Is it the ADHD? I can't wait. No. It is too hard to wait. I just noticed my attention-span go into auto-pilot.
I was trying to watch my new video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdlWWrplbo&feature=em-upload_owner and because there was a lull in the upload I quickly clicked on the Three Stooges video in the side-bar.... :-) Auto-pilot ADHD, that's me! :-)
You are wonderfully, and marvelously made.
You are complex with 10,000 plus attributes you probably DO NOT even acknowledge.
This being said, the question begs, "So what?"
Well, you should get to know what your preferences are and get to know your likes, skills, wisdom, abilities, talents and dreams better.
The old NATURE versus NURTURE debate is not settled, however, there is a big agreement, that external environment doesn't play into even half of what intrinsic NATURE can help you with.
Find out your NATURE and do not feel such a strong impulse to conform.
If you have A.D.H.D or attention-deficit chances are you are an incredibly interesting person with many diverse and eclectic passions.
Keeping a daily blog or diary, taking pictures, creating and performing may be some ways you can watch yourself shine.
Getting to know yourself is a cumulative PROJECT.
So, don't sell yourself short.
Thank your Ma and Pa for life, and value who you are and indeed, you will agree in time that: You are wonderfully, and marvelously made.
Sincerely,
Amy Zents
There is no way a person can give credit to everyone who has inspired him or her, and sometimes it is hard to avoid making it seem like you are copying someone, especially if you are inspired by that person. The best thing we can all do is to strive to be as original as we can. If something strikes a familiar chord with us, or the information has been given to us freely, it is no shame if we relate that to others, neverthless, it is best either to give credit to the author, or else keep quiet. The best thing of course, is to listen to your inner muse and march to the beat of your own drummer, however, keep your own drummer in check if he or she works against your best interests.
Originally yours,
Amy Zents
It is springtime, and it officially began yesterday at around 12.21.
I decided not to post anymore #CelebrityADHDSunday because I don't want to dwell on negativity.
I hope you are having a busy, fun weekend.
I am working again today on the radio. Had a nice visit with some of our on-air radio guests today including musicians Peter and Paul Wendinger, and Bruce Bradley.
Happy Spring,
Amy Zents
Make sure to enjoy a sample of original music from my band Molly and Sonny Boy's newest CD release, including my song about ADD called the "A.D.D. Blues." http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mollysonnyboy2
Yesterday I did 20 things I wanted to do.
20 new things done on 3/19/10
Walk dogs Breakfast Make Vegetable salad Go to store buy water, vegetables and fruits Play guitar Play piano Do dishes Go to gym (strength)
Clip toenails Clip finger nails Study French Math blog Study Italian walk dogs songwriting practice market band on website study teaching info for Principles of Learning 7-12 work info-1040 pay chamber dues and pick up big cat (stuffed animal from window display)
Today I made another list of 20 things I want to do.
Last night I read in Vogue about a fabulously rich man, who claims to have A.D.D.
He flies his own helicopter with the aid of a co-pilot and commutes from rural New York to downtown NYC on weekdays.
A short-attention span does not an imbecile make.
I am working today at the radio station. I am signing on at 6am.
Well, I will write more later today. Gotta run.
Amy Zents.
So you want to learn Italian and French like me?
Or maybe there is another skill you would like to master?
Make it a practice to spend at least 15 minutes a day with your interest and you will find, that you will indeed make incremental progress, and over the span of a year you will have greatly improved your new skill.
You and I are impatient, we want instant gratification. At least, that seems to be a trait of many suffering with ADHD, or Attention-deficit.
Slow and steady wins the race, so even though you have many, many interests, you can make time for these in baby steps, consistently done over a period of time.
Like saving $1 a day, you will eventually amass a fortune.
Take it one day at a time and enjoy success.
Have a great day!
Musically and liguistically yours,
Amy Zents
Make sure to enjoy a sample of original music from my band Molly and Sonny Boy's newest CD release
A lovely day today. Saturday will officially be the first day of spring.
