Emily Farris, I'LL JUST BE FIVE MORE MINUTES: And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Writer and podcast host Emily Farris joins Zibby to discuss I’LL JUST BE FIVE MORE MINUTES, a hilariously honest and heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and finally getting an ADHD diagnosis at age 35. Emily and Zibby start by discussing the prevalence of ADHD among creative women and its misperception as a young boy's condition. Then, Emily discusses her journey to an ADHD diagnosis and its impact on her life. She delves into her struggles with alcohol, how she manages relationship and work challenges, her experiences during 9/11, and her coping mechanisms for managing executive dysfunction, such as setting multiple alarms and using calendar reminders.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.1	Emily Ferris is the author of I'll Just Be Five More Minutes and Other Tales from My ADHD
0:35.9	Brain. Emily has worked as a writer,
0:38.4	editor, graphic designer, copywriter, cocktail server, podcast host, unlicensed hairstylist,
0:44.0	we won't tell, and much more. Currently on staff at Epicurious, Emily has written for the cut,
0:49.2	architectural digest, L decor, BuzzFeed, Lifehacker, What's Up, Moms, Food 52, The Daily Beast, The Bust, DIY Guide to Life, Women on Food, and many other publications. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Oh, I'm going to Kansas City. Maybe I'll meet her. And on the internet at thatemily ferris.com and at that Emily Ferris. Welcome, Emily. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't Have Time to Read Books to Discuss. I'll just be five more minutes and other tales from my ADHD brain. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. I am so excited to be here. Emily, I could not put this book down. I read it like cover to cover, laughing out loud, dog earring, all the pages. I feel like we've had so many
1:30.1	similar things in life. I also think you are one of the funniest women I've read. And I just love
1:36.7	your voice. Love, love, love, everything about it. I'm going to cry. That's like such an
1:41.2	amazing thing to hear, especially from you. So thank you so much. Oh my gosh. Of course. I also am now fairly convinced I also have ADHD, but that's okay.
1:49.0	It's okay. You know, I'm hearing that kind of a lot from people in my circles. And it's not
1:56.8	entirely surprising because the people in my circles are creative women who have their, you know,
2:04.6	they're, wear many hats, I would say, do lots of things, get lots of things done, have many
2:09.4	interests, have lots of projects.
2:12.0	And, you know, those two things kind of tend to go together.
2:16.1	Yeah.
2:16.5	And to your point in the book, you know, it's not
2:19.8	something that was widely diagnosed when we were growing up for women in particular, for girls.
2:25.8	No, not at all. ADHD was thought to be this, you know, young white boy problem. Yeah. Kids who
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