Fw: AAADD (OFF TOPIC)

[Paul]

L:List
 The following may describe one of the reasons why we (I) at times are very
busy but accomplish little of what we set out to do:
Subject: FW: AAADD


>( maybe this explains forgetting the yeast - or losing a checkbook!)
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> > Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
> >
> > This is how it goes... I decide to do the laundry, start down the hall
> > and  notice the newspaper on the table. OK, I'm going to do the
> > laundry...BUT,  FIRST I'm going to read the newspaper. After that, I
> > notice
> > the mail on the table. OK, I'll just put the newspaper in the recycle
> > stack....BUT FIRST
> >
> > I'll  look through the pile of mail and see if there are any bills to be
> > paid.
> > Yes.
> > Now where is the checkbook? Oops.. there's the empty glass from
yesterday
> > on the coffee table. I'm going to look for that checkbook...BUT FIRST I
> > need to put the glass in the sink. I head for the kitchen, look out the
> > window, notice my poor flowers need a drink of water. I put the glass in
> > the sink and there's the remote for the TV on the kitchen counter.
What's
> > it  doing here? I'll just put it away...BUT FIRST I need to water those
> > plants. I head for the door and...Aaaagh! stepped on the cat. Cat needs
to
> >
> > be fed.
> > Okay,
> > I'll put the remote away and water the plants... BUT FIRST I need to
feed
> > the cat. END OF DAY:
> >
> > Laundry is not done, newspapers are still on the floor, glass is still
in
> > the sink, bills are not paid, checkbook is still lost, and the cat ate
> > the remote control...And, when I try to figure out how come nothing got
> > done today, I'm baffled because...I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY!
> >
> > I realize this condition is serious...I'd get help... BUT FIRST...I
think
> > I'll check my e-mail.
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