Comments on: Conservation of Chaos: The A.D.D. Improvement Process http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm If A.D.D. Is A Gift...Can I Return It For Something Else? Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mark heath http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-20054 mark heath Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:42:50 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-20054 Scott, you sound like me, if I were good with tools. I'm not handy with anything more than a pen. My distractions are music, reading, writing, drawing, movies, the birds outside my office window. I'm definitely missing the "hyper" in my ADD. Scott, you sound like me, if I were good with tools. I’m not handy with anything more than a pen. My distractions are music, reading, writing, drawing, movies, the birds outside my office window. I’m definitely missing the “hyper” in my ADD.

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-20047 Scott Hutson Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:54:32 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-20047 Oh yes Mark, "The Ping"! That is something that I can relate to, not only in cooking, but every day of my life. So, "The A.D.D. Improvement Process" is something I have been practicing. But just like practicing playing the guitar(30+ yr.s), I have at times,impressed myself(mainly myself)with my skills.....But there are more times that I am disappointed with my skills. I find it difficult(for example) to walk outside and not start taking down the Christmas lights in freezing weather, when I only went out to get a tool from my shop to do something in my warm house. And then when I get to the shop,I look over at my lawnmower and check the tire pressure's, then I....Well you get my point...I have forgotten what tool I went for in the first place! LOL. I am learning from mistakes, and the knowledge that I have A.D.D., to focus on the tool only, and walk fast. Oh yes Mark, “The Ping”! That is something that I can relate to, not only in cooking, but every day of my life. So, “The A.D.D. Improvement Process” is something I have been practicing. But just like practicing playing the guitar(30+ yr.s), I have at times,impressed myself(mainly myself)with my skills…..But there are more times that I am disappointed with my skills.

I find it difficult(for example) to walk outside and not start taking down the Christmas lights in freezing weather, when I only went out to get a tool from my shop to do something in my warm house. And then when I get to the shop,I look over at my lawnmower and check the tire pressure’s, then I….Well you get my point…I have forgotten what tool I went for in the first place! LOL.

I am learning from mistakes, and the knowledge that I have A.D.D., to focus on the tool only, and walk fast.

]]> By: mark heath http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-19947 mark heath Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:27:09 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-19947 Even though I'm often following a recipe, I think of cooking as a creative process, and creativity is the reverse of destruction. I'm making a mess, but I'm also making order. As you said, it's all a closed system, and all the same in the end -- there will be chaos. For the ultimate in ping action, watch me cook, following a recipe, when I haven't bothered to line up all the ingredients first. Or read the recipe that closely. It's a lot of fun for the viewer. Even though I’m often following a recipe, I think of cooking as a creative process, and creativity is the reverse of destruction. I’m making a mess, but I’m also making order. As you said, it’s all a closed system, and all the same in the end — there will be chaos.

For the ultimate in ping action, watch me cook, following a recipe, when I haven’t bothered to line up all the ingredients first. Or read the recipe that closely. It’s a lot of fun for the viewer.

]]> By: Scott Hutson http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3126 Scott Hutson Sun, 03 May 2009 13:09:00 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-3126 Just another article I can relate to...I am the cook around here. I am the "Ricochet Rabbit" that cleans as I go(Hyperfocus?).But...a large dining room table is in plain veiw, with the "things" on it, I put there to save for reading,working on my garden,taking out to the shop,Greatful Dead cd's I purchased 3mo,s ago, etc..etc..."CHAOS" is an understatement to describe that table. I'll get a 'roundtuit' for that later. Just another article I can relate to…I am the cook around here. I am the “Ricochet Rabbit” that cleans as I go(Hyperfocus?).But…a large dining room table is in plain veiw, with the “things” on it, I put there to save for reading,working on my garden,taking out to the shop,Greatful Dead cd’s I purchased 3mo,s ago, etc..etc…”CHAOS” is an understatement to describe that table. I’ll get a ’roundtuit’ for that later.

]]> By: Jeff, the A.D.D. Chef | The Perfect A.D.D. Activity http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-31 Jeff, the A.D.D. Chef | The Perfect A.D.D. Activity Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:57:11 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-31 [...] soft as you chew them, then you know that this is not a contradiction after all. [?]However, see: Conservation of Chaos [...] [...] soft as you chew them, then you know that this is not a contradiction after all. [?]However, see: Conservation of Chaos [...]

]]> By: bloggingawayadhd http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-30 bloggingawayadhd Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:37:09 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-30 haha :) haha :)

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-29 Jeff Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:20:20 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-29 Bloggingawayadhd, keep in mind that it took me almost three years to get to this point. And if chaos increases over time then, by implication, A.D.D.ers are ahead of their time (and everyone else) since we are, by nature, pure chaos. Bloggingawayadhd, keep in mind that it took me almost three years to get to this point. And if chaos increases over time then, by implication, A.D.D.ers are ahead of their time (and everyone else) since we are, by nature, pure chaos.

]]> By: bloggingawayadhd http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28 bloggingawayadhd Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:12:22 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-28 Ha! True, true. Though if you look at physics, you may note that entropy of the universe (basically, chaos) always increases over time. Not very reassuring, is it? I'm impressed you finished a meal with no mess! I always get mean looks from whoever is on dish duty the nights that I cook. Ha! True, true.
Though if you look at physics, you may note that entropy of the universe (basically, chaos) always increases over time. Not very reassuring, is it?

I’m impressed you finished a meal with no mess! I always get mean looks from whoever is on dish duty the nights that I cook.

]]> By: Chicken Francese - Jeff, the A.D.D. Chef http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27 Chicken Francese - Jeff, the A.D.D. Chef Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:56:41 +0000 http://jeffsaddmind.com/conservation-of-chaos-the-add-improvement-process-111.htm#comment-27 [...] For another perspective on this cooking process, see: Conservation of Chaos: The A.D.D. Improvement Process. [...] [...] For another perspective on this cooking process, see: Conservation of Chaos: The A.D.D. Improvement Process. [...]

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