Friday, May 14, 2010

Getting it Together

I can't manage my time. The only thing I can manage is to become slowly overwhelmed and swallowed by my home and my obligations.

I've managed to slowly lose my control.

Disorganization. Impulsivity. Inability to Focus. Becoming Easily Overwhelmed.
I can't finish anything I start. Like blog posts. or doing dishes, or laundry. or brushing my teeth.

I only imagine I was able to just barely deal with all this stuff up until the point where I had kids and became a SAHM. Now that I no longer have any structure and a lot more responsibilities I am pretty much drowning in my own disorganization.

I know most people jokingly say they have ADHD but I know I do. I am not quite sure if I have had it my whole life or if it has just gotten worse over the past few years. My parents think I just need to follow through with things- if it were only that simple.

My biggest res flag is one of my strengths. I hyperfocus and it is what has made me successful in a lot of ways. It is why I can read a book and a party and be completely unaware in what is going on around me. I have my own little world and I live there as often as possible. I have excellent focus and drive when something interests me and a complete inability to focus when something does not. It is my strength and my weakness.

Now I just have to figure out how to get it all together. I have no idea how to accomplish this task. I can't even get through brushing my teeth without doing something else at the same time.