It's About Coffee, After All


Yes, the Silver Dragon has gone around the bend, big time...

The SAM-e seems to be helping, as I am actually feeling sleepy at a not-too-unreasonable hour. I might even get more than 4 hours sleep tonight. And despite my panicked fear of not having enough money (let's face it, that was the theme of the Jan. 22 entry), the focus has to be on physical health. That has to include the ADHD, because despite my denial (I'd love to believe I could just try harder and it would go away) it's a physical condition. So, my priorities are (no more than five. It's a rule from ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life.):
  • Correcting my diet. I know how to eat right, I just gotta do it. It will help my focus a great deal.
  • Exercising-- very good for ADHD. Unfortunately, my reminder to take frequent walks has left me. I need to learn to do this without canine assistance.
  • Starting a very specific exercise program (from Delivered from Distraction) to help my ability to organize and focus.
  • Keeping up with bureaucratic hurdles to be sure that the option to teach in high school in the fall is open. This will relieve a lot of anxiety.
  • Keeping up my writing. I do not want to lose contact with that portion of who I am, ever again. Even ten words a day is progress, however puny.
Where does coffee come in?

The flip answer is "wherever it wants to." But seriously, I write best in a coffeehouse where I don't know anyone but a non-gregarious barista. And I really like coffee. Right now, I try a different coffeehouse every day. I have a vision in mind of The Perfect Coffeehouse For Writing; if I never find it, I'll either open it or put it in a story. And that leads into tonight's quiz:
You Are an Espresso
At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic

At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung

You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping

Your caffeine addiction level: high
UPDATE 1/25/06-- I should probably mention that despite warnings to the contrary in the literature, coffee is my stimulant medication of choice for ADHD. It's cheap, it tastes good, and the dosage is self-limiting. I don't do well with pills.
UPDATE 1/28/06-- Thanks to Samantha Burns for her gracious invitation to leave a trackback: Gettin' To Know You: OTA Weekend


Posted: Tue - January 24, 2006 at 09:35 PM   | | | | |

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