I'm so high I managed to make myself a cup of tea without spilling any tea leaves or water. And after realizing the immense amount of concentration that took that I could only achieve while high, I think I can safely give up on the idea of not being messy someday.

Hey all, I'm trying really hard to get better at playing the piano, but it has always been difficult for me. I end up relying way too much on my ear and muscle memory, which gets me fairly far, but then I get lost in my own thoughts and have no idea where I am / how to recover if I make a mistake. It feels like the better I get at playing something, the more susceptible I am to completely biffing it because I got there by relying on my crutches instead of actually processing it the way (I think?) it's supposed to be learned, if that makes sense. I can read music and all that, but between the attention span and the hand eye coordination issues, I start to glaze over the actual notes on the page. Any good pianists with ADHD? Any tips? I know slow and steady is the main thing, but the glazing over makes that so hard to manage. Maybe I just need to accept that this will always be difficult for me, but I would love to hear others' perspectives. (Also this community seems pretty dead, so if there are any more active non-meme ADHD communities that Beehaw federates with, please point me in the right direction!)

I recently got to visit Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and do a couple of incredible hikes. Here's the second.

I recently got to visit Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and do a couple of incredible hikes. Here's the first.

Hey, just wondering if this place is still trying to chug along or if there is a more active hiking community out there. This is the best I could find when I did a search. Happy to contribute to the best of my ability if this is what we've got!