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Jupiter Leone's avatar

This: "It turns out that ADHD brains literally won’t try! We have Yoda brains! No try, only do! This is why if I try to turn my engine on, it dies on me every time. But if I release the emergency break and let my car roll downhill, I can jumpstart it and drive all day! I only have to always remember to park facing downhill."

Yes. Thank you for this. I love thinking about how I can park facing downhill.

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Emma Goldman-Sherman's avatar

Yes, the easier we make it for ourselves, the better chance we can start. I'd love to hear what you come up with. (A few years back getting to the gym, I literally slept in my gym clothes to be able to get up and go...)

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Mac McCord's avatar

Thank you! Works for composing music too!

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Emma Goldman-Sherman's avatar

I was reading last night, and thought of your comment when I found this, "We don't make music, Plato said, we find it."

(from Proust was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer.)

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Emma Goldman-Sherman's avatar

Yes! I think it works for painters, sculptors, all artists!

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