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 my car needs washing.


As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table
that I 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, so I go inside the house
to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had 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 I decide I should 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.


I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my
reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.


I decide I better 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 a 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:

Tthe 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 realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail.


Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who I have sent it to.


Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
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