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Published On: Oct 08, 2008 10:45 PM
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Published On: Oct 08, 2008 10:45 PM
Organization... Action?
Insanity: Doing the same thing and
expecting different results...
My older son, now 23, was diagnosed with ADD when
he was 9. My younger son, now 19, was diagnosed with ADD when he was 7. And I,
now 51, was diagnosed with ADD at 40.
Our household was chaotic 14 years ago. It was chaotic 11 years ago. It is still chaotic. Periodically, I make a decision to organize and simplify; often I obtain the cooperation of other household members; there is much activity, a great deal of anger and anxiety, but nothing really changes.
Diana, in this post, states that her goal for the new year is to gain control of her household. My hope for her is that she succeed. If she does, my hat is off to her; heaven knows I've tried hard enough and long enough to control and enjoy my household.
My goal is different. I admit that my family and I are incapable of controlling our household. My goal for the year is to get outside help. I want to get an interior architect to help us design a simple workable environment ($50/hour, roughly 2 hours; I have a good referral for this). I want to get a professional organizer to help us implement the design. I want to get an ADD coach for my younger son, and for myself, so that perhaps we can maintain the organization we will have paid for.
The first thing to do is to get my sorry behind to a meeting of CHADD, where (presumably) I can make personal contacts and find organizer and coach(es), not to mention people who share my problems and understand. Perhaps there will be other suggestions we haven't tried. Of equal priority is persuading my husband that this is a wise use of resources; that may be more difficult. :) But a simpler environment is something both my son and I NEED.
Our household was chaotic 14 years ago. It was chaotic 11 years ago. It is still chaotic. Periodically, I make a decision to organize and simplify; often I obtain the cooperation of other household members; there is much activity, a great deal of anger and anxiety, but nothing really changes.
Diana, in this post, states that her goal for the new year is to gain control of her household. My hope for her is that she succeed. If she does, my hat is off to her; heaven knows I've tried hard enough and long enough to control and enjoy my household.
My goal is different. I admit that my family and I are incapable of controlling our household. My goal for the year is to get outside help. I want to get an interior architect to help us design a simple workable environment ($50/hour, roughly 2 hours; I have a good referral for this). I want to get a professional organizer to help us implement the design. I want to get an ADD coach for my younger son, and for myself, so that perhaps we can maintain the organization we will have paid for.
The first thing to do is to get my sorry behind to a meeting of CHADD, where (presumably) I can make personal contacts and find organizer and coach(es), not to mention people who share my problems and understand. Perhaps there will be other suggestions we haven't tried. Of equal priority is persuading my husband that this is a wise use of resources; that may be more difficult. :) But a simpler environment is something both my son and I NEED.
Posted: Tue - January 4, 2005 at 11:09 AM | | | | |