"A.D.D." or "Why there has been a two-month gap in this blog"

As a preface, let me state that in 2005 I was officially diagnosed with ADD. Any references to "our" or "we" refer to my attention deficit brethren and my hyperactive cousins.

So, the deal with ADD isn't so much "ooh, shiny" as it is that our thoughts have a half-life of about 3 seconds. Focusing on any specific thought longer than that requires a lot of effort. That means when we're working on something important, our brain struggles to reiterate "important thing, important thing, important thing" so we don't forget about it until it has been completed. Unfortunately, that is such an undertaking that by the time we actually do complete the task, it seems like a serious fucking victory. And our brain responds by saying "good job! my work here is done now!" and neglects the fact that there might still be many other steps remaining in that series of important things. 

What it boils down to is that anything requiring more than one step becomes a practically insurmountable feat. I will use the example of mailing a letter.

Here is how I assume a normal person completes this process:

1. Put letter in envelope.
2. Put stamp on envelope.
3. Put letter in mailbox.

Here is how a typical person with ADD does it:

1. Realize that you need to mail a letter. Think "no problem! I'll do it later tonight!"
2. A day or two later, see letter on whatever surface you left it on and remember that you never mailed it out. Think "okay, I'll go ahead and do this now!"
3. Find envelope in drawer. 
4. Also find rubber bands in drawer.
5. Play with rubber bands. Fling one across the room. 
6. Go find rubber band over by the TV. Hey look, Simpsons is on!
7. Watch Simpsons for a few minutes. 
8. Realize that you're hungry.
9. Go to kitchen. Look in fridge for food. 
10. Nothing easy to eat in there, decide to order food online.
11. Walk to computer. Hey, an email!
12. Finish email. Decide to respond to it later.
13. Read reddit.com for a few minutes.
14. Notice that you are thirsty. 
15. Check for any beverages within arm's reach.
16. Look down at desk and notice that your letter is still there, unmailed.
17. Grab envelope. 
18. Put letter in envelope.
19. Remember that it costs money to mail things, but how much money?
20. Decide to look on internet to see if postage is still the same amount as it was whenever your stamps were purchased.
21. Continue reading the funny Reddit thread that is still open on your browser, never make it to usps.com.
22. Remember that you are hungry. Go to campusfood.com and order food.
23. Go look for cell phone to ensure you are properly alerted to food's arrival.
24. Can't find phone, go online to find a way to call it.
25. Check Facebook to see if any friends with phones are at their computers at the moment. Read status updates instead.
26. Hear phone ring 25 minutes later. Phew, it wasn't on vibrate! That was lucky.
27. Collect food.
28. Eat food.
29. Put away food at some later point. 
30. Notice that you set your greasy Chinese food container on top of now greasy letter.
31. Get new envelope. 
32. You're on a roll, dig out stamps while you're at it.
33. Check required postage online. Only need one stamp, yes!
34. Seal envelope. 
35. Put stamp on envelope.
36. Feel like a champ. Fuck yeah.
37. Put completed envelope next to front door so you remember to put it in the mailbox.
38. Walk past it several times every day and never notice it.
39. Two weeks later realize that you never actually put it in the mailbox, but the mail's already gone out today, so it doesn't matter if you wait till tomorrow to do it.
40. Two more weeks later, actually put letter in mailbox.

 TL;DR: Do not entrust anything critically time-sensitive (that requires more than one step) to someone with ADD. Just don't.