When one starts writing an online blog, there should be a box to click that asks us to agree to the fact that once you start a blog there comes with it great responsibility, especially when you are writing about an issue that is quickly becoming one of the most important issues of our time: ADHD! The reality is that most people in society as a whole do not know what ADHD is or how it truly affects people with it. Bloggers are helping clarify our personal realities with ADHD by sharing experiences.
The news media often describes ADHD as wild, hyperactive and troublesome and to a limited degree that’s a correct assessment, but usually this describes untreated ADHD and then only for a percentage of those with it, even then that’s only part of the equation. The truth of the matter is that ‘wild, hyperactive and troublesome’ are the behaviors that affect people ‘around’ those who display these types of behaviors and therefore these types of behaviors are far more likely to get notice and news. However, there are those with ADHD who are not hyperactive, are not wild and are not always troublesome to others (except maybe to themselves) – I fell into this category undiagnosed, and this is part of the reason I remained undiagnosed for so long.
The news media also presents ADHD as an issue that keeps people out of work and out of relationships, but doesn’t seem to mention that ADHD also contributes to people being workaholics, susceptible to being used and that many with ADHD are very caring and sensitive. There are those with ADHD who are highly successful and are some of the most accomplished people of our time. What’s more is that ADHD is far and away more prevalent than is realized by the general public.
Michael Phelps recently won a record number of gold medals and has ADHD. Seth Godin, the top marketing guru of our generation, has ADHD (he revealed it here on my blog). Ari Emanuel, hollywood powerhouse and co-founder of William Morris/Endeavor Entertainment, has ADHD (there’s an articleabout him in the latest issue of ADDitude Magazine). Robin Williams has ADHD (I wrote about him here). And the list of prominent people with ADHD goes on and on. Sir Richard Branson, David Neeleman, Alan M. Meckler, Charles Schwab… Woopie Goldberg has ADHD, author and Harvard Grad Nancy Ratey has ADHD, Lara Honos-Webb (author of the book we are giving away this month) has ADHD, and author of Wishcraft Barbara Sher has ADD too.
Most people never realize that there are people with ADHD around them each and every day and the main reason for that is because there are too many misperceptions about what ADHD is.
Some tend to think that low intelligence is a factor in ADHD. It’s not. You may have a very high IQ and have ADHD or a lower than average IQ and have ADHD. If someone is acting silly and is hyperactive in nature, then they must have ADHD… right? – actually, no, that may just mean they are acting silly and a bit hyperactive in nature, but not necessarily ADHD, as that is just another misperception. IQ doesn’t always spell out how well someone will or won’t do, but the misperception is that IQ is everything. A recent Yale study explains why it is not and there are many other studies in agreement (search Google).
Living with undiagnosed ADHD (ADD in my case) for so long was detrimental. And that’s one of the main issues to difficulties and challenges with ADHD, when it is ‘undiagnosed’. Diagnosed ADHD can be challenging enough, but undiagnosed, well, let’s just say everything involved is compounded, not to mention untreated.
Even so, ADHD in of itself is not always detrimental, especially once it has been properly diagnosed. There are many treatments available which can help people live normal lives and become successful. Actually, a negative mindset with depression can be far more damaging than ADHD is and when they are co-morbid, that’s when things really become troublesome.
Now what’s the point of this post? Have I clarified what ADHD is? No. The point is simply that what the majority of people tend to think ADHD is, in fact isn’t necessarily correct. And no, not everyone is going to become rich or famous, but that doesn’t mean we are doomed to failure or we can’t become successful in our own right.
Bloggers have a great responsibility to help get the word out and help explain our realities with ADHD, as we can’t depend on any one news report about any one person with ADHD. ADHD comes in so many shapes and sizes and there is no basic description that fits all of us, detrimental, beneficial or otherwise. Heck, even writing this blog I have been told that, especially when I use ‘we and us’, which is just an excuse for me to simplify, but there is nothing simple about what ADHD is or isn’t.
Do you know what ADHD is?
With the above question I wanted to end this post; however, I am compelled to take this one step further. It’s easy to think that once someone is diagnosed with ADHD they are doomed to failure and leading a life of mediocrity. That’s not true. With proper treatment and a positive mindset, which in most cases must be cultivated, one can become successful in their own right (read my free eBook about Super Focusing for more details). For anyone that believes otherwise I would hazard to guess that ADHD is not their only issue, negative thinking and depression are quite common in those of us with ADHD and must be treated equally!
