I was diagnosed with ADHD once. It was a weird doctor’s appointment, and I still feel a bit uncomfortable repeating the diagnosis. The doctor told me that I was brilliant enough that I didn’t need medication. I still feel like she was being lazy. She said she got her diagnosis from the fact that I was always fidgeting and looking around during our appointment.
Even though I think the shrink who diagnosed me was lazy, I do think she was correct. This is pretty rare for a shrink, in my experience. Shrinks are normally pretty off the mark as far as I’m concerned. I think it’s a flaw in the science of psychiatry. Basically, every country to enter the modern world is experiencing some crisis of mental health. When officials get suicide rates down, they begin to struggle with birthrates. Having experienced the mental health system and taken psychoactive medication, I would say that we really don’t know what we’re talking about when it comes to the human mind. Don’t use the previous sentence as an excuse to skip out on appointments. Psychologists and psychiatrists will save your life when you’re in crisis. They are professionals trained in the scientific method at the very least, and this makes a huge difference. That being said, the key to becoming focused with ADHD is to become fully invested in your life and to love the direction you’re heading in. You to make constant self-improvement your focus, while realizing that a big part of self-improvement is living a balanced life and maintaining a proper inner circle.
I talk about being the best you that you can be in this article. In that article I talk about how part of being the best you means finding what you like to do so you can improve lives and brighten days. I made this statement because people who actually like what they’re doing tend to be more focused. They learn more about their field of study and go further in depth with regards to the task at hand. You want to become one of those people. It’s possible to do it another way, but that involves constant tips and tricks, and you might find yourself writing in a workbook. I think this is too complicated, and that it’s easier to simply succeed.
Figure out what your perfect life looks like.
If your health isn’t in order, you’re going to want to figure that out before you think about the future. Take it from someone who spent years battling chronic back pain, without your health you have nothing.
Outside of your health, I believe where you live matters the most. Other people say it’s your job, but I disagree. Jobs and industries change, and so do the people who you’re working with. Having watched someone in my life get rich, I can tell that a good job can go to shit in a matter of months. Where you live will shape the relationships you have, and how you interact with the world, and the beliefs you are exposed to.
After where you live figure out what you want to do with your time, and what type of people you want to spend time around. Think about what habits you will need to cultivate in order to fit into this perfect life that you’ve designed for yourself. If you need to write these habits down, do that.
Become excited by and obsessed with your perfect life.
If you’re going after what you truly want, you should be happy that you’re on your way. Get excited about your future and know it’s within your grasp. You just need to take one step at a time. Have faith in yourself, and if not turn to God. Once you’re excited for the future and have faith, things get a lot easier. You’re more optimistic, and you’re easy to be around when you’re excited. If you’re doing something good, people want to support you.
Once you become obsessed with creating this new life of yours, you’ll figure out a schedule, you’ll find little ways of staggering work and keeping yourself from being distracted. You’ll find ways of creating success for yourself, and you’ll find that you’re always on task. I’m always thinking about my career and future in Brazil, even when I’m smoking weed. I work out while watching TV and YouTube, and soon I’ll have achieved my fitness goals. I’ve learned a lot in the time I’ve spent on this little life project, it has almost felt as though I’ve been loafing around.
All in all, that’s my little trick. It’s worked pretty well so far, and when I’m in a rut I just remind myself of the beauty of what I’m creating. Hopefully you can find yourself in a similar situation as well.
Thanks for paying attention.
