The past couple of days have been awful because I have been packing and preparing to move out of my apartment.
Moving is one of those extremely annoying and difficult things in life, regardless of whether or not you have ADD! I don’t know anyone who doesn’t hate moving.
My main problems are:
- I have too much stuff. Although I am better now at not accumulating decorative objects and useless clutter, I accumulate lots of materials for all my projects. It’s all useful, but there’s so much of it.
- My stuff is highly disorganized. I envy the people who have a specific place in their houses for everything. It’s incredibly difficult to sort everything into categorized boxes and suitcases now. I know from past experiences that I can’t just throw everything into boxes and sort it after I move, because I will never get around to it.
- I have papers for work scattered all around my house, mixed in with mail, receipts, paycheck stubs, and other paperwork for my personal records. I’m terrified of losing something important.
- Keeping track of so many things at once is driving me mad. Normally my ADD is actually helpful when I have to do lots of things at once. But in this case I have to keep track of an abnormally tight schedule in addition to sorting my entire living area and packing it into my car. I feel like I am going crazy!
I shouldn’t even be writing right now because I have so many things to do in so little time. Well, I needed a break. I have been feeling so overwhelmed and depressed, and today I felt like I was going to have a mental breakdown.
This break really helped me put my worries into perspective and calm down. I am sure I will be fine once I get back to packing. I also made a list of things to do, which is making it easier.