Don’t let it bring you down, it’s only castles burning.

I lost another job today. Like many of the jobs I have lost in the past 15 years, it was a job I really wanted. A job that I thought would lead somewhere. A job that was to be the next stepping stone in my life. A job that was meant to lift our noses

Line up the dominoes, a light wind blows. You try to stop it tumbling, But on and on it goes…

I’ve known for a while that my anxiety was a problem. For the entirety of my life, I’ve needed to drive myself to keep going. If I didn’t keep moving at full tilt, I wouldn’t get anything done. Lay off the whip and I’d go nowhere. And I think back in the day when I

But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical…

It’s weird remembering my school days. I was a “gifted” child, of course, like many kids with ADHD. But also like many kids with ADHD, my gifts appeared very selective. The initial plan was to skip me directly into first grade. My ADHD-raddled five-year-old brain heartily disagreed with this plan, which is why I was

I love to work at nothing all day

There are many days that I just don’t want to do anything. Today is a perfect example. I have always had difficulty pulling myself from the rut of apathy. As a child, I would turn my friends away at the door because I didn’t “feel like” playing that day. I would turn down offers to