Just finished my first section of Week 1 and realized something I've been missing for 60 years: the exhaustion that hits me when I try to work isn't laziness. It spikes on the exact days I'm bracing for conflict. The eggshells I walked on as a kid are still running my nervous system. Naming it changes everything.

Got diagnosed with ADD way back in the 90s. I flunked out of my freshman year of college, and my mom sent me to a specialist who had me do all these pattern and sequence tests. I aced them, but honestly, I was mostly just distracted by everything going on outside the window. I’ve definitely learned my strengths and weaknesses since then, though. Nowadays, I either end up in full-on tunnel vision or I’ll start talking and suddenly realize I have no clue what I’m even saying—I just totally blank otu.