No Time to Think, Too Busy, Frantic, Overloaded — ADD Tip o the Day 542

The New York Times

The New York Times took some time off from bashing ADD, ADHD, Ritalin and the other medications to print this article, which explains a lot.

Avoiding

We make ourselves busy so we can avoid feelings or problems. We don’t want to think or feel.

Choices

We are faced with too many choices– too many channels, too many apps, too many devices, too many events, – – –.

Every time we make a choice,we use up a little willpower, which some of us didn’t have a whole lot of to begin with.

Attitude

Busy is an attitude. If we focus on one thing,  do that, then focus on another one thing, we don’t have to feel busy. It’s our infinitely long to do list in our head that causes the feeling.

doug

 

Here’s the article:

no time to think

Bonus link

from laura stoker: understand your ADD ADHD

consider the lilies of the field. okay, so it’s not a lily, still-