This morning I went to my doctor’s appointment. I was right on time, at 9:45. The only problem was that my doctor’s appointment is tomorrow, not today.
And yes- I checked the calendar last night and *still* got the day wrong! At least it wasn’t yesterday- which would have been considerably more detrimental to both me and the doctor’s office.
Lately I’ve been trying hard to be responsible about remembering to do things. This is a challenge for me, since I don’t remember times and events to begin with and, even more problematically, I am much more likely to forget about or mix up the timing of events that I don’t really want to go to or that I have mixed feelings about. I do genuinely forget about these events, but I can’t help but believe that there’s something subconscious and slightly nefarious at work, given the skewed ratio.
Consequently, I found this article
about ADD and morality interesting. Specifically, if we are
‘scatter-brained’ or ‘lazy’ or ‘unmotivated’ or ‘irresponsible’, does a
diagnosis like ADD or LD or anxiety disorder or depression or a
personality disorder, and so on, let us off the
hook too easily? This article argues that it doesn’t- and that
understanding who we are and how we work can often make us more
responsible, not less.
posted at 00:54 on Tue, 31 May, 2005 |
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