Let’s ask ourselves a few questions with regard to the names of successful people I listed above with ADHD (which is just a fraction of the list) – How did they become successful? Did they spend their days listing all the negatives of ADHD and tell themselves and others how detrimental and hopeless their situations are? Or did they cultivate a positive attitude and find ways to ‘make it’? Did they overcome depression and anxieties or give in to them? Did they follow their passions or did they believe they had nothing to offer? Did they find a way when there was no obvious way present? Or, were they tapped on the shoulder with a magic wand and ‘POOF!’ they became successful? Or did they find ways to use their innate talent and nature to forge a way?
It is important to know what ADHD is, understanding it is the key to overcoming, finding proper treatment and finding ‘your way’; however, if we dissect every aspect of ADHD to prove to ourselves why we can’t do it and why we never will do it, well, can we find success like that? Is that going to make us feel better? – did those people I mention find success that way? I have been very fortunate to discuss this issue with some who have made it and let me assure you, negative thinking disguised as realistic thinking is not the answer to a fulfilling life and is certainly not how people with ADHD make it to the top, or anyone for that matter. They have challenges, in some cases very serious challenges which have led some far astray with disastrous consequences, so it’s not all sunshine and roses; however, it’s not the failures and setbacks which they allow to define them. In some cases certain setbacks have actually helped some people get to the next level in their life. Let’s not forget that setbacks are meant to give us a challenge, to seek to become better, to stretch ourselves to greater heights! I can tell you with certainty that if certain setbacks had not happened in my life, my books, this blog, the ADDer World ADHD Social Network and many other personal accomplishments would have never come about!
Taking an honest moment to admit to ourselves what ‘defines’ us and how we perceive ADHD, I believe goes a long way in determining our true direction. What you believe is what you can achieve. Right? I think so, but one way is the hard way, takes a lot of time and a great amount of effort and positive influence; however, the other way, the supposed ‘realistic’ way, is the easy way out. I can tell you, no one who has accomplished great things in their life ever came about it by thinking they couldn’t, they wouldn’t and never allowed ‘realism’ to get in their way. But, ADHD is this and this and this…. true, it’s important to know and understand the facts; however, is this information used to enable you to find answers and solutions or give you a reason to remain where you are or to accept defeat because that’s part of ‘the facts’? What we tend to overlook is that doctors, scientists and the many other professionals spelling out ADHD are doing this to give proper direction with what to treat and how to treat it. Besides, it is also important to remember that not all people with ADHD or any other issue share all of the same symptoms.
Maybe, just maybe, those who have achieved success found a way to see the positives in their lives, find passions and worked on them harder than anything else, gave it their all and maybe they didn’t dream of success like some do, but rather worked hard for it in what they wanted and how they wanted it. It’s easy to fall victim to ADHD and the many factors which are co-morbid, but it is damn hard work and tenacity and perhaps a lot of super focus added into the mix which allows some to step above the news reports and supposed realistic ideologies (the easy trap). Living the symptoms is easy, finding and working the solutions is hard work, but ultimately worth the effort.
Are you in the trap? I was. You can get out of it. I did.
~Bryan
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Did you notice there was not one woman’s name on your list of geat ADHDers/ADDers?
I did…call me overly sensitive, but that hurt my tired and negative female ADD heart…
I find so many of the guys you mentioned very awesome, but I have to say I have trouble identifying my hypoactive, comorbid, constantly borderline depressive more or less dystymic self with them and therefore also trouble feeling encourages by them.
It’s like reading about a paralyzed person’s succes overcoming their disability with optimism, humor and hard work (+ love from friends and family and all that jazz) – I find it astonishing, I am in awe – and I can’t for the life of me apply their experience to my own life.
Don’t get me wrong, I DO struggle through the motions. It’s just like I can have the engine running and floor the gas pedal and/or break all I want. Doesn’t help if the wire to the clutch is missing and I can’t seem to fix it.
The SSRIs don’t work, the limited ADHD meds available where I live don’t work, the CBT I went through and still try to use only has limited effect – and only when I’m already “at my best”…all the people who help me and I seem to be doing is looking at eachother and shrug our shoulders. Try to accept the purple elephant in the room blocking my way.
We can talk about it and pet it and kick it and try to ignore it all we want, but it’s not going anywhere.
