Comments on: The Runaway http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/ Life is a joke... are you in on it? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janet Thaeler http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/comment-page-1/#comment-12379 Janet Thaeler Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:05:36 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1348#comment-12379 Nate, I think it's called ADHD. Medication can help (it helped me but I can't commit to taking it!!). We tend to be incredibly creative but have a tough time focusing on things. That's why the Internet has so much allure and draw. Never boring. Always a distraction. I like people with ADHD because I can relate best to them (like you!). I think it runs in my mom's family. I found myself missing meetings no matter how hard I worked to remember them. Always late. Impulsive (I changed jobs every year or so). I had to find systems. Good news is that as I get older I've improved. I've also gotten better at catching social cues. I still wonder if I should be on Ritalin sometimes. Sad but true: I think it would've helped my first marriage had I done that. This is sounding a bit too confessional so I'll stop. But I relate. Blog on, Janet Nate,
I think it’s called ADHD. Medication can help (it helped me but I can’t commit to taking it!!). We tend to be incredibly creative but have a tough time focusing on things. That’s why the Internet has so much allure and draw. Never boring. Always a distraction.

I like people with ADHD because I can relate best to them (like you!). I think it runs in my mom’s family. I found myself missing meetings no matter how hard I worked to remember them. Always late. Impulsive (I changed jobs every year or so). I had to find systems.

Good news is that as I get older I’ve improved. I’ve also gotten better at catching social cues. I still wonder if I should be on Ritalin sometimes. Sad but true: I think it would’ve helped my first marriage had I done that.

This is sounding a bit too confessional so I’ll stop. But I relate.

Blog on,
Janet

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/comment-page-1/#comment-11783 Ryan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:04:58 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1348#comment-11783 As much as I love my social network, the happiest months of my life this year have been those when I was the most disconnected. Good luck and keep us posted. As much as I love my social network, the happiest months of my life this year have been those when I was the most disconnected. Good luck and keep us posted.

]]> By: Josh http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/comment-page-1/#comment-11740 Josh Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:56:49 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1348#comment-11740 Bravo! As successful as you've been with your marketing endeavors of late, it's all for naught if you're unhappy. I'm impressed--many people who are achieving the early success you are would have a hard time changing directions to any degree. Bravo! As successful as you’ve been with your marketing endeavors of late, it’s all for naught if you’re unhappy. I’m impressed–many people who are achieving the early success you are would have a hard time changing directions to any degree.

]]> By: Karratti http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/comment-page-1/#comment-11733 Karratti Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:53:57 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1348#comment-11733 The problem, though, is that these things, or at least parts of them, have become so integral to my professional life that I can't just simply walk away from them. Twitter, maybe I could live without, but email? I get jobs and contacts from Facebook - Yet I ignore the little clubs and apps that get tossed about every day. While I would love to track down and destroy all the "time-wasters" that seem to plague my life, I find that they don't always have a label, and instead of creating necessary productive time, I'm simply creating a vacuum that I'll have to find some other way to make up for. Good luck with you task, buddy, but I'm not sure I can follow suit. The problem, though, is that these things, or at least parts of them, have become so integral to my professional life that I can’t just simply walk away from them. Twitter, maybe I could live without, but email? I get jobs and contacts from Facebook – Yet I ignore the little clubs and apps that get tossed about every day.

While I would love to track down and destroy all the “time-wasters” that seem to plague my life, I find that they don’t always have a label, and instead of creating necessary productive time, I’m simply creating a vacuum that I’ll have to find some other way to make up for.

Good luck with you task, buddy, but I’m not sure I can follow suit.

]]> By: McKay http://www.thebigbags.com/the-runaway/comment-page-1/#comment-11714 McKay Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:17:56 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=1348#comment-11714 Wow! Spot on. I felt like I was reading from my journal. No really, best of luck with that. Wow! Spot on. I felt like I was reading from my journal. No really, best of luck with that.

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