I took the dogs out for a little walk and taught music.
I have to get my husband up and at 'em shortly for work.
I hope to get more active this spring.
I cannot stand the cold weather. Today seemed almost like a summer day.
The sun was shining and it was mild out.
I will try and do more exercise to drop some of the fat and put on more muscle this spring.
I get so tired all the time when I am out of condition.
Spring is time to spring up and move!
Have a good day, and Think Spring!
Amy Zents
Here it is Saturday, and it feels like it was just Tuesday. Time seems to pass and I feel so overwhelmed at times. I know I have simplified my life, a lot. I realize if you have a house and pets, they demand a lot of your attention. If you aspire to being fit, there is time that must be spent at the gym and if you want to perform you need to practice. Also, there is the matter of "It's a living." You need to work. So how much time is left over to mull and relax? To slow down?
Creating my comic blog focused on my dogs helps me to reconnect a little to my surroundings, you can follow it at Cole's Kibble
I could eat, drink and sleep all the time for fun. Good meals and yummy food breaks make slowing down a little easier to swallow.
Going to the gym, and taking a break from everything by working out on the recumbant beats the A.D.D. blues. Especially tuning into my Old Time Radio shows is a wonderful mini-vacation.
Like a burst of sunshine, teaching my students and going out with my husband to open mics or to perform is always a channel-changer in my brain that revives me.
Today's gratitude is for food. I love good food. I am thankful for cheeses, olives, crackers, breads, potatoes, cereals, eggs, near-beers, diet sodas, Starbucks French Roast coffee, yogurt, nachos, fruit of all varieties and raw and cooked veggies, stir-fry and delicious foods that cross my tongue salaciously each and ev'ry day.
Have a lovely weekend and stay in charge of your time and your life.
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg. ~Author Unknown
It seems that a person can sabotage their life, and walk away from their dreams when they won't and don't do first things first. It may be because they are not clear on what should come first.
I know that if I find myself with a lot of free-time, or extra money, I can easily squander it, but I need to reassess my Modus Operandi. If I want to keep a successful mindset, I need to be wise to what I should do first each day.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~John Locke
Do we really want what we say we want?
Or do we want what is convenient and easy?
These are some of the questions we need to ask ourselves.
Before any big dreams are attempted there has to be truth and clear-eyed view of what it is we are actually willing to do, not just what it is we want.
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. ~Peter Marshall
If your A.D.H.D or A.D.D. is taking a toll on your self-control,
you may realize that you may need to be more realistic with your wants and goals.
Start to enjoy your life by being true to yourself instead of feeling guilty all the time about what you should be doing, but are unwilling to do. It is tragic you can't do it, so accept it, give in, give up or else, if you don't like that idea, take the RISK, and do what you know you need to do!
Remember the old saying, "What you are speaks louder than what you say!"
Your environment represents what you are, your appearance, your words, your thoughts, and remember, the old similiarity:
You can judge a book by it's cover, most of the time.
Most of the time, like goes with like....be careful and make sure your friends support your dreams.
What are you made of? Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done. ~Author Unknown
Other sayings that come to mind: People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. ~Lewis Case Don't find fault. Find a remedy. ~Henry Ford Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. ~Jonatan Mårtensson
There is an old saying, "It takes a heap of living to build a home," and it is always time to clean my heap.
But the motivation is what it takes to do the work.
I used to mind the work as being tedious, odious and hateful. But, that's not important now since I have my iPod touch and Old Time Radio.
I find that I can do chores with the mp3 player.
If I want to clean up and need to get cracking, I choose a fun story to listen to from a number of downloads that are free on iTunes podcasts.
So, now I will do like I say, and sweep the kitchen, do dishes and make the bed while listening to "My Friend Irma."
I love stories, and I learn a lot too.
Some people like to listen to music as a motivator to clean, that is OK too.
Whatever it takes to make your home a gorgeous place is well worth it.
I didn't watch TV last night, and that was great.
