18/05/2026
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 & 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.
This is a very bittersweet goodbye but I’ve decided to close Chaos to Calm.
I know I don’t have to go into the reasons, but it doesn’t sit right with me not doing so, so save this & come back with a cuppa ☕️
𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱: The main reason Chaos to Calm started was due to my own difficulties with planning, especially with having ADHD. I searched & searched for an ADHD friendly planner & just couldn’t find what I was looking for. So I decided to close a gap in the market.
For those that don’t know, over 9 months, I carried out an 8000 word research project - a dissertation to finish my Psychology degree. & albeit naive, I went into the project thinking “I can’t wait to finally fully understand what ‘ADHD-friendly’ planning looks like”. & (ofcourse maintaining confidentiality for my participants) I quickly realised, there simply isn’t an ADHD-friendly approach to planning.
Ofcourse, there are organisational strategies that work for individuals with ADHD - myself included. But there certainly is not a one size fits all approach. ADHD shows up in so many different ways & we all have so many individual differences.
I could have made multiple planners & guides etc to suit all needs but the task was simply too much for my ADHD brain! 😂
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬: I had plans to release physical planners - my absolute dream goal ✨ I was even lucky enough to secure some funding to help me with the intial cost. However, even with this funding, the price of having all my ideas into physical products was just too expensive. After taking into consideration print cost, postage and packing costs & other various costs, my profit margins would be extremely minimal. I also had various annual subscription charges to keep up with.
𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬: The amount of other skills I had to undertake was becoming burdensome. I had to develop website design skills, whilst continually improving my design skills for my planners, be social media savy, my own accountant… The list is endless & I just wanted to create pretty planners & that’s it! 😂
𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: I’ve finished my degree & I’m now looking for my full time career. This is something I’ve worked extremely hard towards & I need to give it 1000%. I simply can’t do that if I’m also running a business. I have actually recently gained a new job for 5 hours per week & that also deserves my time
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Despite all of the above, I’m still going to take custom orders. Feel free to get in touch with me on my personal profile: Jade Louise … I’ll be able to reduce cost due to no longer having ongoing costs to keep the business running. So if you’d like me to make you something personalised, I’d love to help! I’d just work to a 2-4 week turnaround time, with payment needed upfront ofcourse.
𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃: Throughout my time during Chaos to Calm, & since my own diagnosis of ADHD 4 years ago, Ive had & still get messages all the time, asking me questions about ADHD.
I’ve decided to make some guides/PDF booklets to condense all my knowledge & lived experience into one place, to help you navigate your own journey. During the last year or so of my degree, there were many opportunities for independence on our studies, and I chose to focus on ADHD. So my knowledge also comes from Psychological theory & studies.
There will be a booklet on “do I need a diagnosis?” Because I know many people who think they have ADHD but are not sure if they should go through the process of gaining an official diagnosis. And also booklets on life after diagnosis, the ADHD hacks I use every day, ADHD medication & general useful knowledge etc etc.
If anyone is interested in these booklets, please let me know, it would be great to gage interest 😊 They will be priced at around £1.99-£4.99
𝐀 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. For every purchase, support on social media & just helping me to build & be a part of this little community 🥺
Love, Jade ###