We can’t move it and it’s terribly in the way of all of us. Pretending it’s okay and it’s alright or kicking and screming about it doesn’t matter.
Resistance seems futile.
As does cooperation.
As does fighting.
As does surrendering.
I try to stay positive the best I can for myself as well as for my surroundings, and I will keep at it the best I can, it’s in my nature, I can’t bail on the people who like to have me around, but I have always had trouble identifying negative thinking disguised as realism from realism…and every once in a while realism from overly optimistic thinking…and that’s when it hurts most to fall.
It seems like the few times I have genuinely been able to think: “It’s gonna be alright, I’m a good person, I have something to offer, it’ll be worth it, I can have succes with this” I get hit by a friggin’ existential truck and lay maimed for months while my loved ones have to nurse me yet again trying to pretend they didn’t see it coming even if they sometimes do.
Negative realism hurts less and it costs less.
Relaxed smiling is dangerous, it makes me lower my guard and gives Life all too ample opportunity to knock me out.
I have no idea why I keep trying, I just do, I can’t seem to help it. Maybe it’ll get me somewhere, maybe it won’t.
I’ll stay on your RSS no matter.
It’s good for me to have regular input from someone like you, who has a more optimistic view of things.
Bryan,
Excellent points as usual. I suspect you’ve hit a few nerves with this essay. Sometimes that’s exactly what we need. With life so short there is no time to waste kicking ourselves around!
Keep writing!
DJc
Thank you Lise! You are so very right. Woopie Goldberg has ADHD, author and Harvard Grad Nancy Ratey has ADHD, Lara Honos-Webb (author of the book we are giving away this month) has ADHD, also, take a look at the book review I did a couple posts back on Wishcraft, the author Barbara Sher has ADD too. Thank you for pointing this out to me, I have added them to the post. For women ADHD hasn’t been as well diagnosed until recently and I am sure there are far more who are successful and probably never diagnosed.
About relating to the above people: It’s very difficult to relate to someone who has ‘made it’ because we usually do not know about them until they hit the headlines and make the news. Most have gone through very trying times before ever making it, probably some have thought, and in some cases written journals that are quite similar to what you wrote in your well written comment, but unless they write their memoirs, those challenges, struggles and eventual triumphs are alien. Anyone of them could tell you today that you can do it, keep on going and that won’t mean that much because before we actually ‘make it’ we want and need proof – for that we must give our ‘little’ successes credit… btw: SSRI’s are not meant to treat ADHD and I personally had a negative experience trying one.
Lise, you also hit on a very important point about ADHD, it isn’t going anywhere. We can’t wish it away, we can’t pretend it away and we can ignore it to our own detriment. Resistance and fighting it is indeed futile, but I don’t agree that cooperation and surrendering is futile. When we mean surrendering to accepting the fact we have it, it isn’t going anywhere and we not only must, but can, find help. Cooperation is helpful and not always necessary – meaning it is nice to have caring friends and family, but if they try to keep us as we are, as to not change the status quo then it can become necessary to create some distance until self-esteem and confidence rises high enough that their influence isn’t powerful enough to cause a relapse into old thinking and old ways. About those people again, many don’t realize it but outliers as Malcolm Gladwell calls them, usually need a minimum of 10,000 hours of striving, practice and patience to see their efforts come to fruition. Seth Godin also agrees that 10 years is usually the minimum time, so again, when we read about these people we sometimes can’t relate because we don’t ‘see’ all the tears, effort, mistakes and stretching – they talk about it, but we can’t truly relate until we’ve made it through to the other side… and besides, what’s the other side? I agree, in that I was in therapy for a decade before I realized the positive effects had changed my thinking, sometimes we don’t even notice when it happens. Some go through therapy for a year and stop, but a year is only a fraction of the time that may be needed to truly make a lasting difference. That’s difficult to accept, especially for us ADDers, but the changes in our thinking happen gradually.
Realism usually includes the words: Can’t, won’t, impossible, no way, it’s the way I am, it’s the nature of ADHD etc… people sometimes tell me positive thinking and optimism makes some people think they aren’t trying hard enough, but really it’s to point out how powerful our thoughts can be and the influence they have which may not be ADHD in of itself alone.
Your comment exemplifies how difficult positive thinking and striving for achievement can be, especially with ADHD. It may seem impossible and futile and that’s exactly what keeps many from continuing on, striving and not to mention such thinking is contagious. That’s why it is important to identify our friends, who we are around, who we listen to, because the influence is powerful!
