At the start of this year, I was diagnosed with ADHD. I’ve gone back and forth over whether or not I would ever talk about it online. Despite being an open book in my private life, and oversharing being one of the many traits that led me to my diagnosis, I never felt sure that I wanted this to define me.

A deadly serious, not-at-all-satire guide to surviving - no THRIVING - in your 20s

My entire life I’ve struggled to know what my purpose is. Whenever I imagined my future it was never my career I pictured. I didn’t lie awake at night dreaming about a job title - I was picturing dinner tables, growing old with friends and a house full of people I loved. But the one thing that I was never sure of was what I wanted to spend 90% of my life actually doing.

There is a particularly awful feeling that comes with not being able to do the thing you love in the way you used to.