How Linear and Systemic Thinking Leaves You Feeling Insecure and Stuck

I used to think that something was wrong with me. You too?

As a kid, I found it extremely difficult to focus on one thing. Mind you, this was long before we started classifying everyone with ADHD. In my classes, while I was a good student, I often found myself bored or distracted.

I often felt restless, antsy, agitated, and that I needed to have multiple plates spinning or balls in the air at any given time. I liked to zig and zag, and move between lots things.

I found everything to be interesting, and that my fascination would take me down one rabbit hole after another. I had an insatiable sense of curiosity, and I was known as the “why” child (you know, I asked “why” about pretty much everything … “why this” or “why that”).

And, let me just tell you, being the “why” child didn’t score me any points. In fact, I was often told that I was being a pain in the ass, and found that teachers would labeled me as being “too inquisitive”.

My favorite saying was, “I have the attention span of a gnatt.”

The truth is … I still do.

Though, every time I wanted to play in multiple spaces at once, I also would get chastised and reprimanded for not paying attention. And, I profoundly…