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Mike Raiford wrote:
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> Yes-- productivity does not mean happiness. The goal is to get myself
> functioning properly. if I had been diagnosed in childhood, my life now
> would definitely be different.
Different, but not necessarily better. Don't get me wrong, I see
distraction as a destructive force in the lives of many people around
me. However, I am very focused, but wasn't even a c student. That
homework assignment you never got around to doing? I instead tossed it
in the trash on the way out of class. I never had any intention of
touching it. I was focused on other things.
When I was in grade school, I had a private desk, facing the wall and
separated from the other children, in almost every class room. I never
even earn a High School diploma (but was given one anyway), and ended up
living under a bridge shortly after my sham graduation. No distractions
under the bridge. No video games, internet, television, telephone. And
for me no drugs or alcohol. I was very focused, but not on anything that
brought me conventional success. I was focused on pushups, walking, and
writing unpublishable mini-books.
Marriage has "normalized" my life since then, but I'm not sure mine is a
life you would want. It works for me, but I'm tough enough to shrug off
the downsides. For everything that's in focus, there are a dozen that
are off the f***ing radar. A little ADD would make my life easier, but
not happier.
-Shay
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