So at dinner yesterday we were discussing my ADD and how everything that I've ever considered one of my personality flaws is accounted for by this one giant diagnosis. My dad said that about a decade ago my sister had said that I have no sense of future.
My knee-jerk reaction was to feel hurt, but it's a positively succinct summary of my life. But what other people don't seem to get is that it's not that I don't think things through before I act...on the contrary, I run through every possible scenario in my head, and I'm just such a fucking optimist that I assume that the action I'm taking is going to be the best idea I ever had and solve all my problems.
The only person who's ever picked up on this is my dear friend Ben, who once said that I approach life with the optimism of a puppy who keeps running to its owner even though it just keeps getting swatted on the nose.
My knee-jerk reaction was to feel hurt, but it's a positively succinct summary of my life. But what other people don't seem to get is that it's not that I don't think things through before I act...on the contrary, I run through every possible scenario in my head, and I'm just such a fucking optimist that I assume that the action I'm taking is going to be the best idea I ever had and solve all my problems.
The only person who's ever picked up on this is my dear friend Ben, who once said that I approach life with the optimism of a puppy who keeps running to its owner even though it just keeps getting swatted on the nose.
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braddropout:
So i don't really understand what you just said, but goddamn you like Bowling for Soup and you're hot, so that's good enough for me.
step:
I totally know how you feel! Oh, my god.