It has been a goal of mine for the last couple of years to start seeing Molly again. Not only is she a good therapist (and specializes in ADHD), but she is an artist and a friend and I have found her to be very good at mentoring and inspiring me in my creative efforts and life goals.
So earlier this year, starting about the beginning of February, I arranged to start seeing her every other week. I finally decided that I can afford it and I am happy to have help moving forward with my goals.
Molly really likes what I have done with the “31-point-plan” and recently urged me to bring them to the next CHADD meeting, which she hosts every month here in Petaluma.
So I did. And I was amazed at how much everyone not only loved and praised my artwork, but were also impressed by my “plan” itself and how I designed it. They also got a kick out of my “31 reasons for a 31-point-plan.” It was very interesting and rather gratifying. It’s been quite some time since I’ve been around other people with AD/HD. I’d forgotten how it is with AD/HD – all the various characteristics and challenges that I share with others – and it really brought to mind the fact that I have come a long way. Working with Molly in the past and taking part in her AD/HD support group(s) taught me a lot and gave me the tools to really work on myself and try to improve myself. And hearing all the stories from these people just really highlighted for me the ways in which my life has improved. So it was definitely a positive experience. And I’ve decided that I really should plan to attend these meetings. They are only one evening a month and it is close to home. It would do me good to make a connection with some of these people. I always end up as such a loner and sometimes I am not totally content with that.
It is also interesting to learn that two of the women at the meeting Tuesday night are also artists – and with art school degrees. If they were impressed, that impresses the heck out of me!
Molly has also urged me to try to sell my greeting cards. And she will help me figure out how best to do that I hope – I’m not good at that side of things. I just love creating the product. But also, Molly is helping me really focus in on my picture book projects. And this give me hope that I can actually get this stuff done! I find it’s often easier for me to complete things when I am given an “assignment” to do those things. Funny how that works.
I just found this graphic and decided that it needs to go here (hopefully nobody will mind):
And this is exactly how I feel about AD/HD. Let’s just be the awesome people that we are, each and every one of us – AD/HD or otherwise!