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Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there’s mail on the porch table that I must have brought up from the mailbox earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study.
I go inside the house to my desk where I find a can of Coke that I must have been drinking. I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
I realize the Coke is getting warm, and decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye- they need to be watered. So I set the Coke down and discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning. I decide to put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the driveway is flooded, the car isn’t washed, the bills aren’t paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, there is still only one check in my check book, I can’t find the remote, I can’t find my glasses, and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I’m really tired.
I do see that the flowers still have water.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my email.
Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don’t remember who I’ve sent it to
Don’t laugh - - - if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there’s mail on the porch table that I must have brought up from the mailbox earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study.
I go inside the house to my desk where I find a can of Coke that I must have been drinking. I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
I realize the Coke is getting warm, and decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye- they need to be watered. So I set the Coke down and discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning. I decide to put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the driveway is flooded, the car isn’t washed, the bills aren’t paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, there is still only one check in my check book, I can’t find the remote, I can’t find my glasses, and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I’m really tired.
I do see that the flowers still have water.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my email.
Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don’t remember who I’ve sent it to
Don’t laugh - - - if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!
So now I'm racking my brain trying to remember what it was to no avail.
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