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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm a consultant and I switch jobs, teams, and clients frequently. Also I am constantly being challenged with new issues and responsibilities. I also have ADD and I have found behavioral and cognitive coping mechanisms. I am rated a high performer in my company and yet on the inside I struggle and feel like I fake it every day. My husband tries to remind me it's not fake of it's real to everyone but you.

It sounds like you have a position based job. Like a accounts payable clerk. Your position is to come in each day and pay vendors. Every day there are more vendors to pay and each day you do the same thing forever.

Perhaps you need a project based job like consulting where you are part of a team addressing an issue (How can we streamline the accounts payable process? How should we design the new accounts payable system?) when that project is done, you move on to the next one.

You talk about being overwhelmed by too many responsibilities at once. Some people handle it better than others - think of a talented receptionist who can answer the door and the phone and sign for packages and type a memo while copying reports. I can't do that! I like project based work because while clients and deadlines can be demanding and there is a lot to be done, it usually needs to be done in an order - so first things first. This appeals to your love of lists. There is a project based equivalent to most position based skill sets.

You could also find a hybrid profession like teaching - some aspects are the same every day, but there is a lot of problem solving and the project/accomplishment aspect of finishing a unit or semester.

Good luck. It takes a year to really "understand" most jobs - the tasks, what is above and beyond, the politics, make friends. 
It takes another 6-12 months to feel like you get it and you get the hang of it. Sounds like you just give up before you hit that threshold. Try to hang in there and trust yourself a little more.  You need to get practice sticking with something really hard and not giving up when it's not going as well as planned. I imagine parenthood is excellent practice for that! [/quote]

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