One of the things that I’m always told in job evaluations is that I have difficulty with details. I do a great job of building teams, working with the team to come up with solutions to issues, even closing out the projects, but the little details are a different story.

So for years I’ve been trying to improve my productivity. I’d (start to) read books on productivity, listen to podcasts, attend webinars. I have tried I don’t know how many tools from digital to-do apps, to the Bullet Journal, to writing out to-do lists, and much more. And they might be effective for a time, but over time I would lose interest.

Then one day I was listening to one of the podcasts and the guest was talking about all the problems he had with projects. Inability to close out projects. Forgetting to send that email you promised you would send. Not following up on something because it had slipped from your radar. I found myself saying, “Yeah, I can totally relate with you.”

Then he went on to talk about how he was diagnosed as having ADHD and how that diagnosis totally changed the situation. There wasn’t anything wrong with him, he just thought differently. And because of this new discovery, he had to come up with ways of tracking things that were different then the vast majority of nuero-typical people.

I’ve been told over the years that I had ADHD. And I guess I acknowledged it, but I really didn’t accept it, much less done anything about it. So I started looking into it. I watched a YouTube playlist on Howto ADHD that explained what it is. And my eyes were opened.

Next time, I’ll tell you what happened next. If you find this interesting, let me know in the comments. What’s your story about finding out you or someone you love had ADHD?