Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Are you the type who has this inner conflict: You have the ability to hyperfocus, but due to your distractibility that focus is often misplaced?
I don’t know about you, but I find it real easy to throw myself into a task with great abandon. The only problem is that the task I choose may [...]

What Meaningful, Positive Changes Have You Planned?

The buzz for the last week or so – just like the year before and the year before that – has been about “resolutions”.  A resolution could be defined as a decision to do something or to behave in a certain way.  So many of us, each year, talk about what we will do different [...]

Perfection or Completion?

We see the little things. We notice every brush stroke and every nuance. Our eye for detail is a component of our creative side. But sometimes we can miss the big picture.
With ADHD, we have the ability to hyperfocus, seeing things others miss. That can be a great asset in business – “Bravo! Very detail-oriented!” [...]

You Just Have to Show Up

Woody Allen had said that 80% of success is just showing up. I can relate to that.
If I had shown up more often in high school and college, those experiences would have worked out better the first time around. And the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. These days, PJ is missing at least [...]

How to Capture Those Random Thoughts

There is a line in the Pearl Jam song “Even Flow” that paints how “thoughts arrive like butterflies”. I was never big on searching for meaning in lyrics, or even quite paying them attention at all, but this one resonates with me.
When I had first heard this song, I was close to ten years away [...]

When Is It OK to Brainwash?

I can be a little controlling sometimes. And I believe in brainwashing, too.  In this case I’m talking about controlling and brainwashing myself.
When we are bombarded by the things that have not worked out for us, our self-esteem suffers. We start to believe all the negative comments we have heard from others or thoughts we [...]

The Gallery is Growing!

As many of you are aware, we have made room for The Gallery, where ADHD artists young and old can show the world a bit of our creative side. Over the past few weeks, The Gallery has grown. If you haven’t taken a peek recently, we encourage you to do so. If you like [...]

A Breakthrough!

As PJ has been having difficulties with anxiety leaving for school in the morning and has expressed more of a reluctance to socialize with kids his age, we decided that a new approach was needed. My wife Dawn had arranged an interview for PJ with the director of a summer camp that specializes in helping [...]

An Impulsively Passionate Life with ADHD

So far, my posts are showing a very dark side to ADHD. Time for a bit of a lift!
The ADHD/Hunter type of person can also be a bit of fun. Impulsivity used properly can add quite a bit of spice to life. Just a few examples:
There was the time my wife, our two young kids [...]