How Can A System Change Your Life?

The term "attention deficit disorder" (ADD) wasn'tabout your kids? How will you keep soccer practice,
even around until the 1980s. People saw childrendance lessons, and dental appointments straight? And
exhibiting behaviors like the inability to pay attention,if you're trying to run a business, too, how can you
lack or organizational skills, rude communicationalmeet all these obligations without messing things all up?
behaviors, and hyperactivity as bad parenting. TheirTrain yourself to some type of planner.
profound response to these "bad" children was to beatMicrosoft Outlook has a great feature in its calendar.
them into submission.You can use it to plug in all your appointments and to
Fortunately, those ideas are for the most part in thekeep your "to-do" list straight. Since you're working a
past, and these symptoms have been attributed tohome-based business, you probably are at the
ADD, or when hyperactivity is added, ADHD (attentioncomputer for a good part of the day. Leave the
deficit hyperactivity disorder), even though somecalendar open in your task bar and plug in
people and even some doctors still attribute thoseappointments that you need to remember as they
behaviors to "bad parenting." But attention deficit isarise. Get outlook to remind you by setting up an alert
definitely a neurological difference from what sciencethat will pop up five minutes or more before the
might see as a "normal" brain. Though no prescribed,appointment is due.
scientific tests have been determined to pinpoint theIf you don't have Outlook, try another piece of
causes of ADD, certain behaviors, which aresoftware called Time & Chaos. But if you'd rather
continuous for a period of six months or more andhave something with you all the time, buy a personal
which disrupt a person's life, are seen as attentiondata assistant, like a Palm Pilot, or get a cell phone with
deficit.scheduling capabilities. If you prefer to enter
Only recently, however, have theses patterns beenappointments by hand, a simple wall board or wall
acknowledged in adults. Recent statistics show thatcalendar, with big squares so that you can enter
70% of children with ADD will outgrow it by the timeinformation into them, will work, too. It all depends upon
they're teenagers, but it's now recognized that 15 toyour personal preference.
20% still exhibit symptoms into their adulthood. ADD,But if you want something really high-tech and user
when not treated by medication or counseling, can leadfriendly at the same time, try Mark Joyner's
to bigger problems like addiction, depression,Simpleology at His "Simple Science of Getting What
career-related issues, and difficulty forming strongYou Want," also known as Simpleology 101 will
inter-personal relationships.organize every bit of time in your day and help you to
Treatment and/or counseling alone can make a hugesee what you want in your life and to get it. Use it
difference for adults with ADD. If you have ADD, it's allevery single day. Simpleology even has a desktop
about finding ADD-friendly systems to help you copesolution that you can download to see your day plainly,
because it's important to know a) that they exist andevery minute you're in front of the computer.
b) that you aren't alone. So, let's talk aboutOrganization is a difficult process for people with ADD,
ADD-friendly systems for a moment.so you may have problems meeting some things that
For instance, let's say you're a work-at-home momare expected of you. If you implement one of these
with adult attention deficit. How are you going to keepsystems, and just organize your day right from the
your schedule straight? If your husband works weirdstart, you'll soon be better organized and right on time
hours, will you be able to remember when a good timefor each thing you have to do.
to have dinner is, or whether to have it at all? What