ADD is a balancing act. It needs stimulation and can be easily overwhelmed by it. It needs boundaries as much as it needs freedom.  It needs interaction with people as much as it needs solitude. ADD wants to be organized but messes things up instead along the way. List goes on ... SELF

ADD leaves signs along the road ... - SELF

Action doesn’t always bring the satisfying amount of production.

Tanya R., PA

“Take a step. Start with a small one. Just make sure to take one.” - Barry Wiseman

“Do something. Anything.” - Barry Wiseman

Both are paraphased quotes that I took away from my dad’s side of a conversation we had a week and a half ago. I was having problems finding motivation for all my last projects and late assignments and finals. Basically, these helped me get up and actually do something.

From 20 year old son with grin on his face:“Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone had ADHD?”

Life is not a marathon, but a series of sprints - unknown

‘Manage your energy, not time - to get things done.
Deal with tasks and responsibilities when you feel engaged, rested, driven by deadline or medication, when you are home alone, feeling motivated etc. Little Blue Engine’s attitude ‘I think I can, I think I can’ becomes counter productive and frustrating when you are not equipped to handle the task and/or when environment is not supportive.

“Everybody is genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live it’s whole life thinking it’s stupid.”
    -Albert Einstein