Typical day for a ADD Adult

Want to know how my typical day goes? Take a look …

I decide to wash my car.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.

But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.

I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.

I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye — they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the car isn’t washed, the bills aren’t paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren’t watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can’t find the remote, I can’t find my glasses, and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I’m really tired.

About damn time

Funny how things you would think I should already know in life still pop up and open my eyes. Been reading a lot lately, (much more then usual, and I think I need to keep up with this too). Learning how important it is to have goals and set the objectives to attain those goals. Just like planning my days out and having everything on my calendar. To say this is important is such an understatement. Even more so when talking about me.

Not like I don’t know that I need to do this, but recently have come to realize for me how essential it is. I have always been one of those, “take it as it comes” types. Course, more things end up slipping through and not getting done. Then my techie side thinks that this box is suppose to catch everything so I don’t have to worry about it. Yes, it will do that if I do my part and plan accordingly and such. So, I am proud to report I am making those changes and I am already seeing positive results. Pray I keep this up!

Life is good, and stressful

It is no secret that I hate tests. Always have, they freak me out. Maybe it is from my fear of failing. Not sure what it is, but let me tell ya, I so so so suck at tests. Get all worked up days before one. Blood pressure soars, and I just hate how it feels.

Well, not much I can do about it. Just have to put my head down and deal with it, but I hate it! Will get more into all this later, I am just too freaked right now.

Does anyone have any “study habit” suggestions? Feel like I take too many notes and lose focus, is that possible? So please send me comments with your help!

In a funk

Not sure why, but no doubt I am feeling somewhat down the last few days. Know that I was off meds for a couple days played into it. But, i find myself asking a lot of those unanswered questions that seem to plague me. Drives me nuts I swear!

So, this morning I was talking to my mom. Telling her that when things get crazy I tend to go to coffee shops to get work done because I am not as distracted. This opened up a conversation about ADHD (which I have.) She thinks that the coffee shop would have too many distractions for me, yet I find I get so much more done when I am I go there. Just look at my blog postings, 90% are done when I go to a coffee shop. Not to mention i get tons of email done and other things on my to do list (when daylite works.) Anyone have any insight or thoughts on this? Am I just being stupid?

Right now I am finishing this up so I can head to the gym. Will start posting about my workouts pretty soon so its just another thing to have on here.

Talk to ya later!