A Morsel of Blogging

August 25, 2008 · Filed Under Blogging

I’m back … the fog is lifted
The earth has shifted and raised the gifted
You knew I’d be back so pack your bone
And hit the road jack … cuz daddy’s home …

Since it’s been so long since my last post, I thought some Kid Rock lyrics were in order

Anyways, I’ve been thinking … don’t worry, you’re not about to get hurt.

It would be great to see more adders blogging! Just a short time ago, when I decided to get into blogging, I knew I had a good reason and purpose - to bring more real-world advice and information to people with attention deficit disorder.

I’m not an “expert”, nor do I put myself out there as one, but I AM an adult with adhd. Being diagnosed later in life has also given me a unique perspective into adhd - from an experiential point of view, that many doctors, scientists, and other “experts” simply do not have. And … while I fully understand the worthiness of, and completely share the desire to “function better” with the other 95%, I find most advice available for adders to be rather simplistic and trite.

I may certainly desire to FUNCTION better with the 95%, but I have no ambition to BE like them. I like being me.

This fact was further driven home to me while reading Bryan Hutchinson’s book “One Boy’s Struggle“. In the book, Bryan gives us his REAL life story about growing up with undiagnosed adhd. It may not be as “neat and clean” as the standard “professional” books on adhd available in the market, but it truly is the best!

Why should you get into blogging as an adder?

1. It’s great therapy! When I write “advice” posts, more than anything, I’m really talking to myself. In other words, my advice is as much geared towards me as it is towards you, my readers. Writing these posts helps me stay focused in a positive direction.

2. You get to reach out and help others! How many times have you read the “10 Best Ways for Adders to Get Organized” and found the list all but impossible to execute? Many I bet. Well … REACH OUT! Let the rest of us know what REALLY works!

3. It’s fun and creative! You get to work with themes, colors, gizmos and gadgets … create content by writing, creating pictures, videos, etc … and create unique ways to interact … and you know something? It’s all just a big, live video game!

Just like so many other video games, where you have to find things, create things, collect things, ward off attackers … it’s the same in the real-world of the internet. You have to find interested people, figure out how to rank in search engines, beat your competitors, and ward off hackers!

I’m completely new to blogging. My only experience is the recent start-up of A Morsel of Genius, and another blog I’ve chosen to leave completely independent of this blog. Why? Because this blog is special. I’m building it exclusively for adders.

Help is on the way!

I’m no expert in the field of blogging, in fact, I’m just a noob. But I’m working hard at it, and by taking you on this journey with me, it can help keep me on track, and provide you with a genuinely unique learning experience.

Sure … there’s a TON of great advice from blogging experts that can benefit you greatly. I’ll be sharing many of those with you. But let’s face it … you have adhd!

You’ve got better odds of hitting tonight’s lottery than you do of following a step-by-step guide carefully, A through Z. And hey, as you know, no matter how much more knowledge these experts have, as an adder, sometimes you’re just going to see things differently and go in a different direction. Right or wrong. It’s our nature.

A blessing, not a curse.

So … welcome to my introduction on blogging! This won’t be your typical A-Z guide, it will be haphazard in true adhd fashion, but I’ll do my best to keep it consistent (along with providing links to the professionals). Slowly but surely, we’ll cover everything … and hopefully see us adders take over the net!