The Beautiful Chaos: The Ups and Downs of Being a Creative Neurodivergent Business Owner

The Beautiful Chaos of Being a Creative Neurodivergent Business Owner

Being a creative business owner is rarely a straight line. It's messy, glittery, coffee-fuelled, and unpredictable. Add neurodivergence, and that path becomes entirely your own. Some days, ideas flow like magic. Other days, even opening your laptop feels impossible.

And that’s okay.

Running a business while living with ADHD, autism, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or any neurodivergent trait isn't about "fixing” yourself. It's about embracing how your brain works and building a business that moves with you.

The Highs: Your Superpower Brain

When your mind works differently, your creativity can feel endless. You notice connections others miss. Ideas arrive in flashes. You turn chaos into beauty.

Maybe you write poetry that moves people, sculpt something hauntingly beautiful, or design printables that bring calm and joy. Those bursts of inspiration, the 2 a.m. “aha!" moments, the joy of making something real, that's the magic of being a neurodivergent creative.

The Lows: When Everything Feels Too Much

Some days, the world feels too loud. Emails pile up, your body aches, your brain fogs over. Doubt and imposter syndrome sneak in. Deadlines, burnout, and sensory overload aren't signs of laziness; they're signs of being human.

Sometimes creativity goes quiet. Sometimes rest is all you can do. That's not failure — that's balance.

Finding Your Flow

Over time, you learn to dance with your rhythms. Success doesn’t have to look like constant hustle. It can look like gentle consistency, honesty, and flow.

Here's what helps:

  • Flexible routines instead of rigid schedules

  • Creative batching - work when your energy is high, rest when it’s low

  • Outsourcing or automating tasks that drain you

  • Honouring downtime - it fuels creativity

  • Finding your people - a community that gets it

🌸 Perfectly Imperfect

Your journey won't look like anyone else's, and that's the beauty of it. You don't need to fit society's idea of "productive" to succeed. You're building something authentic, full of your energy and truth.

In that beautiful chaos, there's perfection — just not the kind the world expects.

With Love and Light 

Amanda

Mr Wendles Perfect Imperfection
A space for creative souls, gentle rebels, and beautifully neurodivergent minds

 

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