When I was diagnosed with ADHD in my mid-30’s I was left wondering, “what now?”

I looked for answers and resources, hoping to find stories of people’s lives that echoed my own.

There were countless books and articles about ADHD written by researches and subject experts, but for me, they didn’t resonate. They were too clinical and academic. Plus, reading was never the way I learned, and the stack of books I hadn’t read was just one more task I was failing to complete.

I didn’t want click-bait or social media—the countless videos and reels that perpetuated stereotypes about ADHD.

I wanted real stories of late-diagnosed parents trying to figure out life, work, a family, and a brand new understanding of their brain.

I wanted to know there were other people living in what felt like perpetual chaos, juggling responsibilities, trying their best everyday to hold it together, but always feeling like they were coming up short.

I wanted ADHD in real life.

My ADHD only became evident after my first child was born and I realized that fatherhood had re-written every rule I thought I knew about myself and how I’d learned to manage life.

For a lot of parents, the same is true.

It’s a daily struggle—trying to figure out how to do life in “hard mode” while raising kids.

This is my story, but it might seem familiar.

I’m a work-from-home husband and father, just trying to make it day by day, sharing the life I live Between Chaos and Bedtime.

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