As I'm learning more and more about A.D.D., I feel like someone has shined a flashlight into my world and all of a sudden, I can see the little small things that I often overlook.
In a book that I am working through, one of the descriptions given for A.D.D. is "circling the airport but never landing." When I read that, I almost jumped up out of my chair yelling "YES!! THAT'S ME!" However, I was sitting in a doctor's waiting room next to a sleeping man (who was also snoring) and I really didn't have the heart to scare him awake.
Words are powerful, as we all know. And these words hit me with a mighty force of self-recognition. Often when I am faced with a big task, I feel overwhelmed and simply don't know where to start. So I will think about it, analyze it, plan it out, talk about it, take notes on it...which are in and of themselves good things. But here's the problem for A.D.D. folks....we simply don't know how to dive in and start. So, we "circle the airport without landing". I can even do this on a regular or fairly small sized task, if it is something I am dreading.
So as I tackle this particular A.D.D. trait, I am going to focus on "the landing". We'll see how it goes!
Today I'm grateful for:
1. The tease of autumn in the air.
2. The feeling of "Bazinga!" when all of a sudden a confusing area is illuminated.
