>> AAADD - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
>>
>>This is how it manifests.
>>
>>I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the
>>driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
>>
>>As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the front verandah
>>table that I brought up from the letter box earlier, just
>>after the mailman had been.
>>
>>I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I put my car
>>keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage bin beside the
>>table, and notice that the bin is full. So, I decide to put the
>>bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then
>>I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take out
>>the garbage anyway (and the mailman picks up the mail at noon), I
>>may as well pay the bills first.
>>
>>So, I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only
>>one cheque left. My spare cheque book is in my desk in the study,
>>so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke
>>I'd been drinking earlier this morning.
>>
>>I know I'm going to look for my cheque book, but first I need to
>>push the Coke can aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
>>The Coke is warm, so I decide to put it in the refrigerator to make
>>it cold again. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase
>>of flowers on the dining room table catches my eye -- they need
>>water.
>>
>>I put the Coke on the dining room table and discover my reading
>>glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I
>>better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to put more
>>water in the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the table, go
>>to the kitchen sink to get a jug and fill it with water and
>>suddenly spot the TV remote on the window sill. Some-one left it
>>there.
>>
>>I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for
>>the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the window sill, so I
>>decide to put it back in the lounge room where it belongs, but
>>first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the jug, but
>>spill some on the floor.
>>
>>So, I set the remote back on the kitchen bench, get some towels and
>>wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember
>>what I was planning to do.
>>
>>At the end of the day:
>>
>>- the car isn't washed
>>
>>- the cheques aren't written for the bills to be paid
>>
>>- there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the dining room table
>>
>>- the flowers don't have enough water,
>>
>>- there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,
>>
>>- I can't find the remote,
>>
>>- I can't find my glasses,
>>
>>- the garbage hasn't been taken out
>>
>>- and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>>
>>Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm
>>really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really
>>tired now.
>>
>>I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help
>>for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
>>
>>This is how it manifests.
>>
>>I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the
>>driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
>>
>>As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the front verandah
>>table that I brought up from the letter box earlier, just
>>after the mailman had been.
>>
>>I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I put my car
>>keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage bin beside the
>>table, and notice that the bin is full. So, I decide to put the
>>bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then
>>I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take out
>>the garbage anyway (and the mailman picks up the mail at noon), I
>>may as well pay the bills first.
>>
>>So, I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only
>>one cheque left. My spare cheque book is in my desk in the study,
>>so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke
>>I'd been drinking earlier this morning.
>>
>>I know I'm going to look for my cheque book, but first I need to
>>push the Coke can aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
>>The Coke is warm, so I decide to put it in the refrigerator to make
>>it cold again. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase
>>of flowers on the dining room table catches my eye -- they need
>>water.
>>
>>I put the Coke on the dining room table and discover my reading
>>glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I
>>better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to put more
>>water in the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the table, go
>>to the kitchen sink to get a jug and fill it with water and
>>suddenly spot the TV remote on the window sill. Some-one left it
>>there.
>>
>>I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for
>>the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the window sill, so I
>>decide to put it back in the lounge room where it belongs, but
>>first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the jug, but
>>spill some on the floor.
>>
>>So, I set the remote back on the kitchen bench, get some towels and
>>wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember
>>what I was planning to do.
>>
>>At the end of the day:
>>
>>- the car isn't washed
>>
>>- the cheques aren't written for the bills to be paid
>>
>>- there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the dining room table
>>
>>- the flowers don't have enough water,
>>
>>- there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,
>>
>>- I can't find the remote,
>>
>>- I can't find my glasses,
>>
>>- the garbage hasn't been taken out
>>
>>- and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>>
>>Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm
>>really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really
>>tired now.
>>
>>I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help
>>for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
