This is my ADHD situation: can you relate?
turning 60 in less than a year. learned I was ADHD after my daughter was diagnosed… did not even occur to me it was a thing all my life struggling. completely convinced I was just easily distracted or didn’t focus.
in the meantime, I’ve had literally dozens of ideas for starting businesses and creating products: I would validate them only long enough until I learned all the stuff (execution) needed for them was too overwhelming and didn’t know where to start - eventually a new shiny object would come along and take its place, rinse, repeat.
that fun and engaging online tool we all know about for feedback and planning and discussion and deep dive is sort of helping and sort of not. I use it extensively to plan so I can feel prepared that I have outlined a really good reason to do ’this’ and avoid ‘that’ even to reason with sticking to an MVP that requires less commitment to the plan and have ‘something’ ugly JUST to hold in your hands as evidence, even if it’s a mere test: yes, I completely understand that ideas are a dime a dozen and (typically) mean nothing without execution. meanwhile, I have yet to get external validation for it by sharing an actual ‘thing’ that is not a drawing etc.
also meanwhile, I have been a graphic designer for 30 years: it scratched the itch till recently when I realized all the crazy/novel/unique/challenging things I’ve wanted to do are still undone... learning I was ADHD spelled it all out for me: surviving, never thriving… mind was tuned (basically still is) as a well-oiled people pleaser, vs doing what I wanted to do. didn’t help one bit that I HATE making mistakes/showing any form of incompetence, making extra effort to ensure details aren’t missed (perfection) before ‘releasing’ it to my peers (overwhelm appeared, slowly being compounded with mental exhaustion). it’s all been a mask. barely anyone knows how I feel or think.
OK: there is more, but that should suffice for now - thoughts?