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Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated
Attention
Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
... As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and
decide my car needs washing.
.... As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the
porch table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier.
... 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
garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.
... So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the
garbage first.
... But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I
take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only 1
check left.
... My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the
house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi that I had been
drinking.
... I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the
Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that
the Pepsi 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 Pepsi, a vase of flowers
on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
... I set the Pepsi 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 pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit 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 Pepsi sitting on the counter
* the flowers don't have enough water,
* there is still only 1 check in my check book,
* 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.
... I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help
for it, but first I'll check my email to see if there are any repies to
my post.
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