I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to impose my own “structure” on life. As I am contemplating entreprenuership, how do I balance and manintain separation? So often, I want to structure my time as “now” and “not now”. I came across this excertpt again:
The roles of wife and mother add new dimensions of complexity to daily life of a woman with AD/HD. In our society, women often bear more of the responsibility for maintaining the household and raising the children. We expect the homemaker to provide organization and structure for the rest of the family members. Office jobs often have specific schedules and clear job descriptions. The home is much less structured. Tasks may not have a clear beginning or end.
http://www.ncpamd.com/Women_with_ADD.htm
It’s the clear “begenning and ending” that jumped out at me. I’ve often when I’m finding myself overwhelmed, or dissatisfied with a project, task or job, is because I don’t see an end to it. If there is an end–in a significant type of way, I might be able to push through, but finishing a task, just to have to do it over again, or something that is almost the same, often feels defeating.
In this way, something about project management work seems interesting, because if I can keep my head wrapped around the details, some of the projects do end. One thing I was starting to recognize even before I had begun to think about an ADD diagnosis was that I wasn’t good with coming up with beginnings and endings. I have tried to figure out how to impose an end, or know when something is “done.” I’m still working on this one.
