From Chaos to Clarity: How I Transformed My Life with Focus

💛 Jane Grismer
6 min readSep 2, 2024
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Growing up, I felt different.

I was the kid who could never sit still, who constantly fidgeted in class, and who struggled to keep up with reading and writing assignments. I doodled a lot. Sometimes on things I shouldn’t.

While other kids seemed to breeze through their schoolwork, I often felt like I was stuck in quicksand, struggling to grasp concepts that seemed to come so easily to everyone else.

It wasn’t until much later in life that I discovered the reason behind my struggles: undetected and undiagnosed ADHD and dyslexia.

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As a child, I didn’t have a name for what I was experiencing.

I just knew that I found it difficult to focus, and the words on the page would often dance around, making reading a frustrating and exhausting task.

I developed coping mechanisms to get by — mainly by avoiding reading altogether and relying on my creativity and quick thinking (and humor) to cover up my challenges.

But these strategies could only take me so far.

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💛 Jane Grismer

Writer | Designer | Productivity + Empowerment Coach✨ Helping You Master Focus + Skill Stacking | ADHD 🦋