You are brilliant, whip-smart, hard-working, ambitious, full of ideas, AND…
You get the feeling that your scattered mind might be getting the best of you.
If you are a Scattered Creative, you might…
Have a million unfinished and un-started projects
Be struggling with the management demands of your life and career
Be overwhelmed by the barrage of thoughts, ideas and options your mind throws at you on a daily basis
Perhaps you are…
New in your career, lost in impostor syndrome and feel out of place in a design world that values minimalist beauty, perfectionism, and over-achievement.
Mid-career, ready for your next step, but at a loss as to what that might be given all of your ideas and options.
Running a successful company, but starting to take note of the frustrations your partners, employees and clients have been expressing.
Some of my new clients are barely keeping things together (which is so exhausting), and others are high-achievers who seem to have it all but are secretly crumbling on the inside from the demands of their careers.
Add ADHD to the mix, and you have compounded challenges with…
Finishing, remembering, and managing (your internal and external worlds) - this has most likely resulted in some chaos, relationship issues, and damaged self-esteem.
Controlling what you pay attention to - you either just can’t get into it or can’t tear yourself away
Communicating what’s going - to yourself as well as others. You may feel misunderstood - a misfit, the weird kid.
Understanding who you are - and in particular - what your strengths are
The ADHD also means you are more likely to have some superpowers:
Creativity
Originality
Curiosity
Entrepreneurial spirit
Spunk and
Persistence
We are not a boring bunch!
Being a creative person requires the courage to explore new ideas and ways of bringing original things into the world.
I believe you can’t be creative without being a little (or a lot) scattered.
Creativity is rooted in the willingness to be scattered from time to time.
Think about it—the creative process is never neat and tidy. It’s messy, unpredictable, and, yes, at times, requires us to be distracted. When the muse shows up, we need to go with the creative flow.
At the same time, we need to be able to function and succeed in our creative, personal, and professional pursuits
If you want to thrive as a creative professional, you need to understand how you’re uniquely wired and have tools at the ready for those times when you can’t afford to be lost in your creative sauce.
Creativity and messiness go hand-in-hand and yet, as professionals, we are expected to
Communicate clearly
Keep our workspaces tidy
Meet deadlines
Produce accurate, high-quality work
Manage time, activities, people, and money
I’ll bet you didn’t learn these things in design school.
If your educational journey was anything like mine, you learned some unhealthy ways of dealing with your creativity and deadlines. (All-nighters, anyone?) And if you have ADHD, you no doubt struggled with feeling anxious, behind, ashamed, disappointed, and frustrated with yourself on top of everything else!
The good news is - with some self-awareness, structure, experimentation and practice, you CAN be both creative and professional.
Why not get the coaching you need so you can use your brilliant, messy brain as a superpower instead of a setback?
Staying stuck in a ‘right now’ that’s clearly not working for you means you’re missing out on opportunities.
To spin off of Ned Hallowell’s “Ferrari” metaphor, if you are a Scattered Creative, you’ve got a Ferrari for a brain. The typical life and education system is no more than a high-school driver’s ed class. And you don’t learn how to drive a Ferrari in driver’s ed.
Learning how to handle that thing is gonna require understanding what’s under the hood, a good pit crew, other drivers who challenge you, bravery, and practice. Without all that, you’ll either continue to crash and burn or sit idol in some garage somewhere being enjoyed by no one. And that’s a crying shame.
So here I am…your Race Car Coach… Let’s get out there, win races and turn some heads! 🏎️ 🏁
Don’t be like me…
For years, every time something would go wrong on a project or I’d get overwhelmed, I’d sit at my desk and think, “I really need to get coaching, but it’ll probably just be a waste of time because I don’t even think I can explain what the problem is.”
Hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back, I would work with a coach sooner because now I know what an absolute game-changer coaching can be.
Perhaps you too think coaching will be a waste of time because you don’t know what you want to work on, or you don’t think you could even describe what’s going on. It’s normal to feel this way. But it shouldn’t stop you from reaching out. I’m skilled at sorting through the mental clutter my clients show up with.
Are you ready to dismantle your old stories, learn new methods to solve problems, achieve goals, and grow in personally meaningful ways?
