Let’s talk ADHD! Many or you may not know that I have ADHD. Funnily enough, it was only officially diagnosed last year in which the assessor said “How on earth has it taken you this long to be diagnosed.” (It was actually after seeing a post from @lindsay_fleminglpc that I realised I might have it & decided to get assessed.) I have spent a lot of my life being so hard on myself, thinking that I was just a terrible person with bad time management and very little focus. I would start a million things but then struggle to finish any of them - Often then getting so overwhelmed at the volume of things I have started that instead of doing any of them, I would just procrastinate and do none of them - and then, the cycle restarts. I lose things constantly, miss important small details often and would often beat myself up over it. While all of these things are a constant work in progress, what I have also discovered is that while ADHD can be debilitating at times, it can also be a superpower. All of my best and most successful ideas have often come in random 2am bursts when my mind is racing. I am able to think and live very creatively - Which has often seen me impulsively and spontaneously come up with new ideas, quickly sending emails or proposals that in turn have initiated some of my biggest career milestones and projects. I am only now learning how to balance out the negative aspects of ADHD. For each person, how they navigate this is different - For me, medication has been a significant help when it comes to focus. I am learning how to not overcommit, how to slow down my brain when necessary and (very slowly) how to stop impulsively buying things haha. I am installing practises and tools to organise my tasks, while still allowing time and space for creativity and new ideas. So to those with ADHD: I’m with you. We may lose our phones, keys and wallets every 3 seconds and feel like our brain has a hundred tabs open at once - But we are also creative, new ideas, think outside the box type people. Also, I just fou