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Sparkle
Ireland
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 Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 5:11:51 PM
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AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think,
since I'm going to b e near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Coke aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Coke is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it
cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Coke on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I 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 spot the TV
remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll 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 den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back 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 Coke sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
and I 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,
and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail and AYP
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
coming!
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Edited by - Sparkle on Sep 01 2008 03:25:03 AM |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 6:19:32 PM
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Katrine
Norway
1813 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 6:30:49 PM
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OMG........that's hilarious, Louis......poor guy 
[quoteDon't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
coming!
][/quote]
Yes......well.....at least I'll have no fear as to what to do when I retire 
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Sparkle
Ireland
1457 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 04:15:46 AM
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Oh really Katrine - who said it was a GUY???? |
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Katrine
Norway
1813 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 10:05:31 AM
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Oh really Katrine - who said it was a GUY????
Me did
In Norway it is well known that only women can undertake two or more tasks at the same time
But then again......when my day comes.....I'll be so busy I will actually believe that I've accomplished something by the end of the day.
And that is far worse 
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 01:23:19 AM
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this is smthg new, it's a funny post which is a bit contageous but the curious thing is that i see some mindfullness there but things do tend to on becoming chaotic at the end.
hope you'll get better my friend, best wishes.
namaste,
Ananda |
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Sparkle
Ireland
1457 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 03:14:13 AM
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Ahem! Ananda dear friend, this was something a friend of mine sent me in an email.
I definately recognise aspects of it in me, that's for sure and some days do appear to be like this for me
In this regard I found it useful because it is a way of being more aware of, or being more mindful of how this way of being affects me. It was like a behavoural wake up for the parts of me that were like this.
Perhaps others might see like this also, that's why it got posted
I'm quite focused most of the time - in my opinion
PS. I have put author unknown at the end just to clarify, thanks for the pointing out the ambiguity. |
Edited by - Sparkle on Sep 01 2008 03:26:37 AM |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 11:55:24 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Sparkle
Ahem! Ananda dear friend, this was something a friend of mine sent me in an email.
I definately recognise aspects of it in me, that's for sure and some days do appear to be like this for me
In this regard I found it useful because it is a way of being more aware of, or being more mindful of how this way of being affects me. It was like a behavoural wake up for the parts of me that were like this.
Perhaps others might see like this also, that's why it got posted
I'm quite focused most of the time - in my opinion
PS. I have put author unknown at the end just to clarify, thanks for the pointing out the ambiguity.
sorry for the white mistake, it's good that you are this mindfull and there are some aspects in that post that relate to everyone of us in one way or another.
kindest regards,
Ananda |
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