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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 starting a business, law school, +1 MBA[/quote]

Forgot to add that these all require a lot of hard work, focus, and often financial investment--as you probably know. It's a good idea to make sure that your ADHD is treated well first if you choose any of these paths.[/quote]

FWIW [b]I'm very good at focusing on things that interest me and that I care about[/b]. I tested extremely highly and have generally done well in school, although I tended to be a slacker and didn't work that hard. So, I think I could handle the workload, I guess I just wonder if that's the right path or if it's too late, at my age, to start something like this. I've considered law school but have heard lawyers dont make much money, and not sure what I would study in business school, but I have been considering them.[/quote]

Most people are. (?)[/quote]

It's more pronounced in people with ADD or ADHD. [/quote]

Sure. It's also not in itself an overall plus for any job. Most jobs -- and yes, even senior ones -- require you to do things that doing interest you and/or that you don't care about. Finding it easy and enjoyable to do the parts you like is almost a tautology.

I think you've got two options, both valid. One is to accept that this is the way it's going to be, and find some peace and joy in the positives. The other is to accept that you can't be happy or fulfilled like this but will need to do things that don't interest you and that you don't care about to get further ahead, and it will probably be painful -- but there isn't a cheat code (i.e., some magical job or training track) to get around that. [/quote]

Right. And I totally accept that I will have to do some of that in each job. Of course that's life. I think that it's just hard for me to do jobs where that's basically 100% of the job,i.e. the lowest level of entry level business jobs, where it's a lot of paperwork and phone answering etc, with 0% or 5% of things that interest me. Unfortunately I recognize you usually have to get through this period to get to the level where you're paid to do upper level thinking, but because I'm ADHD it makes it very difficult for me to bear doing these totally boring tasks, with hardly any "strategic" parts of the brain activated. I guess one of the questions I have is if it's possible to find an entry level job where I can switch to that more strategic thinking immediately, rather than the menial paperwork type jobs which I think I'm uniquely ill suited for.  [/quote]

Didn’t read the whole thread so maybe this has been suggested but...Have you considered a helping profession like teaching or being a therapist? I don’t have ADD or a trust fund, but I hated every single office job I tried in my 20s for all the reasons you have listed. I like working with people and teaching is challenging, engages my intellect, and allows me to be creative. One caveat is that I am very organized and efficient by nature so ADD might make it hard. But there are a lot of options in education and psychology based fields, and you can get a really nice quality of life, especially with your trust fund as additional income. I am a teacher married to a school administrator and we are quite financially comfortable, plus we find joy and meaning in our work. Just a thought...[/quote]

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