Does anyone with #ADHD actually manage to specialize in anything? For longer than a decade or two?

I just gave up and am a generalist by design. There's no way I could be study one specific topic for decades. No way.

#STEM #HigherEd #academia #academic

@theADHDAcademic A decade or two?!? I struggle with focusing on one topic for more than 5 years :ageblobcat: . That's professionally, of course. I cycle through my hobbies on a monthly basis these days.

@StilleNacht I swear these people are real, although I don't think any of them have #ADHD.

@theADHDAcademic I don't know how they do it.
I'm torn between wanting to be able to focus on something for a decade and get really good at it while at the same time already missing all the jumping around and dreading the potential boredom that comes with having just one topic. If that makes any sense.

@StilleNacht I think it does. It's the challenge of wanting to be an expert that motivates but there's also the excitement of something new.

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