Why is there a wheelbarrow in Chase’s living room? It’s a perfectly reasonable question…if you don’t have ADHD. Chase takes us through an ordinary trip to Home Depot, which quickly becomes a “dopamine theme park,” an unexpected landscaping project, misplaced belongings, and—yes—a wheelbarrow that somehow ends up in the house. Along the way, Chase talks about ADHD, perfectionism, the difficulty of asking for help, and learning to ask thoughtful questions when it feels safe to do so.
If you’ve ever started one simple project and somehow ended up doing something completely different, this episode of the Chase Squirrelson Show may feel very familiar.
Chase starts with a question that pretty much sums up the episode: Why is there a wheelbarrow in my living room?
It all begins with a trip to Home Depot—what Chase affectionately calls the “Dopamine Theme Park.” From there, a landscaping idea takes off, with a little French Open viewing mixed in, plenty of ADHD-style distractions, and the inevitable question of what the neighbors might think.
Chase also talks about losing things, holding on to stuff he never uses, and why asking for help can be particularly difficult for someone with ADHD. He explores the connection between ADHD and perfectionism, and how learning to ask thoughtful questions—and knowing when it’s safe to ask them—can make a difference.
And, of course, we have to find out where that wheelbarrow ended up.
(1:00) Why is there a wheelbarrow in my living room?! – Landscaping with ADHD
(3:38) Home Depot “The Dopamine Theme Park”. Why a shopping trip becomes so much more!
(4:38) Shopping with Chase
(5:21) And here we go to landscape – and watch The French Open!
(6:46) What’s the infamous ADHD landscaping thought? And what about the neighbor’s opinions?
(7:57) Does Chase ever misplace things? And what about all that old stuff he never uses?
(9:35) And now…the wheelbarrow in the living room!
(12:00) What about asking for help? How you can actually do this when you have ADHD. And what about ADHD and perfection?
(14:36) Learning to ask thoughtful questions…when it’s safe.
(14:39) Where’s that wheelbarrow now?!
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