a touchy subject sometimes...

my family knows how easily I get distracted

with day to day things

~~

they laugh lovingly at me all the time 

and

I join them

~~

I call it my adult attention deficit disorder 

and

it's always there like a little fairy sitting on my shoulder poking me in the cheek saying

"see me~do you see me~see me~do you see me"

~~

I feel it

and

YES

I see it

but

I don't let it take over any part of my life

~~

if you need something done right or have a very specific task that needs 100% attention

then I'm your girl

and

whatever the project is

I'll get it done to a degree of perfection that make most people a little nervous

but

leave me with an open schedule

 and 

I'm all over the place

but

I like it that way

~~

this is probably something I've had all my life, but back when I was growing up, they just didn't have a name for it

which is wonderful

as my parents didn't have to worry about anything other than I talked too much

~~

as an adult I've just always prided myself on being an amazing multi-tasker

and

instead of worrying about it

I 

just 

breathe a little deeper

dance a little faster

love a little slower

laugh a little louder

and

write a little braver

just to make sure I don't miss any of my life 

while I'm flicking and shooing that little fairy off my shoulder

*

it's self portrait wednesday, but you already knew that, right ?

for my photo today I used the editing program built into my mac and loved being able to get this soft effect

as it seemed to go along with the subject of my post

~~

{and in no way am I down playing ADD or the difficulties of living with it 

as our son was on medication for it for a number of years}