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What obstacles have you overcome?


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Obstacles reported life and nothing worth doing is easy. One of the things that's been a struggle for me my entire life has been I've been diagnosed with with ADD (attention deficit disorder). And it's interesting because with this disorder there are some benefits. But there are some major obstacles that make it hard to do things. I'm able to hyper focus. And so once I get my brain into something, I can stay doing that thing until it's done. And it's that some of this help me.

But also turning it off is not easy. And so once it's time to move onto something else, my brain has trouble switching gears. Also, if something isn't natural to me, if it's not something that I'm interested in, I can't make my brain do it like other people can. And that's not just a question of grid and grin and barrett, its's I'm not. My brain doesn't like doing that. It's that's been hard.

I've also struggled with depression in my life. And that's been hard. Just feelings of lack of motivation, feelings that, well, things actually get better. But I am overcoming those slowly but surely, my wife is an excellent resource. I can't thank her enough, but those have been those of my struggles. But my achievements are that much more important because of them. So I'm grateful for these stumbling blocks that helped me learn how to walk.

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