Be a firework
This morning, fellow ADHDer Abbey Perini post this amazing 10-minute talk she gave at DotJS Conf on coding and ADHD.
Abbey has a similar perspective that I do on ADHD: knowing you have it means that you can start to embrace your strengths instead of constantly worrying about the things you suck at.
It’s well worth 10 minutes of your day.
Related to this, a new study was just published found that people with ADHD who learned about and focused on their strengths had substantially better mental health than those who did not.
…increased strengths knowledge and, to some extent, greater strengths use were associated with better wellbeing, improved quality of life, and fewer mental health symptoms.
Or as Abbey says in her talk…
Celebrate being a firework in a world that wants you to be a cube.
Fuck yea! 🎉