At my age, especially with my ‘ADHD’ handicaps, I waste too much time trying to write on my computer dealing with the new apps in Microsoft 365, especially those involving AI. After the past few years struggling with my new computer, at least I can now write with fewer problems. But handling my phone (esp. trying to text, write & communicate with it) is still a problem. Which is why I seldom answer my phone and interact on it with people I don’t know.
Throughout my long career, I had always kept to myself, seldom volunteering to reveal my weaknesses. Then, around late 2010, while writing my last book, My Life & Rollercoaster Career (my memoir + my newsletter of 8 yrs), I felt differently for whatever reason, maybe more technically secured or mature? This book was published in 2018 by CreateSpace, now available from Amazon. I recommend the e-version. Unlike the paper version with an incomplete Index, the e-version is only a few dollars, but you can google any subject or word and it will lead you to the page describing it.
Since then, I have been more open with myself, weaknesses and all, along with my good points. From an ordinary boy with lots of handicaps, but also a lot of help from family and friends, plus schoolmates throughout my educational process (primary school through graduate school), I somehow ended up in achieving remarkable things that will continue to benefit my fellow humans.
The very first thing I want to stress to parents with inattentive children (esp. boys like me) is to read my story. My family knew I had inattentive problems (never-diagnosed ADHD), but they kept an eye on me and let me do my own thing. I have always been thankful that I was not born in an era or into a family that uses drugs (mainly toxic synthetic) to treat conditions in children. Then, when I flunked out of elementary school because I didn’t pay attention in class and got kicked out, my parents sent me to another school. During that year they hired me an English tutor and that changed my life.
Tomorrow, I’ll finish describing that period of my life in the next post. So, stay tuned…