Idea Bug
July 13, 2008
I always have ideas on how to make things better in the world, make better websites, and make money online [or off]. It is a trait that most people with ADD/ADHD have to deal with. Generally the ideas are great and could work if I sat down and worked on them long enough, but I just cannot keep my focus. It is not that I am lazy or do not want to do it; it is that once I set out to do it, I get sidetracked with another genius idea or research for another project. I love working on new things, but as I am always finding new things, I am always finding something to distract me.
I abhor my mind sometimes. Only when it gets in the way of getting the things accomplished that I want to get accomplished. Today I set out to update my online arcade because I was getting lots of spam signups and I wanted to fix my play counter [before it was not updating the daily plays]. I also had to add a privacy policy and TOS page and I wanted to fix my ad layouts so that they flowed better with the site. It took me a good 3 hours to accomplish everything.It could have taken me an hour, but I kept getting distracted with games, chat, sites, and forums. I had to keep telling myself to get back to what I was doing. I finally got everything accomplished with that site, but it was frustrating to have to force my focus each time.
I love the ideas I have. I know they can work and the ones I want to be profitable can be, but it is dealing with my mind that frustrates me the most. Sometimes I do not want to get on the computer because I know it will go in ten different directions, and I will get nothing accomplished. I hate the idea of having to take drugs for my ADD, but it has actually gotten to a point where I cannot control it anymore. :/
Tags: ideas, ADD, distracted
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