> Recently I was diagnosed with AAADD - Age-Activated Attention Deficit
> Disorder. This is how it manifests:
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> I decide to wash my car. As I start towards the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
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> As I head towards the kitchen with the Pepsi a vase of flowers on the
> counter catches my eye - they need to be watered. I put the Pepsi down
on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses which I've been
> searching for all morning. I decide I'd better put them back on my
> desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back
> down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot
> the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realise that
> tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but
> I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it
> back in the lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
> I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So I put the remote back down 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 warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one cheque in my cheque book, I can't find the remote, can't find my glasses, and don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my email.
And don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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