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I’d love it if you could expand on this to help me understand better…

I’ve had meditation suggested to me many times, and I just don’t get it…

It leaves me wondering “What am I missing?”!

English language story from Reuters (no paywall) for anyone that doesn’t speak French…

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/

Thank you for de-threading this and making it readable… 🙏

Similar to many others on here, I’m terrible at time estimation, so I have to literally track backwards from the time I need to be there with things I need to do along the way, so:

Need to be there at 8am Driving takes 30mins (730) Shower 15mins (715) Tidy up and get my travel drink 20mins (0655) etc.

Then I also usually add 15mins to get lost or find parking. (0640)

Then I know what time to get up etc.

(Then I usually panic that I need more buffer and add another 30mins and get up at 0610!)

Oh… And the calendar thing. If its not in the calendar, it doesn’t happen…

Sure thing… It’s not my playlist, I just found it on Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WV1FG192LL9MavJpbBXKF

Anything with a fast beat and no lyrics.

I have a Spotify playlist I found called “drum’n’bass no lyrics” that fits the bill.

Also use any of the bonkers releases (favourite is bonkers 14) but they have lyrics… I’ve found that once I’ve listened to them a few times though I don’t notice the lyrics anymore…

https://www.boundarysupply.com/collections/prima-system-1

Best backpack I’ve ever owned for EDC and camera.

I’ve also added the mk1 camera cube for trips where I take a lot of camera gear.

Just be aware the company is REALLY slow to ship… Like, TRAGICALLY bad… I had to wait months each time I’ve bought stuff… That being said though, I’d wait again… And I’m about to buy a new prima system as this one is getting old (after many years of EDC) and I’m looking at the XPAC version.

I’ve made a career out of my ADHD in a presales engineering role… (And ending up in product management).

I did need to get the social aspects under control (mostly learning to slow down, and to learn when to shut up!), but this was all very manageable if you can take feedback and hyperfocus on putting it in action… 🤪

I liked that I got to work on the 20% of the customers problem that was the “rocket science” bit, and we would sell consulting services to do the bits that were more like “making license plates”…

Also, having a new audience every week meant I got to really practice and hone my presentation and soft skills which are super important.

Benadryl Cucumbersnatch

LOL… Malicious compliance at its best…

When dadjokes meet nerdjokes…

The best kind of xkcd…

#satisfactionGuaranteed

I was also diagnosed late in life (mid 40s).

For me it became a significant impact in two places in my life:

1. as my roles changed and I needed more ability to handle “blank page” type work assignments as I became more senior, rather than “survive this chaos” which I’ve always excelled at (given my ability to drop something, pick up something else, then revert later.) With previous “chaos surfing” roles, my now diagnosed ADHD was actually a secret super power (seriously, I managed turn ADHD into a career). As my roles became more “take this blank page, and figure out what to do, and make it into a project to make stuff better” I fell off a performance cliff.

2. as 1 happened, my ramp up of symptom management routines started to impact my family. (I didn’t actually realise this until my partner filled in her part of my diagnosis questionnaire. )

My Doc basically told me I had been doing everything they want ADHD patients to do to manage the impacts of their symptoms, but my level of challenge had reached a point where medication could help me live at an effort level below the 99.99% constant I had all the time.

He was right and it did…