A lot of the indie animators I follow aren't on Peertube, only youtube and usually patreon. I'd love to support them all, but it's not feasible on my salary.
Come to think of it, I've never seen a smile on the guys working the cotton candy machines. It all makes sense now.
Oregon in general has that vibe, I've found. Everyone's just mellower, more agreeable. I moved around the west coast a lot growing up, and Portlanders always struck me as the kindest city folk you could hope to meet. I hope they never change.
I hope they resume the festival. It sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing!!
Do you use flash cards? Anki got me through a lot of uni. Sorry I don't have any stronger suggestions, lessening your overall work load and getting accommodations would have been my first suggestion. I guess the only other recommendation I could make is troubleshoot your sleep habits. My wife and my kid both have unmedicated ADHD and they really burn out fast on bad sleep.
My local Asian market sells powdered sriracha sauce. If you get this in your kitchen, everything you cook will be sweet, sour, spicy, and red for about a week before it's gone. It's fucking good.
You're into an extremely rigorous degree taking a full course load, working, and planning a wedding?
I don't even have ADHD. I can push myself and focus all day, I can memorise without struggling much - at uni, I could draw you any given amino acid from memory, and that was for an elective. And I'm telling you, what you're describing sounds like too much for me.
Next? I would love to see the same ones hit hard enough that they're for sure completely knocked out.