is this confirmation?

a case study in distraction

I don’t recall the term ADHD much from my own elementary and high school days. Maybe it was not as popular or as defined or as … I don’t know.

Also. Maybe I didn’t have it then.

I don’t know what I have now but it’s something, that’s for sure.

Evidence:

Friday afternoon
4 ish

I’m home, doing things. And I look around and have to laugh at myself.

I started at the dining room table, on my computer, my stack of notebooks and calendars and pens around my computer, clockwise. I have multiple jobs and many roles and I like tracking them through separate means. It helps maintain order and compartments in my brain and in my habits. There’s my Farmers Market notebook for that job. My calendar and notebook for Travelers Rest Here. There’s my master bullet journal calendar that holds the common thread through it all. My throw away notebook that just holds daily to do lists and that I throw away when it’s full. (Clever title, right?)

So - all of that is happening at the kitchen table.

I’m responding to a text about the market and then I’m returning an email for an article next week for a local business. And in between that, I hop up and head to my kitchen, mere steps away. In my kitchen, lying on the counter, is a stack of peel and stick “tiles” for a backsplash - a happy yellow and cream checkerboard. My box cutters are open on the butcher block and in between tasks I jump up and add one more tile to the backsplash. (Do not examine it closely please.)

Also, I am eating a very late lunch or I guess an early dinner.

And also, I am making a few quick phone calls.

Another also, when I do the backsplash or a mundane task, I switch on my audiobook for a few minutes at a time to find out what is happening to The Other Bennet Sister. (I CAN’T STAND THAT BOOK, by the way.)

I also pay a bill really quickly and jot down a few wedding plan ideas I need to see through.

I remember that I want to send Macy a quick picture of the rings I am wearing today because she made one of them for me and I think it is such a cute ring.

There’s a sticky spot on the floor so I clean that up.

Is this ADHD or is this work from home life or am I broken?