I’m a teacher with ADHD. I manage ok most of the time but I struggle so much with paper work and can’t keep my desk or shelves organised no matter how hard I try.
My planner is covered in doodles as doodling helps me concentrate. I’m in a fairly senior role so in a lot of meetings which require focus and my hands need to be moving constantly in order to focus.
I’ve obviously never been NT so I don’t know if this is true but many every day things feel like they are harder work for me than my NT colleagues. Like starting a task and finishing it before starting another 10 tasks. Or going through a day without misplacing things constantly. It’s exhausting at times.
I am an excessive daydreamer but find I am much more ‘present’ when I’m at work. I have imposter syndrome a lot of the time although I’m open about the fact I’m
ND with many people and I think/ hope it’s not an issue.