ADD Moms

Last night, my oldest daughter and I had a discussion about housework and organization. I don’t remember what brought it up, but we were talking about a specific time in our family’s life when everything just seemed to work.

My family remembers the house that we lived in at the time as their favorite home. We sold it and bought another one because we had outgrown it. The kids never really loved the new home, even though they had their own rooms, and looking back, I think I can see why.

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Are you creative? I bet you are. It seems that most people with Attention Deficit Disorder are more right brained (creative) than left brained (logical).

When you mention creativity, most people think of artists; of paint and canvas and ability. You don’t have to be Monet to be creative; you don’t even have to use paint or paper.

Maybe you’re a creative cook, or woodworker, or wordsmith. Maybe your creative medium is gardening, or web design, or in the way you dress.

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OK, kind of a weird question, and I guess not really accurate in terms of what I mean. What I’m getting at is kind of hard to describe.

Let me do it this way: my ADD lives in my head and mostly in the future. That means that I spend too much time “in my head” - thinking, analyzing, second guessing - and not enough time in the here and now.

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Do you ever find yourself lying awake at night, when you should be sleeping, thinking about the things that you have to do? Or maybe when you go to bed is when your mind finally kicks in with a great new idea about the project at work, or how to get your kids to like brussel sprouts.

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This week, Tuesday’s Ten Minute Tip comes in written form. I just don’t have the energy to wrestle with the audio monster tonight.

I believe that people with Attention Deficit Disorder spend far too much time taking stock of themselves, measuring themselves against other people, and coming up short. I know I do.

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