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Finally getting into the habit of using a ridesharing app instead of local taxis. Somehow, in 2025, Nanaimo still doesn’t have Uber or Lyft, but we do have something called Uride, and it’s not the most accessible thing on the planet but I can still use it. it means I get way friendlier and more competent drivers, I can text or call them, and I can pay through the app instead of dealing with inaccessible credit card machines. I feel like I had a choice today: I could be discouraged by the fact that the app is hilariously inaccessible, or I could be happy that I can still use it independently and get where I need to go. I’m a little annoyed because it seems like every door-to-door transportation option has downsides, but mostly I’m channeling that energy into making a good screen recording of all the issues i’m having, sending it to the very friendly support who appear to actually want to fix the app, and being glad the day went so smoothly. I wonder if this is the more subtle effect of #ADHD medication. The thing about executive function is that when it actually—well—functions, it does so without making a fuss. Things just happen. And that’s how I’m starting to feel, at least some of the time. I didn’t just make a screen recording—I made a two-part screen recording, made a video edit, figured out how to convert it to email-friendly format using ffmpeg, and am going to talk to Aira to make sure it looks okay. Then I thought to myself, “Hey, I don’t usually have the motivation or energy to do something like this. That’s kinda nice.”
The problem with the subtlety is that I’ve spent a lot of time feeling like certain things were hard, and I’m still learning exactly how it feels for them to be easier, so I need to un-learn the habit of putting things off because I *think* they’ll be more difficult. That takes time—but more importantly, it takes dedication, which is not something I’m known for having in high quantities. The best indicators of success are still these accidental ones, where I suddenly realize I’ve been hyperfocusing on something relatively important and complex, and then I have to translate that into “Hey, maybe this other thing that used to be hard until a couple of months ago is not so hard now, let’s give my brain a chance to prove itself.”