My Author Bio is a Lie Brought to You by ADHD

I have no words to truly describe the absolute wild ride that has been 2025 so far, so I’m not going to even bother. Instead I’m going to quietly accept that it is somehow already March and just move on.

It is Sunday afternoon as I sit and write this. Sundays are typically my day to get things done around the house which usually means moving the same thing from room to room because I’m not sure where it goes and then ultimately returning it to where it originally was in absolute defeat.

I then randomly decided that it was ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE that I patch two small holes in the wall of my bathroom where the towel rack had fallen out. That happened almost two years ago but NOW WAS THE TIME!

Then I decided I wanted to paint the wall. I didn’t do that today but I clearly needed about an hour or so to think about painting the wall and then finding decor to match the wall that I’m not going to paint until next weekend (maybe). 

This was all far more important than the original task of… whatever the hell I was doing.

Orange. I’m planning on painting the wall in my bathroom a nice Burnt Orange. 

I know you were wondering.

When it became clear that I was not going to be accomplishing what I had set out to do earlier, I wandered into the livingroom to find new things to move around. This is where I picked up a copy of “Urban Decay: A Zombie Horror Anthology” which just so happens to feature my short story “Still Hungry.”

I flipped to my story because it’s fun to see something I’ve written in a book. A nice reminder that I am a published author. Look at me go.

I flipped through some more and landed on my author bio which reads:

Josh Gunderson is an author, educator, blogger, podcaster, and cat dad. His acclaimed non-fiction works include You’re Doing It Wrong, a memoir that chronicles his life and career, andYour Digital Life: A Teen’s Guide to the Online World, a detailed exploration of the digital world and its challenges. In addition to these educational books, Josh writes regularly on his blog Avoiding Neverland (www.avoidingneverland.com), sharing insights on topics ranging from social media to his love of cruising. Recently, Josh has expanded his writing to include fiction, with a particular interest in horror.

It’s been three months since I’ve written in my blog making that line about regularly writing here A LIE.

Naturally, I need to remedy this immediately which meant sitting on the couch, putting something on the TV, opening my laptop and instantly getting invested in what I put on the TV.

Now that the credits are rolling, I’m actually writing.

I’ve been doing a lot of work around the house lately which mostly explains my absence. My weekends are usually either spent at work or doing something around the house. I’ve lived here nearly two years and never really actually settled in and I’m trying to accomplish that now.

I’m currently trying to figure out how the hell I managed to fit all of this crap that I own into my former apartment which was about 700 square feet. Now I’ve more than doubled my available space and there is still shit in boxes.

How the hell does that happen?

I’m also purging A LOT of stuff from my life. 

Which leads me to a question for everyone- what the hell do I do with my old yearbooks? I don’t particularly want them but it feels weird to throw them away. What happens when I want to look back on the note that reads, “I don’t really know you so have a great summer”? 

I was so fucking cool in high school.