I think too much. Always have. Always will. But why not have some goals that stretch me intellectually? By that, I don’t mean read more, because I read all of the time. What I do mean is to force myself to think in new ways, new not always easy ways:
- Learn basic Italian (for my upcoming trip to Tuscany). Languages are NOT my strong suit.
- Address my ADD with a plan (medication? tools? organized living? I won’t know until I meet with a qualified psychologist and schedule an EKG with my primary care physician).
- Stop being a wallflower (more to come on this, but it means stop over-thinking and put myself out there).
huh! would have never thought you were ADD. that is interesting. if you do meds, you would likely lose weight, thus some how tying into your body goals. not that I am saying you need to lose weight. just a “perk” for a middle age body on meds.
this is all very interesting and brave of you to do publicly. I will follow your progress, and perhaps be inspired myself.
My ADD is very different than the husband’s, but we are equally irritated by our own inattentiveness. I think parenthood has made concentrating more intensely difficult, but when I think back to how hard it was for me to study in high school and college, I definitely think something was going on. After my eval, I understand what it was. It’s not serious, but the discrepancy explains my long-standing frustrations. Having worked at Langsford really helps me understand how significant a difference between average in one area and superior in all others can be.