ADHD

It’s a thing. It can feel like a blessing and a curse at the same exact time – chaos with a little bit of extra frosting. Putting a name to the problem is something I’ve always tried to do, but being blissfully ignorant of the real issue made life a little harder than it could have been. The focus and drive are there, but only when it suits your particular interest at that exact moment. I’m not a phenomenal writer or a great philosopher, but I’ve been around long enough to know that it takes all kinds to make the world go around. I don’t think of it as a defect in the human condition, but rather as a different strength of the human condition. Most folks seem to be able to handle the day-to-day with relative ease and with just the occasional, “Oops, I forgot my keys,” but when your brain seems to be moving at the speed of a cat trying to get out of a bathtub constantly, forgetting your keys would be the smallest of your “oopsies” throughout the day.

That’s enough about the bad stuff. I’m forever the optimist, for some strange reason. Maybe it’s a side effect of having faced down so many struggles in my own life and knowing that there’s always a learning experience and knowledge to be gained from it all. I take for granted being able to change gears at a moment’s notice and move from one specialty to the next. I have the option of going from downing and processing trees, doing general contracting, electrical work, mechanics, programming, web development, gaming, excavating and grading, to driving a desk. Recently, I realized how fortunate I am to be able to not only be flexible enough, but proficient enough to do all of these tasks with practically no struggle. Over time, I used the strengths of this to harness just a fraction of my own capabilities and apply them to the world that I live in. For better or worse, it’s something that’s just going to be there, so you might as well use the tools you’ve been given and make a run for it!