Seems to me you are on your way!
DJ – thanks, wish I had more time to write!
Frankly, it matters not at all to me who went to what college or how many swimming medals were won. Especially when the so-called reason for the Olympian prowess was never owned or suggested as a reason for the news making misbehavior and arrest for alcohol and drug abuse. That is just another way of making the unimportant, important. I have a seventeen year old kid who is very very smart and who has not been able to attend school since the end of eighth grade. I used to say to myself when listening to the litany of idiot teachers’ descriptions of her as “perfectionist” (their explanation for why homework took her three times longer than her classmates), as lacking “self discipline” (their explanation for why her work wasn’t done), that if they actually gave a hot damn about kids or even about the world we all live in that needs good people much more than it needs good test takers and research report writers, they would give out A’s for kindnesses, ability to sustain excellent friendships over time, empathy, penetrating insight — then we would be hearing another tune.
Same for the rest of us as we contemplate what is really important in this world. Most of us will never become famous or even recognized by anyone other than our families and friends, if we are lucky enough to have them.
Success is not best measured by fame or performance judged in conventional terms. Why do you do this, too? It really sets everyone up in the same way Ned Hallowell does. Most people, with or without AD/HD, are not gifted!
Can you write, instead, about what a person struggling to get through every day can think about that might be a salve on the wounds still festering from years of comparisons with people who are doing better than they are? Otherwise, I fear you are indulging in the same old thing.
As far s I am concerned, there is room in this old world for all of us, because we were born. We need no other credential.
Hi Betsy,
I have said it many times, success depends on each person’s definition. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having heroes or people we can look up to and say ‘they did it, they are doing it’. In every civilization and every society, since ages, people have done this and will continue to do it. Maybe it is not 100% right, or maybe our expectations get a little (or a lot) higher than is realistic, but you know, lately I am getting the perception that we only want to read about struggle, how bad others have had it and still have it, how they are suffering day to day and survive to the next. Yes, that’s important and I have countless posts about my struggles… but that’s not all of it. It’s just not. When I played pool I had my heroes and I aspired to be as good as them and yes, it hurt when I lost and when I couldn’t keep my concentration, but you know if I didn’t have any heroes or people I could look up to and say ‘they did it’ then I probably wouldn’t have had any desire to try at all.
When we talk about desire, hope and aspirations and say yes, others have done it, that doesn’t mean we are taking away from our challenges, our difficulties and our let downs. No, it’s more like the northern star… maybe we can never reach the northern star, or much less touch it, but it helps with some direction, it offers a little light in the darkness. We ADDers have enough against us, do we want to take that away too?
By saying, in effect: don’t point out those who have made it with ADHD because it is unattainable and unrealistic and people are just going to get hurt? Have we ever considered that this is over-protectionism to safe guard our feelings and emotions is really saying ‘You have ADHD, you can’t do it? So don’t look up?’
You know, I have been attacked on the net for writing that ADHD is destructive, that ADHD is a Gift, that ADHD people will achieve success, that I write too much about relationship failures and that I write too much about relationship success. The gamut is too wide. Don’t use this word or that word, each countering the other, so I write what I believe in and what I feel, that’s all I can do. That’s me. Heck, I have people writing me telling me that I am pro-pharmaceuticals and then people write me and tell me I am against medication… how often do I write about medication? And you know what; I ignore most of it now, because none of it makes any sense.
One thing people can be sure of is that I believe what I write and I stay true to myself in the process. I am a good person and I have a lot of faith in us, that’s what I am about. I have been beat down enough in my life.
Bryan
PS Betsy, I do know what you are saying. I hope I didn’t get too carried away. I just believe in more and better. I am not taking away from anyone’s struggles, but I don’t want us to always think in terms of ‘we can’t’ and especially ‘we won’t.’ You have never beaten me down, so that last line wasn’t intended to mean that!
Lise,
I get where you are coming from. I am not sure where you come from but, when I went to school there was no such thing as ADDADHD and when all of sudden there was the recgnition, it was only the boys, not girls. Now that I actually think about it, girls were looked at that we were stupid. Most of my friends were smart, so I was embarassed to even let them see my test scores. Again mankig me feel out of place.
