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> > >>> > FOR MY FRIENDS OVER 40 ( & those getting close.)
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> > >>> > > Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.
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> > >>> > > Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
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> > >>>
> > >>> > > This is how it manifests:
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> > >>> > > I decide to water my lawn.
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> > >>> > > As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over
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> > >>> > > at my car and decide my car needs washing.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > As I start toward the garage, I notice that there
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> > >>> > > is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the
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> > >>> > > mail box earlier.
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> > >>> > > I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
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> > >>> > > car.
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> > >>> > > I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk
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> > >>> > > mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice
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> > >>> > > that the can is full.
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> > >>> > > So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and
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> > >>> > > take out the garbage first.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
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> > >>> > > mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as
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> > >>> > > well pay the bills first.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I take my cheque book off the table, and see that
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> > >>> > > there is only one cheque left.
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> > >>> > > My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I
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> > >>> > > go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of
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> > >>> > > Coke that I had been drinking.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need
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> > >>> > > to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally
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> > >>> > > knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm,
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> > >>> > > and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to
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> > >>> > > keep it cold.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a vase
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> > >>> > > of flowers on the counter catches my eye - they need
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> > >>> > > to be watered.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover
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> > >>> > > my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I decide I better put them back on my desk, but
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> > >>> > > first I'm going to water the flowers.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with
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> > >>> > > water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the
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> > >>> > > kitchen table.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I
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> > >>> > > will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember
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> > >>> > > that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it
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> > >>> > > back in the living room where it belongs, but first
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> > >>> > > I'll water the flowers.
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> > >>> > >
> > >>>
> > >>> > > I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit
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> > >>> > > of it spills on the floor.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > So, I set the remote back down on the table, get
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> > >>> > > some towels and wipe up the spill.
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> > >>> > > Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I
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> > >>> > > was planning to do.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > At the end of the day:
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > the lawn isn't watered,
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> > >>> > > the car isn't washed,
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> > >>> > > the bills aren't paid,
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> > >>> > > there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
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> > >>> > > the flowers don't have enough water,
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> > >>> > > there is still only one cheque in my cheque book,
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> > >>> > > I can't find the remote,
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> > >>> > > I can't find my glasses,
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> > >>> > > I don't remember what I did with the car keys,
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> > >>> > > and my neighbor called to tell me he turned off the
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> > >>> > > hose that was flooding the driveway.
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done
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> > >>> > > today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy
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> > >>> > > all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is
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> > >>> > > a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for
> > >>>
> > >>> > > it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
> > >>>
> > >>> > >
> > >>>
> > >>> > > Do me a favour, will you? Forward this message to
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> > >>> > > everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it
> > >>>
> > >>> > > has been sent.
> > >>>
> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > Laugh hard 'cuz if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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> > >>> > >
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> > >>> > > GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
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> > >>> > > GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
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> > >>> > > LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
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