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What's the hardest thing you had to come to terms with? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by SpaceFox@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it was the fact that I would always be slower than everyone else and I would have to put in twice the effort.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A flexible job is one thing. But a job that requires a flexible person is something else entirely. Kevin is paid quite handsomely for his willingness to pack his gear and fly halfway around the world to do his thing on short notice.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I suspect that for every ADHD person like Kevin, there are a dozen struggling because they can't find the right job (probably not least because the act of job-hunting is itself terrible for people with ADHD).