need all the help I can get planning them out :p
I have to say the excitement burnout can be very real but keeping a stomach full (but not too full if your going on rides) of food helped a lot with the whole thing. Also Disneyland has dole whip and vegan gumbo, so it wasn’t hard to keep properly fuelled while I was there..... though I did end up spending several hundreds of dollars on just food, but hey, totally worth every cent.
And I’m not sure if it’s just me who feels this way but I find it easier to concentrate when changing settings like that. Going overseas and getting out of your normal setting for me seemed to bring enough background excitement (oh what’s that thing? It really does flush backwards here. America has one of those doohickeys?! Incredible, etc etc) that doing things that would normally grind my brain to paste just thinking about trying to start attempting to consider were much much much easier. Maybe my hypothesis is wrong and it was something else that made it work, but that’s what I’ve been running with all this time.
Side note: When did you come to Australia and how did you find our lil island nation?! Hopefully the “stuck on he harbour bridge” thing didn’t turn you off coming back.
First vacation my wife and I took was coupled to my first business trip. It was several years before I was diagnosed and medicated. I lost our digital camera on the first leg of our flight. It was very cold where we went but we didn't pack warm clothes. We salvaged some fun but it was rough.
Jessica, you are the best. Thanks for all the useful tips! Now I’m looking forward to my Vegas trip in July! Even though it’s a work trip to a conference. BTW, were you a cashier in an episode of Monk?
So awesome. Just went to ft Myers Florida. Everyone of these things helped
Vacation planning has never been an issue for me. My issue is the couple of days before. I get organised way in advanced with lists and everything, but when it comes to actually doing the packing or booking of the last minute things that's where I fall apart. I went on my first all inclusive trip this year and it was the least stressful holiday ever, even with the travelling and having covid checks. I still like my travelling as oppose to holidaying, but that was a much needed break from everything. My head got so clear I even completed my tax return whilst away as my brain was like 'let's do this now'. I didn't submit it till I got back just in case there were mistakes but that was on my mind (it was due 3 weeks after ny holiday)
What a great timing Jessica, going on vacation soon
Planning a trip right now, thanks for sharing!!
Heyyy!! Jessica thank you so much for spreading awareness on ADHD would you kindly make a video on defiance and denial? Do ADHD tend to deny facts and mask themselves and also do exactly the opposite out of defiance? Bring up such a video...
one thing i found to be helpful when checking out of a hotel room is to do an empty hands check. Pack your stuff into your car, and keep going back to your room and checking understuff, inside drawers, on nightstands and in the bathroom. If you find something, walk it back to your car and start over. Keep doing this until you can get through the entire room without finding anything that belongs to you, and you can walk back to your car Empty handed.
this has prevented me from leaving hygine kits in the bathroom, chargers on the nightstand. Unmentionables in the dressers... ETC.
Heh love these! My husband doesn't understand why I can't enjoy vacations and relax. To me, they are too much work. Probably because he wants to plan 2 days before we leave 😭 I'm not good on long drives and not very good at transition.
Please make a video on adhd and texting: idk if it’s just me but texting is like the most stressful thing cause of how much time you have to contemplate what to say and the effects of what you say when you over think or don’t think at all
Hey Jessica, love you and love your videos! ❤❤❤
Just a suggestion: The next time you talk about an app that is helpful, it would be really nice if you could elaborate and give us real life examples of how you have used it and even screenshots or videos of you scrolling through the app and clicking on things and doing things on it and share how the app was helpful to you. While I was watching your video, I was like, "whoa what app? How do you use it? What does it do? What is it called again?"
If you live somewhere like Europe, where there's lots to see within driving distance, a camper is perfect!
You can take everything you need with you and if you don't get as far as you wanted to, or just feel like going down that interesting path in a different direction; no problem! Your bedroom (and everything else) travels with you!
('Mobile home', for you Murcan speakers.)
Awesome tips. It takes me two days to unwind on vacation.
Matching green eyes on the brain animation makes me smile. haha. So fun.
Arrrgh trying to plan it!!! Thanks.
First your dog is so cuuute and secondly, my colleagues were quite surprised I had made an extremely early flight to Aotearoa (New Zealand) from Melbourne, Australia. Making it happen.
p.s, a lot of reasons haven't been on a real vacation for years and this will be handy when I do go on my next adventure.
Hi I'm an Egyptian and Adhd isn't known there I talked to my mom but she wasn't convinced that I should go to a doctor we never talked about that ever again I saw your video about that matter but still don't know what to do can you please help me in any way? I really love your channel BTW and your videos are what made me talk to my mom thanks for everything ❤️❤️
Most ADHD medications are stimulants and while not as powerful, caffeine often helps with symptoms in a similar way and is usually easier to find. Before my diagnosis I found drinking coffee helped when I was really struggling.
But medication isn't the only way of dealing with ADHD. Just being aware of it, learning how your brain works differently and trying out different strategies designed for ADHD brains can do a lot. This channel is good for that. Also just not being alone and talking to other people with ADHD ("Hi"), can make it easier to not feel isolated and misunderstood.
There are videos and sites out there which help explain ADHD but the ones I know are in English and with generally American cultural assumptions. You might have more luck explaining it to your mother and other people if you can find some descriptions written by other Egyptians with ADHD because they'll speak in a way that your mother can probably relate to better.
Thank you truly for the helpful comment and I hope others also benefit from it❤️
I got stuck on the wrong side of a river one week before the next ferry, 20km from the next bridge but only 5km from my hostel, with 2% left on my phone and bad reception, while I was on a biking trip.
My sister called the hostel, they gave her the number of an old man with a boat, she called him, he took me and my bike over the river.
So I got to the hostel in time and they had even made my bed (its usually something you do yourself)
and even though I had missed dinner they had saved me a plat.
I ended up staying there for an extra night.
Fun vacation stories👍