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What's the most expensive lesson you've learned? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] masto@lemmy.masto.community 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have ADHD.

[–] PRIMALmarauder@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you got a bunch of half-hobbies? Feel ya

[–] masto@lemmy.masto.community 3 points 1 year ago

That, but I actually get a lot out of my hobbies and personal unfinished projects (they're always a learning experience).

It's more about the cost of struggling with things and thinking I'm lazy or a failure, and the real-world consequences of not having gotten any help until my late 40s.