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by DrewADesign 303 days ago
Yeah time blindness is my arch nemesis… but it has led to some pretty serious grit and persistence for difficult things under pressure. You need me to start on an arduous, long, difficult task right this second? No problem. You need me to do something on February 23rd 2027 at 4:30am in Anchorage Alaska? Should be fine as long as I’m still using the same calendaring system then. You need me to chip away at a background task steadily for two weeks? I hope you really mean you need me to work on other neat cool things for 13 days, panic, and stay up all night getting it done. (Apparently adrenaline is great for focus, too)
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Fck, you just described me.
Yeah I mean you can’t get much more classic ADHD than that.
Also one of the fairly rewarding things can be to feel needed, regardless of whether everybody pays attention to it or not :)

One of the more non-rewarding things can be deadlines, especially destructive ones.