I had to wait for 48 years to find out that I had ADD, was that because I was a girl and not a boy? I am not really sure. Do not forget it is a man’s world, so you need to stand above it and be proud that you have a tool now to use and do whatever you want. I do not listen to what people say. I am glad that I have ADD. It has brought so many positive things to my life.
Good Luck!!
short sweet and simple,
be love be you as you get to know you better you will inturn know your maker,higher power I call IT God, chill love yourself and remember this thing called life is what you make it or just BE IT and IT creates you.
Peace
I agree with you Bryan about the importance of the voices of bloggers…not just to make “voices from the inside” heard, but also to counteract some of the crazy crap I see out there about ADHD from non-ADHDers who hellbent to reinforce the stereotypes. That part of what drove me to start my own blog upon diagnosis. I get so much out of reading the experiences of other ADHDers too, it really helps me to read their words, even when their experiences are not exactly like mine. It helps me to have a fuller picture in my mind of what ADHD is, and where I fit in that picture.
I also agree with you that working to remain positive is key. I do not suffer from any kind of major depression so I just want to clarify that I am NOT implying or saying that those who suffer from depression need to just “snap out of it”. I know that’s not a fair thing to say.
That said, I always feel that my time is better spent reinforcing the positive thoughts in my head rather than the negative ones…it’s certainly something that helps me combat MY comorbid anxiety issues. That is part of what has helped me greatly since my diagnosis earlier this year, and it’s helped me through some of the rougher moments of adjustment.
The true picture of ADHD is so much broader than the stereotypes (that’s something I write about a lot, and think about a lot). So I blog about it, and I talk to people about it, and I share the positives AND the negatives, so that people can get a rich picture of the real deal.
I went and spoke recently to a mental health peer support group about a successful ongoing community project that I organized, and framed it for them in terms of both project planning AND having ADHD. They expressed that this element was very inspiring and helpful, the sharing of my own mental health issue and how it affected my event planning, and how I worked to address my own challenges. I highly recommend reaching out to others in the mental health community, if you are someone who has found ways to work effectively with your own mental health challenges…it felt so good to be able to make my own experiences into something helpful for others. Also felt good to show my peers that mental health challenges don’t have to prevent you from doing some good in your own community.
Okay my response is getting way too long here, but I definitely agree with you that finding positivity and working to grow it is key. Thanks for adding the ladies to the list. You’re right, ADHD has not been as openly or as historically acknowledged in us girls so it’s nice to see our role models highlighted.
It there really any measurement for “making it,” especially from the outside. So many people with ADD have struggled with the sense from the world that they “aren’t making it.”
Really who makes this determination but deep inside of you. Published books, money, talk shows describe our society’s definition of success.
To me making it means: getting up in the morning and smiling, saying thank you to the bus driver, acknowledging that I am exhausted and giving myself permission to relax, take time out, have a bath, stretch and meditate.
Whether you have a lot of energy (hyperactive), struggle with social ways to be in the world, organize, self care, attention. Whatever, its really not any of these symptoms? that need focus. It is the strategies we have created to deal – which have led to behaviors that may not serve us anymore.
Its all starts with YOU – self compassion and forgiveness. I cannot believe that I am even writing this. Two years ago I would never have thought that I could be so grateful and believe in impermanence and even start embracing it.
I’ve never had family or friends to help “pick me up,” or give compassion and empathy to my pain and challenges. I didn’t even have myself for I was a prisoner of my own suffering.
Now I am nurturing self compassion everyday with kindness and tenderness.
Meditate and learn about the dharma. It has allow me to begin my journey of self-discovery.
We all inherently can heal ourselves!!!
Peace,
Lisa
Thank you for sharing Katy! What you are doing in your community sounds wonderful. They are lucky to have you! Sharing with each other and helping each other overcome the struggles we live with day to day is the most rewarding aspect of life, to me. I have never felt so good and worthy until I started sharing my experiences and reaching out to others. How many really take the time to do that nowadays? We need more people like you Katy!!
Lisa, the measurement to making it belongs to each person and isn’t defined by others. I agree, it all starts with each of us; self compassion and forgiveness are so rich and powerfully therapeutic. Too many of us are prisoners of our own suffering. I am so happy for you. I always take such joy in reading such words of fulfillment and success in finding one’s place within themselves.
