What to Watch: Inside Out 2

Grab your older, grade-school kid and head to the theaters because Inside Out 2 is fire. Disney does some heavy lifting to start conversations about anxiety, envy, and my favorite addition to the emotions crew - Ennui - or boredom. 

Crosby has been more or less receptive to talking about emotions through our Tuesday journaling sessions with Big Life Journal. 

Per usual, bubble tea or ice cream during or after journaling is a good motivator. The nice thing about watching Inside Out 2 is it was Crosby's idea. It was the perfect post illness, "big kid" adventure to go on while Paul is in California with the littles for the next ten days.

Hugo before leaving says to me: "I'm going to miss you more than you are going to miss me." I don't know about that statement based on the photos.

My big goal this week is to get some new coping strategies for my (self-diagnosed) but very obviously inherited-from-my-mom ADHD. Was it the holy spirit, or my ADHD brain, that reminded me two weeks ago, "You know; ADHD symptoms look different for women than men?" The first article I found on google stated, "Your desk at work is piled high with papers." 

Figuring out my ADHD has been like watching one of those confusing movies - that I typically try to avoid - like Fight Club, the Sixth Sense, or Momento. There's a big reveal where all the confounding parts start to make sense.  No wonder as a child I did all the sports all the time and bored easily of TV, board games, and reading. No wonder I've misplaced all my important things - keys, glasses, etc - for my entire life. No wonder a year ago I thought I was depressed - it was really just that my life got too complicated for my ADHD brain. 

I'll be working my way through this book:

I'll also try to catch-up on sleep this week. These rascals can't have all the fun.