My ADD has been bad lately
I don’t know if it’s the holidays or the stress I’ve been feeling with my
wife all “laid up” with her foot surgery or what, but seriously, my ADD has
been through the roof lately.
I walked into Sam’s Club the other morning and had to buy 3 things. My wife
had made me a list and everything, and the minute I walked in, it was like,
“Wowlookatallthetvsandwheredidthemoviesgothatusedtobeintheentranceandthispla
ceisawesome,waitwhatwasIsupposedtocomeinhereforagain?whyareallthosepeoplejus
tstandingaroundandwaitIknowI’mhereforsomethingwhatwasitshesaidIneededtogetag
ain?howcomethegrinderforthecoffeeisonlynexttothecoffeeIliketobuy?whataboutth
epeoplewhodrinkotherkindsofcoffeearetheylessworthytohaveagrindernexttothemth
anIam?maybeI’mmakingtoomuchofthis.whyamIhereagain?
Seriously, that’s what it feels like right now! Dead serious. If you have
ADD then you totally know what I’m talking about but there’s also no way
you’ve been able to concentrate long enough to get to the end of this, so I
know you’re not reading this.
It was a good day when I actually embraced this whole ADD thing. For a long
time I didn’t want to use it as an “excuse” but now I realize that It’s got
good sides and bad sides. The bad sides are, that occasionally a trip to
Sam’s Club can feel like a bag of scrabble letters. The good side is, When
I’m in the zone, I can get a lot done. It’s finding the zone and not
letting things knock you out of it, that’s the challenge. Thank God my
wife, Sarah, my assistant, Susan, and my staff that know this about me.
Occasionally, it’s like, “Just leave him alone, he’s in the zone.” When
that happens I can write like 3 messages in 3 hours kind of thing. It’s
crazy like that.
Anyway,
Keller
I can empathize with you since my brother also has ADD. He likes to break up his tasks into smaller subtasks — he found this to be helpful in easing his problems a bit.