Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
> 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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