I am dedicating this post to all of us who are afflicted with any of the ADD types... mine in particular = Adult Attention Deficit Disorder/Inattentive a/k/a ADHD-PI

 And I am responding to the heartache that Caitenmj is feeling because it is so very difficult to get past any type of ADD especially when medication isn't an option.  Or even when it is.

Internet Marketing.. when we are on our own and learning in this type environment with no voices, no faces, no ability to ask a question and get an immediate response....the anxiety and frustration levels are overwhelming.  Add the ADD stuff on top of it..well, I can't explain it.  It's tough.  It's really really tough.

I LOVE what I am doing but sometimes it is painful.  I mean really, truly, mentally painful to get through the day.  The lack of ability to stay focused is B R U T A L.

Caite's blog post struck a note with me today... I've been feeling the same way.  Staying on task while surrounded with shiny things....  ADD/ADHD people love shiny things.... well, it's crazy.  

So, Caite, what I did, just this morning... was go through all my email, all my saved links, all the rest of the crap that has been taking up disk space on my laptop and got rid of everything except for EOS, OWM, WA and a few (very few) special articles and suggestions from WA folks.  The rest of it. I TRASHED.  It will all be there tomorrow and the next day and the next day after that.   If I need it or even want it.   I was so distracted that I started to cry simply out of frustration.

   I am literally starting from scratch again.  

 I am taking all of what I have learned and continue to learn from the above-mentioned (and wonderful) tutorials, and I am WRITING DOWN THE STEPS.  Every single one of the them.  Until I know them.  100% inside out.  And I am publicly making a commitment to myself (by telling all of you) that I am putting aside everything else.   I am committing to not opening one single solitary shiny looking email or website or anything... until I have certain things NAILED.

And what I will say about a lot of us ADD peeps, is that once we get the process down... I mean REALLY GET IT DOWN... lookout!!!    It's just getting there...  so if we bug all you other non-ADD type people a lot with what seem to be repeated questions and desperate need for details and explanations .. bear with us.  Without you, we will fail.. so we'll be a burden for a while until we can give back what you give us every day :)

Caite...and the others like me, it is possible for us to succeed - we just  have to learn coping mechanisms and other ways to work around what sounds so simple and clear to others - but in MY head it feels like Pop Rocks.

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