I completely get your view on ADHD terms being thrown out there a lot, especially in todays day and age where everyone has problem focusing.
If it makes my point any more valid, getting diagnosis where I’m from, especially if you’re an adult is extremely hard, but my ADHD was so obvious that the journey wasn’t as painful.
Now that I’m on meds there probably isn’t a need to run my business any different then everyone else, but before meds my business and I suffered through a lot because of inability to complete and finish tasks.
I know ADHD is hard to understand, but first imagine it as 100 thoughts at max volume apear in your head every minute. You start doing task a but remember there are tasks b,c and e which are also important then oh that’s a nice car, I should reply to my friend, who’s arguing outside, where are my keys… Task A is long gone.
Focusing on a task is like holding your hand above a stove. If it’s at 1, you can hold it for a long time. Sure it can be a bit uncomfortable and if you do it for too long it will be painful. Now imagine that stove is at 10, how long would you be able to hold your hand above it before moving it? And what about next time? Your brain will tell protect you by increasing the uncomfortable feeling so you move it away quicker.
Thank you!
In a morbid sense of great timing, my burnout happened just a month before demand for our Discord server completely went away (due to most clients at that time coming from the crypto space which then crashed resulting in less projects being started)
Design is something I’ve being doing since I was 11. I incorporated design into every business I had giving me a chance to not just learn how to make pretty stuff, but actually make great designs that solve a problem for me and many of my clients.
My idea is to try to work with as few clients as I can, charge a premium, but delivering the best quality as I always have.
Also, the system is set up so clients can add as many requests as they want, but they’re put in a queue based on importance they decide for each new request. Communication is clear that average delivery time for a request is 24-48h, but some requests, like web designs, can take up to two weeks or even more (depending on complexity), and some requests, like text changes (if requested during work time) can be done much quicker.
Let me know if this all makes sense haha