Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. We see this definition all the time and usually it is for white little boys running around. But I'm not white and I'm not a little boy. I'm a Nigerian boy. Here's my experience of how my ADHD was as a kid.
I was grateful that at that stage I was in year two of my ADHD journey and didn't take it very personal, but it still stung.
Past me would have definitely spiraled, as I have my entire life when people have asked me for my reasoning, and every time I gave it, the response was always to tell me to stop with the excuses. Like, how?
"We are not the United Nations"
That's what an ex-manager told me after I responded to her question asking me for my reason for performance drop.
Now mind you, I had just spent 30 days in Nigeria with 70kb/s internet and a boatload of other stressors after not being home for nine years. I did not even try to make any excuses because I made all the arrangements, I tried my best, I worked Malaysian hours in Nigeria which was seven hours behind.
And yet, after saying all of that, what she said in reply was that she doesn't work at the UN, so all of my excuses should not matter because everybody has their problems. I was left speechless because how did you get from there to there?
can a neurotypical person please explain where they draw the line between a “reason” and an “excuse” because apparently i still don’t understand the rules. you ask me, “why did you do it that way?” and naturally i’m going to explain exactly what was going through my head because… you literally asked. then three sentences into my explanation you hit me with “i don’t want excuses.” okay??? you wanted the explanation or you wanted me to guess the answer you already had in mind?
"We are not the United Nations"
That's what an ex-manager told me after I responded to her question asking me for my reason for performance drop.
Now mind you, I had just spent 30 days in Nigeria with 70kb/s internet and a boatload of other stressors after not being home for nine years. I did not even try to make any excuses because I made all the arrangements, I tried my best, I worked Malaysian hours in Nigeria which was seven hours behind.
And yet, after saying all of that, what she said in reply was that she doesn't work at the UN, so all of my excuses should not matter because everybody has their problems. I was left speechless because how did you get from there to there?
SamFontsPro V4.0 is coming 🔥
Rebuilt from scratch with a fully native OneUI look, and the SESL-powered animations feel so much smoother.
Uploading shortly, here are some previews 👀
✨ What's new:
⚡ Faster variable font baking, now with a real progress bar
👆 Long-press any store font: preview, install, favorite, add bold, or share the .ttf
🔄 In-app update checker with changelog
😎 Emoji-safe previews that never break
🌍 Script-aware category previews
🎨 Brand new icon
and much much more!!!
Stay tuned and checking Github link👇
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i finally unboxed my first nothing phone, the white phone (4b). the note in the box and the look around the cameras got me. time to actually use it.
@nothing
what should i test first?