5 Ways To Deal With Modern Distractions

We all joke about ADHD, whenever we find ourselves distracted or getting off task. This is a very serious mental ailment that affects probably a lot of people you know or yourself. And to make matters worse than ever we are in a new world order of technology which tweets, posts, Fitbit's, likes, dings, bings, rings, sings, and reminds us all the livelong day of things to distract us! What this amounts to is a world, where if you have a distraction issue to start, it’s like the gambling addict has been brought to the casino just by owning a smartphone! And we know what happens to the gambling addict at the casino!

Ka-Ching is what is happening in my brain all day long!

I personally don’t have an ADHD diagnosis officially. I don’t need an official diagnosis! I experience attention deficit issues all the time, and I don’t need a diagnosis to prove that my issues are real or not. I think that is the first step towards recognizing that attention, our attention in society is a serious problem for all of us, especially a new world order of bling and gong in our pockets.

ADD is now purely referred to as ADHD according to Webmd. Attention-Deficit/Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development according to NIH.GOV: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/.