15 December 2008
Ah, my David...
...so he went out about 20 minutes ago to warm up the car (he still has to go out today to the University - finals and they didn't call off). He's ready to walk out the door and his mother asks: "Do you have your phone?" Quick check, then: "No!" he says and heads back inside. He's a little befuddled and looking around. "Well, I've got everything but my car keys," he says. Cindi, with a sigh, "They're in your car. Remember?" "Oh, yeah!" and off he goes...
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Wife.
Needs a wife. :)
As one who is eerily similar to David in about 5,000 different ways, I will say this:
Having a wife won't help.
Let the one who reads understand.
So when do they become independent?
warm up the car?
Curious...what temp outside could it possibly have been that the car needed to be warmed up...this is important, because right now up here in Saskatoon, Saskachewan, it's -28 Celsius (that's about -20 F)
Just curious...we "warm up" our cars for about 2 mins and then start driving...
Pr. Lehmann:
Ditto.
I will add this: It only makes the consequences of forgetfullness worse.
Once you learn to make your add or adhd work for you, you can actual make a halfway success of yourself - but you have to apply yourself to profession that has constant changes and requires fast thinking and then just start living the profession.
In my office area, I have "visualized" everthing. All important things are on white board and my staff has to report on three key issues every morning, everything in the office is labelled, we use "kanban" methods for supplies and "t-cards" for daily tasks - all you have to do is walk around to see what is next to do.
The tendency of the forgetful is to bounce from one thing to another in your mind and the only way to make it work is to set yourself up so that you always run into the important things, either by visual cues or set routines.
Out in the plant, I have a route that I walk at set times, knowing that if I see this or that, or I see this person or that at a certain station it will either trigger me to think "everything is ok, no action for me to take" or "I need to do something".
This is what I do anyway - for what it is worth.
Temps here this morning were about 14 above freezing (F)
I'll second Elephantschild.
I'm married to a "David" (although - he really HAS improved...most of the time) His 5th grade teacher informed his mother that he needed to marry a woman who is organized and could keep him in line.
I have failed...(to keep him in line - ha!) but, he is making progress. :)
There is hope.
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