I also spent another 60 minutes at the local gym working out.
My daily gratitude is regarding my iPod Touch. I am grateful to have such a great toy that I can use to get lost in stories and song, and it is a great backup to my smartphone. When my phone is charging, I can go online and check my Twitter account and post things up with my iPod touch. #CelebrityADHDSunday
Here is a celebrity I think who has A.D.H.D or A.D.D. by the way he acted, and felt the need for high-risk behavior and stimulating experiences that cost him a lot...remember, he can hyper-focus on the thing he loves, golf..however, none of us is perfect, including the formerly highly-respected sports superstar Tiger Woods.
What is something I always advocate if you are like me and have attention-deficit? The answer is to simplify your life. How can you and I do this? Use your imagination to make your ADHD less intrusive. Sometimes, though not always, looking at a worst-case scenario can be just the wake-up call to spur me to action. I think about where I would like to be in the future, say 3-5 years from now, and wonder what I should do to make my reality a better place to be. How you live your life is entirely your own business. You do not have to restrict yourself to the point of being miserable, but if you find ways and means to apprecate all the good things that matter to you, it might light the way to happier times.
What is it you need to be happy? Is more space? Less worry? More attention? Less criticism? It is vital you find out all the things that you need and want to make your life the best one it can be! Remember Life in NOT a dress rehearsal. Be a star, and shine on!
Cya,
Amy Zents
Want a Life? Find a good wife! Want a band? Find the right man!
I used to tear around the state looking for fun and exciting things to see and do. Now I stay home. I used to spend every cent I earned binge-shopping and racking up credit card debt. Now I put my money in the bank, or shop with a debit card using monies I already have earned.
There is a saying, it does not matter how much you have, but what it is you do with it.
As the ADHD'er makes mistakes, and is "burned," by errors in judgement, accidents, fights, boo-boos, he or she will learn, it is OK to relax and just enjoy the computer, the TV, and the pleasures and treasures of being at home.
When you have three "babies," that is, my 2 dogs, my cat. plus the 2 aquariums of fish...all listed here, (see following) you tend to stay close to home to make them happy.
The Pets of Molly and Sonny Boy - Jim and Amy Zents Our Official Bandsite: http://www.mollyandsonnyboy.com/
May I introduce to you first: COLE, also known by various other names too numerous to mention depending on what he did..
Our Coley is a frisky doggy with his own free daily comic online called, "Cole's Kibble"
Meet our dear darling Pixie:
The sweetness and delight Pixie brings with her makes you want to cuddle and kiss Pixie the whole day long, She is so cute and adorable. We have other names for her too...Licky, and Heavy-Breather.
Next. I am pleased to introduce to you our El gato, la familia el gato...the family cat:
Meet Sugar (a carnivore that has a tank all to himself, he is rumored to be about 10-15 years old)
Meet the "Aquatics." (Saltwater fish)
So a lot to keep us very busy. Then there is our music, my husband and I rehearse and make CD recordings and the like.
We have a knack for writing fuuny songs. Comic Relief. Check out free samples of our product at CD Baby. Also, available on all the other online retailers like iTunes, and Amazon. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mollysonnyboy2
If you have ADHD it is very important to seek out your niche. That is find your place in this crazy world. It took me decades to finally "settle down." Yet still, I continually enjoy traveling, and learning, going places and doing things, and that is why the housework is still often neglected.
Right now, I am going to make the doggies happy and take them for a nice walk outside.
It is wickedly cold again today, so we must bundle up! If I failed to mention one member of the family, I will make good now.
The man who makes all things possible for our menagerie and me is pictured in the background.
He is my Sonny Boy, my honey-boy, Dr. James Zents, my tolerant, magnificent husband, Jim. Happy Valentine's Day to you, to all my family, and you too dear reader!
#CelebrityADHDSunday
Before I leave you here is our #CelebrityADHDSunday
Paris admits her attention-deficit disorder to Larry King on TV.
