Do people keep telling you that you have so much potential?

[Lynx122]

This has happened all my life and when I was younger I believed it very much. When I was struggling in my twenties and later got diagnosed I realized that I have a problem with actually realizing the ideas/goals/projects. It's not that I don't believe in myself anymore but I know it will be a lot harder to do these things than I maybe thought when I was 16 or whatever. I can get exhausted just from everyday life sometimes so I have to be careful about the extra things I take on. I do think I'm doing a lot better just because I've learned more how to do things efficiently and I'm more used to a lot of tasks but it's still not an easy thing to take on more. Honestly at the moment I don't know what I can do to capitalize on the things people say I have. I just want to keep going in a positive direction and I hope in the future I will find a way to do what I can't do now.

I can understand that from the outside it might seem like I'm just wasting my potential but these people don't know how it is for me. There's a wall right there in front of me and I know what happens when I try to bypass it, it leads to bad things. I have to work with what I have and I'm ok with that but some people don't seem to understand it.

Have you dealt with situations like this too?

[ohsheeT]

Bro you're right on track you got it together just keep putting one foot in front of the other and sooner or later it's going to click for you everything will come flooding into your head your heart your mind your soul your spirit and your true potential has just come true it's because you don't stop you keep going and that's what you need to do...

It's all within every single one of us we can have it all we just have to figure out how to move that mountain and we can do it

And you're right about everything you said you cannot burn yourself out you have to stay positive and you have to be looking 500 yards ahead at all times because things come up fast

I used to race dirt bikes and when you're going that fast you have to be looking 500 yards a thousand yards ahead of you because within 2 seconds you're taking that 500 yd of 1,000 yards that were ahead of you on and you have to know how to get through it so you always have to be looking forward at all times preparing yourself for the next move

I say you doing great keep doing what you're doing and it will click for you never give up

[Lynx122]

Thanks I will :) I wasn't thinking about giving up. It does feel a bit frustrating sometimes that some people don't think I'm trying enough or not doing the best that I can with what I have or they think my life is easy and they could do more if they were living my life. That's the vibe I get from some people. I don't let it affect my decisions how I live my life but it doesn't feel great. People think because I manage my disability well they can treat me like someone who's not disabled.

But thanks for your comment I feel good :) How was the bike racing? Do you miss it? :)

[ClaircognizantEmpath]

the way you feel, i mean really feel, exist everyday on this earth, no body, no one can have any idea of your experience... there is a saying... what someone else thinks of you is none of your business... and it is entirely correct, a lesson to learn to live by..., yes others may see the excellence in you, which you are well aware of, however, it exists within the rest of your soul and that is by design of the universe and devoid of your doing,,, your deal is learning to drive this crazy vehicle... I've had literally a tonne of different jobs, randomly go off traveling, moved so many times, i admit now im tired of it... im literally duracell bunny slowing down. but i accept i move the timeline different than others... thing is, I've learned that i see others, always have, and if i get involved in chatter, ill try and be positive and ignore the negative... so when we stop and realise others who promote a negative energy towards us are doing nothing in their own life but project and avoid their own!!!

[NathanDavis]

some keep saying and thinking that I have potential for "so much more" and I know... there's potential everywhere and it's not just about me

I don't really need MUCH MORE of something, lol... don't want it either

but that's just common in business... there's people who always just want MORE at any and at all cost, now, it is easy for them to say it about others, lol... since they're not actually doing it themselves

I'm not greedy nor overly/blindly ambitious either

[7Phoenix7]

You are amazing...

[NathanDavis]

@7Phoenix7 honey butter biscuits are amazing...

[7Phoenix7]

So is your voice

[NathanDavis]

@7Phoenix7 so is butter pecan ice cream...

[7Phoenix7]

So is your hair

[NathanDavis]

@7Phoenix7 and churros with cajeta...

[7Phoenix7]

@NathanDavis and your eyes. And your personality lol

[NathanDavis]

@7Phoenix7 an Tacos al Pastor...

[7Phoenix7]

And your taste in food 😋

[NathanDavis]

@7Phoenix7 and agua de jamaica...

[ClaircognizantEmpath]

hey, i can relate dude! i know my potential, i had a perfect convo with another adhder and she got me, on this, its like i have a super computer brain, but its running on windows xp... and im happy to read you get it, we have to evolve, grow, accept our ways and learn to utilise the best we can,, im currently in a waiting game for diagnosis... im the new menopausal woman outbreak of adhders in case you didn't know we exist... girls from the eighties when nothing was known, maybe a glimmer about naughty boys... with no idea of how to handle them... why does beyond the wall lead to bad things? you can only state that from previous experiences, you can't predict the future, you control the future!

[TheSpaceGnome]

"Do people keep telling you that you have so much potential?"
Yes, all the time, there isn't enough time in the day to do everything I'm capable of.

"Have you dealt with situations like this too?"
For me its free time or finances that impede goals.
Some of my goals that I could pull off easily would cost billions, others would require me to allocate my time differently, which would mean sacrificing some of my hobbies and I'm not ok with that. So I'm being picky about which things I accomplish and which professions I'm good at to persue/practice.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

From my experience, people talking about potential are not necessarily that much relevant, more like generic. So, hearing about potential does not matter much per se, it can be just ambiant noise. Until you find something important, personal, to relate to from this noise

[paledreams]

That seems to be what the stock markets being told metaphorically to itself lol South Park episode the economy and this weird Bull Run 🐂🐂🐂🐂

[ProbablyClueless]

Not potential, no. People used to tell me that. But then I attained my goals and started putting that potential into practice.

[Jmmmfi4]

NO... I WAS ALWAYS TOLD I WAS A FAILURE

[strateguy632]

They don't.