Livingston Services

Making decisions about how to use our limited time and energy often means choosing among those projects that feel most urgent, finishing long-postponed tasks or planning for future success; planning almost always gets put aside.

Everyone is challenged by the number of distractions that fill our worlds all day long. These challenges to our concentration and focus are particularly demanding for those with ADHD, but they are present and difficult for everyone.

People struggle with managing tasks. This is one of the more common reasons for clients to engage in coaching.

An internist was referred to me the other day because he wasn’t able to keep his records up to date on a timely fashion and it was beginning to overwhelm him and worry his hospital administrator. He literally felt like he was drowning, and wondered what was wrong with him.

I worried about writing his story in a blog because I knew that three other physician clients I’ve been seeing would assume that I’m writing about them, and maybe my dentist clients would assume I had changed the facts a bit to hide their identity. All assume that they are unusual and carry a poor self-image.

None of my neighbors are likely to answer a personal question like, "What is the status of your executive functioning?" But they leave clues all over their property when we get as much snow as we've gotten this winter.

The major ice storm that hit New England last week brought a large oak-tree limb down on our roof. We were lucky that the heavy butt end trailed as it fell over 20 feet, but the dozens of smaller branches, which led the way down and cushioned the blow to the roof over our bedroom, punctured the rubber membrane in over 35 places; rain poured in and we scrambled to get buckets into the attic to stem the flow and minimize the damage.

My wife got a new mini-computer today. As I am the less technology challenged I went about getting it ready for her to use. An hour later I realized I had gotten lost in the new toy.