Her behavior of doing what she likes when she feels like it makes it hard for her to obey rules, like with most impulsive types who have ADHD and Attention-deficit.
I find it hard to keep my mouth shut. More often than not, I find it hard to think before blurting out what it is I see and feel. Last night I watched the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, and found myself texting on Twitter in a laughfest with others; always the naughty "schoolgirl." Roger Ebert called a lot of the remarks about the Opening Ceremony on Twitter, "snarky." I mean, I grew up in Canada and I felt that I could contribute my 2 cents worth of how I felt about the whole system there, the bi-lingualness, the socialized medicine, the funny-looking money and their "star-system," versus the celebrity-worship here in the USA. One Tweeter tweeted that the malfunction with the torch cauldron reminded her of the Stone Henge scene in Spinal Tap. I added, "Minus the little people." There was a lot written about the look and tone of the ceremony, and of course the tragedy of the young Olympian who died during the luge training that morning.
Nevertheless, there is a time and a place for joking and let me assure you more often than not at "serious" ceremonies, religious gatherings, office meetings, school assemblies and other meaningful events where more than one person is there, there will be more likely, the ADHD'er, at least, I have found, all excited (stimulated) by the excitement, filled with delight and mischief.
I think it is vital for the ADHD'er to avoid committing social suicide by studying etiquette and learning how to behave. NOTE: This social politeness and propriety is not generally inborn, especially with the excitable and adrenaline-seeking ADHD'er. So, education on etiquette is a must. I will try to keep my lip zipped on sombre occasions as best I can, and continue to learn how to behave properly.
Still, tact is something that I need to work on, and will share with you all I can as I exercise it in real-life situations, which for me will be hard..
The word tact stands for:
T. To
A. Avoid
C. Causing
T Trouble.
Above are the roses my husband had delivered to me this morning.
He loves me, in spite of myself.
Wishing you the same thing, that is, someone to love you, blurts and all.
Have a happy day, and show love and compassion to others as well as to yourself.
Peace,
Amy Zents
I watched the 1988 movie "Memories of Me," with Alan King and Billy Crystal for the first time yesterday afternoon. It was about a film-extra actor who never could realy get his act together until the final act of his life when his son, a doctor, comes into his life to try and reconcile his relationship with his estranged father. The lead character played by Alan King, BTW a fantastic actor in real-life and in this role, and a greaat comic, seemed to exhibit textbook ADHD traits in his part as the loose-tongued 63 year old. Eating tacos for breakfast, smoking and filled with boundless energy, enthusiasm and self-neglect. He basically acts impulsively and recklessly with no thought of the consequences of his words or actions on others. He also has such low-regard for himself and such self-loathing that he willingly sits in the shadows whilst lesser luminaries, like his former felow extra actors, move on to bigger and brighter jobs in the entertainment biz while he languishes without an agent continuing to struggle for roles as he ages.
I am a talented singer. Hear me singing here: Amy Zents Sings "Memory." Yet for the past 48 years I have not advanced beyound doing local low-paying gigs. Just like the lead character in "Memories of Me," like the Alan King character in "Memories of Me," at some level, I have been afraid to be "discovered." Yet, it would matter to me a lot. But, I think I feel secretly afraid. Also, I don't take care of my health as well as I should. True, I quit drinking and smoking, but I eat like a horse and don't get enough exercise.
See me here eating a sm'ore yesterday Amy Zents eatig a S'more.
I hope to start on a healthy eating plan and also a daily exercise plan this week. I mean I do spend money for a gym membership, but I don't go often enough to make a difference.
Before I show this clip, I want to mention, that Kanye West may or may not have been higher than a kite, so he may not really be ADHD, however, folks who let themselves go, and then give into irrational impulsive (and rude) behavior often do HAVE Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and methinks this may be the case in this instance. But, that is just my opinion. ADHD is NEVER an EXCUSE for rudeness, but it can be influential in many cases.
And now here is your #CelebrityADHDSunday video:
