Frazzled
Sense of humour intact
Recently, I was diagnosed with - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is an example of what happens:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I head towards the garage, I notice post on the porch table that I picked up from the postman earlier. I decide to go through it before I wash the car.
I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post-box when I take out the recycling paper, I may as well pay the bills. I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in the study desk so I go into the house and there on the desk in the study is the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The coffee has gone cold, so I decide to make another cup.
As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.
I put the coffee on the worktop and discover the reading glasses that I'd been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'll water the flowers.
I put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realise that tonight when I go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I put the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only one cheque in my cheque book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
When I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy and I'm really tired. It's a serious problem, and I need to get some help for it, but I decide first to check my e-mail.....then I remember the recycling box!
Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
This is an example of what happens:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I head towards the garage, I notice post on the porch table that I picked up from the postman earlier. I decide to go through it before I wash the car.
I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post-box when I take out the recycling paper, I may as well pay the bills. I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in the study desk so I go into the house and there on the desk in the study is the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The coffee has gone cold, so I decide to make another cup.
As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.
I put the coffee on the worktop and discover the reading glasses that I'd been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'll water the flowers.
I put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realise that tonight when I go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I put the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only one cheque in my cheque book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
When I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy and I'm really tired. It's a serious problem, and I need to get some help for it, but I decide first to check my e-mail.....then I remember the recycling box!
Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