Bryan
Lisa, your point is beautiful. It’s very true…we do need to create our own definitions of success, definitions that validate who were are, in whatever large or small way. Sometimes for me, just getting to a meeting on time is a huge victory. The other people there have no idea the work it took me to do it, but it doesn’t matter, I’m there and participating and have met my obligation to them. Lately my goal has been telling the people that I care about how I really feel about them. I don’t know why, but in the past that was harder. I think confronting my own imperfections this year has made me forgive myself more, which in turn, has made me appreciate people around me more.
Bryan: I truly can’t recommend it highly enough, meeting with others with mental health issues for positive reinforcement. It’s a long story, that I’ll try to keep short but here’s what happened…I just want to share it because it’s so important that we do not feel alone (because we are NOT alone!).
I founded and organize a weekly outdoor arts market in my city. It was something totally new to the area and has received wonderful community support. The local outpatient mental health center contacted me and asked if their vocational program participants could show their art at the market, since several of them are accomplished artists, not just people with mental illnesses…duh
I said yes, and they come regularly now…in the course of this, I get in a conversation with their social worker who as it turns out is also an ADHDer! Hurrah! She told the peer support group about me, because they wanted to start an arts program but weren’t sure how to start…and the trick with peer support is that when they have speakers, they have to be people who are open about their own mental health issues.
I can’t tell you how touched that these people identified me as a peer, and invited me to spend the afternoon with them. I loved it. Everybody there has different mental health issues and different functioning levels; they welcomed me like a lost sister. I felt so included in a way that I’m not sure I’ve ever felt included, anywhere.
It was freeing to be able to discuss my success in terms of its relation to my ADHD…I realized that in getting to talk to them I had this unique opportunity to be my whole self, not just present one facet of me. I got to be me AND I got to be me with ADHD. A couple folks in the group actually asked me what ADHD was since they had different issues and just didn’t know
So I got a chance to share that too.
It was supportive, warm, transformative. Many communities have mental health peer support groups and like I said, bringing my own wisdom to them freed me. There’s so many great ways to get involved in your community though, and many ways in which your ADHD can actually serve you, not kick you in the butt.
I hate to sound corny but, add ADDer Moms to your list of ADHD heroines. You know the ones I mean: The multitasking kooky ones who like to play on the jungle gym with their kids, or hyperfocus on loving them and indulging them in their wildest dreams. That sort of parenthood is a major influence on so many of the Great People we enjoy. These women are unsung and unfathomably infuencial upon the betterment of the world. (Patting myself)
Thank you.
Also the ones who HATE to play with their kids, the ones who are bored out of their minds to stand one more time on the playground and the ones still reminding the normally not-into-putting-things-away child, for the fifth time, to put away those boots will you before I have to set my hair afire as a pleasanter activity than keeping this stuff in MIND?
Katy you said “I think confronting my own imperfections this year has made me forgive myself more, which in turn, has made me appreciate people around me more.”
So true for me. This part of my healing has been key this year to enable me to understand what it means to be human. And then be able to connect compassionately with myself and others cause we all feel so much the same.
Lisa
Indeed Maddge, you are ever so right and personally, my mom is at the top of my list for me
Katy, I think it says a lot about us when we reach out to help others, support and provide positive reinforcement, – the fact is there is nothing as rewarding, lifting or inspiring after touching someone’s life in a good way… keep on!
I thank all of you for your inspiring comments! I finally got a job 8/31 fulltime in my field but…am struggling with time management again (keeping up with notewriting) so I hope I don’t get fired from this job(that would be 3/3x, keep me in your prayers if you do that sort of thing). I told my boss I have ADD but work is so hectic right now we haven’t had a “mini- performance eval” sitdown talk yet and the worries/negative thoughts are creeping up on me–but mostly my worried husband. I finally took the time to read the documentation inservice notes (I couldn’t attend it in person as I hadn’t yet been approved to hire–needed the background check done by HR first) and now at least I feel maybe
I can do patient notes more quickly starting today) but I’m fearful of letting the boss know what I am still behind on.
So all the insights from Lisa and you all are giving me hope again.
I actually haven’t checked my email from the past 3 weeks until now….love and positive energy to you all…
Is there someone you can make a “note writing” date with Jo? Sometimes when I have things I can’t seem to finish, if I grab a friend who also has something they need to finish, and we make a time to do it together…that really helps. Just a thought…
John Mackenzie linked here saying, “Here are five of my favorite blog posts for Septem …”