Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

someone | 2/2/2019 | unknown

[sodpoodle]

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 be 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 Diet Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, But first I need to push the Diet Coke aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Diet 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 Diet Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Diet 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 Diet 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..

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Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!!

[jagusafr]

Reminds me of “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie”...and of my average day!

[tx_eggman]

I refer to these events as "soap bubbles popping".

I have a stylus on my phone and try to write things down as I think of them. More than a few times the soap bubble pops between me taking the stylus out and opening up my To Do list ... the thought is just gone ... and it's not coming back.

[Texicanus]

Active people with this problem refuse to let it get the best of them. Like the Energizer Bunny we just keep going and going, never knowing where the day will lead us and whether any of our major goals for today will be completed.

But at least we are using what’s left of our brain and body, rather than sitting around waiting for the axe to fall and feeling sorry for ourselves.

I am getting old but I still manage to get a few things done, I’m just slower and it takes me longer. And I have to use my brain to find new ways to overcome my limitations.

Anyway, I think I forgot to turn off the outside water facet last time I used it. Excuse me while I go check...

[sparklite2]

My ex-wife keeps a notebook by the telephone.
She writes down the conversation so she won’t
forget, plus she uses her notes in future
conversations. I finally quit calling.

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

If you can’t find your keys, you don’t necessarily have a problem. But if you find your keys but don’t know what they’re for, you probably do have a problem.

[Nuc 1.1]

Sounds like my normal day.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

That’s me. I’m so glad I’m not the only one.