is ADD to blame? | ADHD Information

It sounds like an ADD thing but who can know for sure. Either way it sounds like you need to give yourself some time to figure things out.  Can you afford to take some time off and work on yourself?

I grew up with a Head Hunter for a Dad (executive recruiter) who helped me through a similar situation. He had me take a career assesment test at a local college. Turned out I was already doing the job best suited for me (Floral designer) but I still wasn't happy. That was before I was diagnosed though.

Anyway, I think if you find out what it is that you would truly enjoy doing then set a goal with a time line of events (make a giant poster board drawing of a calendar if you need to) to lead up to that career, you will be much more motivated. It's a nice feeling of accomplishment because you get to mark things off as you go and see what you've done.

Trade schools can be a good way to go. I went to Floral Design school and wound up with own flower shop. It was successful too until my feet gave out on me.

If you really love writing, write and write and write. Write all the time. Take a little notebook with you wherever you go. I hope you can make a career of it somehow but until then, do what you love when you can do it.

Best wishes to you!

 

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I love writing, it is the one thing I can do really well!

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Been down that career road. Imagine yourself writing up your 500th piece - soccer match, book review, current event, anything - with an impatient editor yelling for copy. Even if you are lucky enough to get an assignment about something that interests you, it is still a relatively low-paying grinding job. There is NO romance in most of it.

You can also work freelance, kissing up to editors to do worth of research and work for every .50 they pay you. They busually have someone in house who can grind it out for no extra cost outlay. I have done all day road trips and hours of work only to have my piece rejected and if you don't like it they can find someone else to take advantage of.

Or you can write fiction, which is sort of like being an artist - 1 in 1,000 makes a living at it and most because they have found a formula to appeal to some low common denominator and not for originality or anything silly like that.

It IS however a good hobby. If you don't dep[end on it for income and you have an editor or two you know where you can pitch ideas. The idea here is you can riff on stuff that matters to you, as long as you can convince someone it will look good in their publication.

I am just so fed up! I am out of work due to a redundancy 4 weeks ago. I just cannot decide what to do with my life and it is delaying my job hunt! I don't want to work in an office, but I cant afford to go to college all day, as I need money! I was considering evening college and doing a counselling course. I feel like I want to help people and then once qualified I could work for myself. But then I think, should I work back in the  city (London) cos the buzz is great and so is the money! But then I end up calling in sick all the time, cos I get bored! I am all over the place. Agencies keep patronizing me. I forget interviews, I forget to take things with me.

 I just cannot  organise my life or my head for that matter. I love writing, it is the one thing I can do really well! Except this post, cos I am tired!

The one question is. Is ADD to blame for the all the little errors in my life? he one that seem so simple, yet I find so hard. I find everyone critizes everything I do!

 

I honestly feel like nothing is going right for me. I just feel like I have lost alot!