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Jane D., a 30-something businesswoman with ADHD, writes about dating and relationships, working and losing a variety of jobs, and surviving and thriving with attention deficit, along with depression and anxiety. She lives and works in Hong Kong. « Recent Blog PostsArchives: July 2008
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Wednesday July 30th - 6:37am
Summer TroughIn the end, those who want it all get nothing. It's not fun and things continue to go south.
The dating situation just gets worse and worse. I think back to being five years old in a toy store and pointing to every toy and piece of candy. What do you want? I want it all. In the end, those who want it all get nothing.
The latest travesty (or tragedy) is that I've gotten attached to the 35-year-old swimmer, with whom at the start...
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Monday July 21st - 10:26am
Psycho What?!It's the second time someone has asked me if I've considered going to a shrink.
A close friend, who I've been emailing and leaning on for advice on jobs, men, etc., finally emailed back and asked if I've considered psychotherapy.
I think she wanted to suggest it for a while, but one is always afraid of offending friends. In the past, I would have cut her off, like a loose string on a sweater – but, at the age of 32,...
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Tuesday July 15th - 4:33pm
Girls' Night OutWhat's wrong with my personality, the impulsivity, the temper? What about all of the good things that I bring to the table?
Last night was girls’ night out: frozen margaritas, guacamole, salsa, and all the color and festivity of a night in the big bad apple. It was also a breaking point of sorts.
There is too much going on, and the plate cracked. There is the job, the swimming, the part-time gigs, the hunt for the perfect man, the city, the fifth-floor walk up, and a lot...
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Monday July 14th - 1:47pm
Unraveling AgainI wish there were a pause button — a way to stop everything — once I've overloaded my plate to the brink of collapse.
I have been a blog slacker lately. I kind of just checked out. There was the trip to tornado land, where I watched swimming with a swim friend, and then, once again, I fell into the trap of overloading my plate to the point where it's on the brink of collapsing or cracking.
Perhaps I've fallen into a mild depression after I was dumped by the...
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Friday July 11th - 10:46am
Meet My ADD TwinShe's picky and particular—and sees me as her lifeboat. So, how to help her when I can't handle my own messes?
I wonder if my friend Cheryl also has attention deficit disorder. We share a passion for swimming and since we went on our inaugural Thelma and Louise trip together, I’ve discovered that we are like Bobbsey twins. She’s 30 years older than me (“of a different vintage,” she says) and probably 40 pounds heavier, but when I’m with her, I feel like I am looking at...
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Monday July 7th - 10:25am
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Late Fees and Lost ChecksAmong the 1,001 things on my mind, I forgot to pay my credit card bill. The debt collectors were calling, and I was going to snap.
The collection agency called. For an adult with ADD, that god-awful (801) area code stands out like a flash at high noon (my favorite line from The Bell Jar).
Deep down I knew that somehow, just somehow, I had screwed it up. There was a lost check, a credit card payment that hadn’t gone through, and a bill forgotten among the 1,001 things that cartwheel in my...
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