Remember this thread is for “Positives”, FilmB asked folks at the onset to…Listen up, NO COMPLAINING OR WHINING ON HERE…
So FimB…thanks so much for the “Posi”, thread…. it is good to see………great actually!!!
Inzardd, Koots and Peter, yes I have similar experiences, and always have. Problems, issues solutions are often readily apparent to me as well, they seem to come to me me effortlessly. Patterns are just there………it doesn’t seem to matter whether it is business/organization issues or otherwise, I seem to automatically see. I used to wonder why others didn’t…I didn’t get it….I wondered what was wrong with them??? Now…. fact….I don’t often see things the same way a linear processing person might, I get that…and therefore my response or solutions often come at a problems from an completely different perspective,and….are for the most part very complete. My vision/solution(s) don’t always come on demand either, that’s fine….it may hit me at 2:00 AM and wake from sleep….or the next day, or while I’m doing something totally and completely off the topic….maybe while I’m watching TV, there is no rhyme or reason to when my thoughts come!! I’m ok with that. I did eventually learn to carry a small note book and pen (at least when I was working) and write down my thoughts, as they can vanish as quickly as the come!!! Capturing my thoughts immediately was key for me…..
So many things pass through my mind constantly…music, inventions…..humorous versions or responses to whatever…..maybe past conversations. Being retired I’m now in my own time completely…. I am a musician, I have my own band, I’m a custom motorcycle builder (with dozens of trophys to show for it), a hotrod builder, an artist (from time to time)…..these are the things that obsess me…..and always always have, I am all about these things, I know that, and I’m oh so comfortable with it!!! I indulge myself. This is creativity to me…without my obsession(s) gawd knows where I would be, they keep my mind occupied, always….and, I always have the next thing to do…to think about, to dream about, to consider to share with my like minded companions…..it’s who I am.
My life is very full…..I think because once I came to understand who I was, what revved my motor and slammed my hood….I never have looked back.,and it been that way for years and years. At 62 years old, I do the same things I did as a child, dream the same dreams…..or an adolescent, a teenager, a young man, a father. The key I believe, was for me/us was to find those few things (whatever they may be) that drive me, and do the hell out of them….screw the rest, I’m not about those other things, I know that…….I am who I am, and who I will be!!!!
My quick processing brain also makes me quite social, on my terms!! I have many friends ( like minded folks) that I can visit with lunch with, but I’m also very private and need my own time, if that makes sense. I believe it is my quick mind, alternate views/perspective and none conforming or non-typical responses that bring humor to my relationships and conversations…..and people are attracted to that……so it would seem. This may seem boastful…..it’s not it, it is just that way my life works!!
Superpowers……..I don’t know??? I am different, always have been, always will be, and thank gawd. Sometimes it has been difficult, hard even, but I would never want to be anything but what I am…….I have no regrets about my ADD mind….I enjoy it…actually I relish it, and feel among the “fortunate few”. There is more…….so much more…I could go on and on and on…..but suffice to say “I’m ADD and Love It”!!!!
So please be mindful folks…this thread is for “Positives”, FilmB asked folks at the onset to…Listen up, NO COMPLAINING OR WHINING ON HERE…not on this thread.
Always Up Jack…Never Down….. 
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