For women navigating the ADHD empty nest, the question of “now what?” can feel enormous. It’s hard to get back into the swing of things when you haven’t worked for 20 years. I know, because I experienced it first-hand. Before kids, I was a full-time working speech therapist, but after my third child was born, I made the decision to stay home and raise my family.

I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was in my early 40s, but looking back, the signs of undiagnosed ADHD were everywhere during my freshman year of college.

It was a perfect storm of struggles, impulsive choices, missed deadlines, and painful mistakes, my brain was battling a set of invisible challenges I couldn’t yet name.

If you’re looking for ADHD packing tips that actually work, you’re in the right place. All my life, I’ve struggled with packing for trips, especially ones to locations where there’s no local Target or Walmart nearby as back-up in case I forget something essential. No matter how hard I tried, my packing “routine” never changed. I would procrastinate until the day before, then sprint around tossing things into my suitcase right up until the moment we left.