A Splintered Mind

Friday – Entry 35: It is done Three simple words that convey so much for me. At first I was writing a book on coping strategies using technology to deal with ADHD. When that proved to be too large a project for me at that time, I began to update my Depression: Ten Ways to Fight It Off article. Then that, too, proved to be too much. As I’ve written before , I had given myself a large carrot to get the book on Depression finished. I promised myself I would let myself get my next haircut at my favorite, pricey salon when I finished the book. I had just received a bad haircut, so I figured I had about six weeks to wrap things up before I looked shaggy. Then I got into a car accident. By the end of May my life was still upside down, filled with trips to physical therapy and the chiropractor. My hair was well beyond shaggy into unkempt. Then my oldest daughter suggested I keep the promise, but write something else. Since I had intended to release two blog books with the book on Depression,...

Sunday – Entry 34: In a little over three years I will be fifty years old. At some point I will have to mentally come to terms with this fact. I'd rather prepare for it now than have an existential meltdown. “What‽ I'm not twenty five anymore?" One of the things I will need to come to grips with is death. Ironically, my efforts since the divorce have been to avoid death as a solution to my problems, but I am of the age now where life may decide death is what is best for me.  I can expect myself to complain all the way to the bitter last moment.  What woke me with a start today was how much garbage I have accumulated over the years and how badly my children will be burdened by it. I suddenly thought of all those home movies fading away into magnetic oblivion in my garage, and it panicked me. Memories and effort wasted by procrastination. I'm not even on top of current photos & family movies, never mind what awaits me in boxes.   Speed is my problem. I'm simply n...

Something happened to me on August 6th. You may have missed it because the news cycle moves fast, and the CIA did indeed confirm the existence of Area 51. I mean, I can forgive you for not noticing the far more important news that happened to me while you and your UFOlogist buds raged against the taunting press release from our government that confirmed a poorly kept secret while still denying us the truth about President Obama’s extraterrestrial origins. I’m exhausted just writing that. Who has the energy to remember li’l ole me? Clearly, there are unexplained phenomena out there that demand attention. Kim Kardashian’s bathing suits, Republicans against the Tea Party, Justin Beiber’s popularity…the list goes on and on. Let me make this easier for you. Somehow I ended up on the Top 10 Social HealthMakers on ADHD list. This is a pretty big deal. Somebody’s going to get fired when the powers-that-be find out. The list is put out by Dr. Oz’s organization,  Sharecare . They even wrote...