Top 10 Things to Remember

My Top 10 List of important things to know about being a runner, a teenager, and embracing AD(H)D.

1. Running improves focus.
2. Running improves your mood.
3. Running relieves stress.
4. Success in running requires control over your mind and body and the ability for them to work together.
5. Positive thinking is essential in every sport, especially running.
6. Pave your own path.
7. Don't be a follower, be a leader. 
8. ADD/ADHD causes loss of focus during a boring situation, it causes hyper-focus in interesting situations.
9. ADHD is not a disorder, it is a difference in cognition.
10. "You should not change who you are, and you shouldn't be asked to."