I'm still falling down that rabbit hole myself... coped for 40+ years as 'gifted but struggles with delivery', or otherwise 'could do better'... despite trying super hard, it seemed I would self sabotage.

Years of productivity hacking, trying to figure out purpose, reinventing myself etc... life is 'sucessful' on the surface but now trying to tame the wild bronco within.

Today's insight was that our kind of brain wire needs a strong why, either fascinating us or screaming urgency... the latter will always be there, but we can make our life more enjoyable by pursuing the former too.

IDK... learning out loud here 🤙

and... thanks for the ⚡

Yeah that's my journey.

Called gifted, special, strategic, creative... also absent minded, daydreamer, lazy, useless... it's a tension I lived with.

Labels are bad if they stick and become identity, otherwise they're stepping stones to help us name, frame, and explore a particular area.

Tiago Forte had this conference about building a second brain (note taking) and one session was given over to 'neurodivergent', basically three high functioning adults with ADHD talking candidly about their world... and a light went on for me... leading to yet another rabbit hole of discovery.

I'm more than ADHD, more than WARY (widowed and remarried young), more than a professional engineer, more than... etc, but I can't deny these things make up part of my experience and therefore colour my identity in some way... even if as a bridge to something else.

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