I attended a training yesterday with Brian Tracy, the guy who wrote Eat this Frog. This was a book that I read many years ago, tried its advice, and it left me feeling broken because it didn’t work for me. I now know that I am neurodivergent, but I didn’t know that then.
This session left me close to tears and feeling like I couldn’t do this… thankfully I have some amazingly supportive friends who picked me up and helped me through that funk. Overnight, I realised that it has put a fire in my belly.
I want to share my story, share that being neurodivergent doesn’t mean you have superpowers, but more importantly doesn’t mean you are broken, a loser, a failure.
I especially want to talk to children and teenagers to let them know that they don’t have to change everything about themselves in order to fit in. That they can follow their own path, and be amazing in their own way.
Part of the training I’ve been doing is to commit to something for 100 days. So often, my brain struggles with these things, so I’m asking for your help and support to meet this goal.
What can you do? It’s fairly simple:
- Read the posts – this helps me feel like I’m not writing into the void and gives me a dopamine hit that encourages me to keep going
- Follow my Facebook page – I will post links to blog posts there each day. Sharing those posts would also be helpful.
- Join my email list, there’s a link at the bottom of the page
- Give me suggestions for topics – sometimes I can run out of steam and ideas!
This is a great starting point.
Another thing I’m looking for is more amazing books about autism and ADHD to add to my reading list, so book recommendations would be fantastic. You can see ones I’ve already read here. If you know any about people with both autism and ADHD, that would be great.
Thank you for your support and helping me with this challenge.
(I picked a fun image for this post because I can!)
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