Nicole Lillian Mark 

Data visualization engineer and visual analytics consultant, dog mom, vegan, ADHD brain. Cannabis + coffee enthusiast. Founder, Women in Dataviz.

As someone with ADHD, I am begging all doctor’s offices to please let us make appointments online.

Overworking is one of the most socially acceptable ways to run from your problems, but it’s still a destructive coping mechanism.

Call it grit. Call it discipline.

It’s still just avoidance dressed up as virtue.

ADHD burnout is a special kind of hell because not only are you burnt out—you also feel guilty that you haven’t done enough to “deserve” being burnt out.

I am ruthless about 2 things:

  1. The type of content I consume

  2. Who I allow to influence me

Your brain is like a sponge - it absorbs what it’s submerged in.

I do not hesitate to unfollow, unsubscribe, or block people who are not constructive or kind.

My mental health is way too valuable.

Yesssssssss. I am currently working with a manager who gets this (and is also such a joy to watch work) and it makes the biggest difference in my motivation and even the quality of my work. I mean, I always try to put out high-quality work, but a side effect of being motivated is I do it better.

Productivity is overrated. What counts most is the quality of output, not the quantity.

People may be impressed by the volume you produce, but impact depends on the value you create.

Success is not about getting more things done. It's about doing more worthwhile things well.

One of my ADHD coaching clients said they prefer to say “ritual” instead of “routine” because ritual feels like an invitation and routine feels like an expectation.

Kind of blew my mind

“How’d you know I have ADHD?”

“Idk something about your roller skating phase, your resin phase, your clay phase, your knitting phase, your 3-D printing phase, your rug-making phase, your beading phase, your macrame phase, your needle felting phase, your nail art phase, and your Lego phase”

Massive “Shut down the Senate” protest in DC today. Everyone needs to see this and remember: There’s more of us than there are of them. Know your power and rise up!