Donovan continued making and sharing comics, but she wasn't jazzed about making the leap to TikTok, at first. She was turned off by the "stereotypical content" she saw everywhere, and it wasn't until a friend helped her adjust her algorithm that she realised the platform's potential.
Remembering the heyday of Vine, where she'd had a bit of a following, Donovan tried her hand at posting videos on a variety of topics: living in Nebraska, being a graphic designer, and "frantically trying to find headphones when someone's calling you on Microsoft Teams, little stuff like that."
When she started to incorporate ADHD into her videos, Donovan got a big response, especially from a series she called "Stuff I Didn't Realise Was Related to ADHD." The idea was to point out lesser-known symptoms of ADHD and how they manifest in Donovan's own life.
These were symptoms beyond the typical, generalised things like "distraction," Donovan said. "When you hear 'distracted,' you think, 'I was doing homework, I was working, and I got distracted by my phone,'" she explained. For her, it's more like: "I decided to clean my room, and then I got distracted by this thing I haven't seen in forever. Now I'm going to look at all of this stuff. That reminds me that I need to order one of these, and I'll get on Amazon. While I'm on Amazon . . ."