u/Intelligent_Bird_159

Based in Gawler, on the outskirts of Adelaide and was wondering what steps I needed to take to protect my succulents from frosts. I was speaking to a grower today who indicated that I would need something to protect a lot of the plants (aeoniums, echeveria etc) during winter. She was talking about a thick plastic green house like set up, but as I've fallen down a rabbit hole of green house set ups, humidity and lack of airflow seem to be a potential issue if we go down that route. We don't get a ton of 0 degrees or slightly below nights, but we do get a few. We have a back veranda that doesn't get a lot of sun and a massive undercover area that does get some light with polycarbonate roofing that has solid and transparent panels, so could move them there, or build something purpose built. If anyone has any suggestions, it'd be much appreciated.

Hey, just joined as I am going through what feels like burnout for the fourth time. For context, my current psych thinks I am neurodivergent and is currently thinking ADHD, but my gut says if I pursue a diagnosis, it will land on AuDHD.

I was reading this amazing post and it describes me to a tee. https://www.reddit.com/r/AuDHDWomen/comments/1sxahiw/trying_to_find_those_who_were_able_to_go_back_to/

Ongoing symptoms: Like the OP, I also thought I had dementia. Severe brain fog, extremely distracted and usually I drop into a flow/hyperfocus state very easily. Now I struggle to get through many tasks and those that I do leave me extremely drained afterwards.

Context: I realised I've spent my life hyperfocussing on my work, intially highly productive and stand out employee, then the effort level would be unsustainable and start to drop. I'd struggle hard to give 110% or more and then fall further and further into a hole before burning out. The last time was around the birth of my son in 2010 and lasted several years. Since then I've been much more conservative about my mental energy, refusing to work long hours, always taking weekends off, taking a break between projects and making sleep, exercise, relationships a priority, and yet I still have ended up burning out this year.

Problem: A lot of the advice seems to be around quitting work/drastically reducing demands on yourself, which makes sense, but what happens if you're unable to do that? I'm 53, have no family I can rely on (bad abuse background). My partner and son have AuDHD and I've been the high functioning one, keeping us financially afloat. I work for myself so I can be a lot more flexible work wise than most, but that also means its on me to make the money. Like I can break up my day more, take more small breaks, do dopamine activities (for me, its gardening and doing bad drawings), keep prioritising sleep, making time for good nutrition etc, but if I quit working, we're facing a very grim future.

This is kind of shitty to ask, but I kinda need a hopeful narrative rather than gritty reality. Is there a middle road between quitting everything and keeping calm and carrying on? If it helps, this burnout is nowhere near as severe as it was prior, because I have gotten better at reigning myself in.