1 month to Spectrum

So something decently big happened for us today. A mid-size influencer posted about us on their stories, which drove a decent amount of traction back to our IG profile. That led to someone from YouTube noticing our content and writing a very sweet DM to us saying they loved our content and would be glad to assist with any problems we might ever have on the platform.

Of course we wrote back almost immediately thanking them and expressing gratitude for taking interest in the world of neurodiversity. Then we capitalized on the traction and did something even bolder that was totally out of our comfort zone. We had recorded a short parody version of the 'Congratulations & celebrations' song by Cliff Richard, changing the lyrics to 'Procrastination & delegation'. Basically turned it into a song about ADHD diagnosis. We shot a very quick video to the 20-second parody track and put it up on IG. 

We had already climbed up by 12 followers since this morning, and I think IG decided that was enough for the day, because the funny reel did not do anything to our profile at all. But Aditi says it picks up with time, so we'll just wait and see. 

I love Aditi's calm demeanour.

Anyway, on the WA group we have been added to, someone mentioned two kickass concepts today:

1. Disabled rest

2. Self-made vs Community-made

1. Disabled rest is a counter-culture movement to negate the ill effects of the hustle culture. I resonate with it 100% given how both Aditi and I need time to recharge after even the smallest bit of overwhelm. 

2. Self-made vs community-made is essentially specifically for the disabled culture. Having a community is so important to thrive, none of us is ever self-made. We're all who we are because of the communities around us. 

That's about it. Good day today, tiring week overall.