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kids in my DMs with ADHD symptoms are always surprised when I tell them that I don't think they should try to suppress their mind's wild swings. My advice is to develop the practice of taking meticulous notes instead. It worked for many prolific individuals throughout history
my own experience: https://t.co/uPoy7Qw00j
I’ve basically taught myself to manage my ADHD with notes and threads. My “schedule intelligence” (deadlines, calendars, checklist) is terrible but my recognition and web-jumping is fantastic, so I spent something like a decade using the latter to build an elaborate mind-palace https://t.co/A2E4okufzH
people far more accomplished than me: https://t.co/4UVysI68Ra
the thing about the ongoing process of journaling that you cannot get from reading a book, etc is – your own relationship with your own writing changes over time. you read things you wrote that you thought were smart last year, but look stupid to you now. and vice versa https://t.co/jxsGX8L8JQ
to have ADHD, in my view, is to be blessed & cursed to be the custodian of a wild trickster spirit who refuses to be tamed, broken, refuses to obey anybody else's directions – including your own. You can't win, IMO, so you might as well accept your fate and go along for the ride https://t.co/GMDvYCcWfL
which isn't to say that you don't have to care about your worldly responsibilities. you do. that's the curse part. the trickster doesn't cooperate, or live on your schedule, but you have to clean up their messes. accepting this can be painful, but that's what growing up is
but if you take care of your shit, if you don't get grumpy and upset and grovel, if you don't resent the wild child inside you – then you get to experience the blessing. and the blessing is that they will lead you on the grandest adventures that other people can't even imagine https://t.co/dEcWnDHBIo
don't beat yourself up, don't thrash about – that'll likely make it worse. try to relax. try to believe. you might be different from all your peers, but you are not alone. you are not broken or spoiled. others have been on this journey before, and they are some of humanity's best https://t.co/JlgqPZLMbf
getting into specifics: https://t.co/TVsBmgD58i