ADHD

Mar 8, 2022

Technology’s potential to enhance the best of our nature instead of inflaming the worst

Technology's potential to enhance the best of our nature instead of inflame the worst

Probably the biggest battle for productivity is fighting the barrage of psychologically manipulative social technologies that have been designed to make us feel we are not enough, have missed out and need to keep clicking. I have always struggled to harness the never-ending stream of thoughts and ideas that course through my brain.  Social media bombards me with even more ideas, thoughts and feelings I could live without. I also have a very distorted view of time and reality.  This means that I feel like I can tackle every single one of those ideas all of the time.  While this is exciting...

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Feb 15, 2022

The myth of happiness and building mental safety nets

The myth of happiness and building mental safety nets

No one has their sh*t together. Happiness is the wrong goal.  The more I read and think about it, the more I am aware that it is just a fleeting emotion. For some reason, I had framed it as a destination. Every day, I have to work on understanding where I am emotionally in that moment because my goal is stability on average.  I work on appreciating my highs and lows so I know where the middle is and that is where I am aiming for. Usually, my lows are holes that I can either dig or scramble out of but a few times in my life, the holes were deeper. No matter how hard I tried, I kept...

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| 2 min read

Feb 7, 2022

What is more motivating – running towards a goal or running away from what you don’t want?

What is more motivating -running towards a goal or running away from what you don't want?

It feels like I have read all of the goalsetting books, articles and done all of the workshops out there yet I still struggle to complete my own personal projects. I am fantastic at building up a vision, getting an initial prototype created but then somewhere along the line, my enthusiasm just deflates and disappears. I am really frustrated with the 'you are just not working hard enough' or 'your goal is not bright enough' type of advice out there.  If we were all the same and that advice worked, everyone would be very successful. My mind clearly works differently and I am not alone. In...

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| 2 min read