Superfluous Verbosity #5

I’m feeling really good about life these days. I’m not saying I don’t still have my off days. I certainly do. But things are coming together.

I have some really big news that I can’t quite reveal yet because I haven’t told everyone important in my life yet. But I think it is good news, so I hope they do, too.

I’ve been trying to work around some things in my life that I’ve suspected for a long time but just got confirmation of. And that is the fact that I DO have ADHD!

I finally went to see a professional about it and she confirmed my suspicions. I thought that finding out for sure would bring me immense relief. And it did. For a while.

KNOWING that I have ADHD didn’t change who I am though. In fact, it kind of just brought all my challenges to the front of life. It made me realize how much more I could be doing and how much I wasn’t doing. Knowing that I have ADHD doesn’t make it any easier to be organized or eat better or even take my meds on any kind of regular schedule. It didn’t make my brain any less likely to spin or be filled with the kind of clutter that keeps me from getting work done.

No matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to get a grip on those things.

So, this coming Thursday I have an appointment to talk to my doctor about trying medication. I really, really hope that makes a difference because I’m getting very tired of swimming upstream while it seems like everyone else is floating on their backs. I know it isn’t that easy, but it sure feels like it to me.

What else has been happening?

Well, I spent a wonderful summer at the lake. Most of the summer any way. Since I work from home (using the term work quite loosely) I can work from anywhere. So, I wasn’t just sitting around all the time. I did write a lot. I wrote articles and books and stories. I published quite a bit.

I’m planning on writing a new series under a new pen name and I’m really excited about it. Or I am when I get myself excited about it. I have some great stories planned and I am hoping it will do quite well.

I’ve also started publishing Leaving Normal as I write it. It’s on Medium and not getting much traction yet bu that’s ok. At least it is getting out there. Once I’m done with it - at least the first draft - I’m going to pull it off Medium and edit it and do whatever rewriting I need to do and then I’ll publish it on Amazon and all the other book retailers.. Or maybe just Kindle Unlimited for a while. We’ll see. It’s my passion project thought so I’m hoping it will do well.