I’m Not “Anxious to Avoid Boredom”
May 13th, 2005Half the time when I read articles about adult ADD, I end up disgusted with what the writers have to say.
An article in Wired Magazine by Evan I. Schwartz describes adult ADD:
Adult ADD is marked not only by a short attention span but also by a multitasking mind. Anxious to avoid boredom, those afflicted are constantly scanning their environment, searching for all things captivating.
I am completely disgusted with this characterization.
I am never anxious to avoid boredom. In fact, I am rarely ever bored. Most things are fascinating and interesting to me. I don’t remember the last time I was bored because it was probably sometime during middle school, many years ago.
If I don’t have things in front of me to think about, I have millions of ideas in my head to play with. I have so many ideas for projects that I don’t have time to even start all of them.
I constantly think of business ideas and companies to start. If I could only settle on one or two ideas and make them work, I would probably be a millionaire.
My problem is that I jump from idea to idea. My problem is NOT that I suffer from extreme boredom and need interactive media coming at me from every direction to satisfy my bored mind.