I don’t try to let them be an excuse for me to not do things if there’s a very good reason for me to do them. There would have been no point for me to work if I could have avoided it, because I am at the point where I do have to learn as much as possible for grad school.
And while you may know people with both, my forms of ADD and Asperger’s are significantly more severe than most people’s.
Oh absolutely—I’m not saying you shouldn’t make your life easier. If you can do grad school without having to work, that’s obviously better. Just that if you start thinking “I can’t do this because X” then you’re less likely to end up doing things at all. Much better to think of it from a positive POV—“I’m lucky enough to be able to study without having to work as well—I would, of course, be able to do both, but I don’t have to and this is better”.
I don’t try to let them be an excuse for me to not do things if there’s a very good reason for me to do them. There would have been no point for me to work if I could have avoided it, because I am at the point where I do have to learn as much as possible for grad school.
And while you may know people with both, my forms of ADD and Asperger’s are significantly more severe than most people’s.
Oh absolutely—I’m not saying you shouldn’t make your life easier. If you can do grad school without having to work, that’s obviously better. Just that if you start thinking “I can’t do this because X” then you’re less likely to end up doing things at all. Much better to think of it from a positive POV—“I’m lucky enough to be able to study without having to work as well—I would, of course, be able to do both, but I don’t have to and this is better”.