About

I am Ioana. Autistic. ADHD. CPTSD survivor. Creative. Deeply feeling. Overstimulated most days.

For years, I tried to fit into systems designed for brains that work in straight lines. I bought every planner with motivational quotes. I read every productivity book that promised I could finally be "normal" if I just tried hard enough. I forced myself into networking events that felt like sensory torture. I masked until I forgot who I was underneath.

It never worked. Because the problem was not me. The problem was trying to force a square peg into a round hole while everyone told me the hole was fine and I just needed to try harder.

So I stopped trying to fix myself. I started building tools that actually work for brains like ours. Tools that understand that some days, getting out of bed IS the achievement. That rest is not laziness. That needing three days to recover from a phone call is valid. That your way of moving through the world matters, even when it looks different.

IoanaInks exists because I got tired of feeling like I was failing at being human. These are the journals, planners, and resources I wish I had when I was drowning. Made by someone who gets it, because I live it too.

If you have ever felt too much, too sensitive, too different, or just too tired of pretending: this space is for you. No toxic positivity. No hustle culture. No pretending that willpower fixes systemic ableism.

Just real tools. Real understanding. Real support.

Welcome home.