Getting tools and systems to work for you is a great goal. I've sometimes heard it referred to as the 'ADHD Tax,' though you could substitute in any label/diagnosis or trait. Essentially, the idea is recognizing that sometimes it is worth paying a higher price (economically, ecologically, socially) to access a specific benefit.
Normally I hear (and personally apply) this to pre-cut vegetables. Yeah, a whole head of cabbage is cheaper, but I'm not going to get my money's worth if I let it rot because chopping is too much of a hurdle. If I pay the Executive Function Tax (higher unit cost, and more wasted plastic), I'll be getting something I'll actually use.
I have more to say about the spectrum of food-prep-effort and how we assign moral value, but it is too much for a comment section!
Totally agree! My favorite chef is Alton Brown but he constantly goes on about how tools that only do one task shouldn't be in your kitchen. But as my disabilities progressed and I started unlearning, I realized that that comes from an ableist perspective.
Getting tools and systems to work for you is a great goal. I've sometimes heard it referred to as the 'ADHD Tax,' though you could substitute in any label/diagnosis or trait. Essentially, the idea is recognizing that sometimes it is worth paying a higher price (economically, ecologically, socially) to access a specific benefit.
Normally I hear (and personally apply) this to pre-cut vegetables. Yeah, a whole head of cabbage is cheaper, but I'm not going to get my money's worth if I let it rot because chopping is too much of a hurdle. If I pay the Executive Function Tax (higher unit cost, and more wasted plastic), I'll be getting something I'll actually use.
I have more to say about the spectrum of food-prep-effort and how we assign moral value, but it is too much for a comment section!
Thanks for the great advice!
Totally agree! My favorite chef is Alton Brown but he constantly goes on about how tools that only do one task shouldn't be in your kitchen. But as my disabilities progressed and I started unlearning, I realized that that comes from an ableist perspective.