Danielle Elliott

Yeah. I joke that it was the longest relationship I've had, but I've been in longer breakups. I get that. I've been in like situationships that lasted a lot longer. Situationships. Yeah. That's probably the best thing to call them. Yeah.

Yeah. I joke that it was the longest relationship I've had, but I've been in longer breakups. I get that. I've been in like situationships that lasted a lot longer. Situationships. Yeah. That's probably the best thing to call them. Yeah.

I think it always did work out a certain way. And then it shifted actually shortly after finding out I had ADHD. I remember I got the diagnosis and then I was sort of aware that I should be finding an apartment. But a friend of mine was going to Peru for a month. It's like, oh, great. Apartments in Peru are six hundred bucks a month and the flights two hundred.

I think it always did work out a certain way. And then it shifted actually shortly after finding out I had ADHD. I remember I got the diagnosis and then I was sort of aware that I should be finding an apartment. But a friend of mine was going to Peru for a month. It's like, oh, great. Apartments in Peru are six hundred bucks a month and the flights two hundred.

My rent here would be three thousand a month. You know, I did the math and of course I'm going to Peru for a month. I don't have an apartment yet. I'll just do this first. I remember specifically not telling my therapist I was going because she would have a reaction because I had just gotten back from this like Mexico and Belize.

My rent here would be three thousand a month. You know, I did the math and of course I'm going to Peru for a month. I don't have an apartment yet. I'll just do this first. I remember specifically not telling my therapist I was going because she would have a reaction because I had just gotten back from this like Mexico and Belize.

And then I like stayed home long enough to get diagnosed and then immediately went to Peru. And I think I had to go to Aspen for work for a week. So I went straight from Aspen to Peru. And when I did get there, I was on a telehealth appointment with my therapist. And she just was like, it's the first time I saw her seem completely just like exasperated with me.

And then I like stayed home long enough to get diagnosed and then immediately went to Peru. And I think I had to go to Aspen for work for a week. So I went straight from Aspen to Peru. And when I did get there, I was on a telehealth appointment with my therapist. And she just was like, it's the first time I saw her seem completely just like exasperated with me.

And she was just like, Danielle, what are you running from? I was like, how dare you? And I thought about it. And then I was like, I mean, my immediate reaction was I don't think I'm running from anything. And then I thought about it a little more. And I was like, I feel like I'm running towards something.

And she was just like, Danielle, what are you running from? I was like, how dare you? And I thought about it. And then I was like, I mean, my immediate reaction was I don't think I'm running from anything. And then I thought about it a little more. And I was like, I feel like I'm running towards something.

And like the thing that I think with traveling that I always feel like I'm running towards is stimulation. I guess if I was going to put it in ADHD terms, it's like stimulation. When you get to a new place, I never look things up before I go. I leave my phone and I just walk outside and then just figure out a day. And I think we don't get that anymore at home.

And like the thing that I think with traveling that I always feel like I'm running towards is stimulation. I guess if I was going to put it in ADHD terms, it's like stimulation. When you get to a new place, I never look things up before I go. I leave my phone and I just walk outside and then just figure out a day. And I think we don't get that anymore at home.

Everything's so planned or it's just like, I don't know, I guess you could call it the sense of discovery. Like it just doesn't exist for me at home in the same way anymore. So I think that's what I get out of traveling is just like completely new surroundings, no idea what I'm doing and being forced to figure it all out. Yeah. The novelty. The novelty. Yeah. Yeah.

Everything's so planned or it's just like, I don't know, I guess you could call it the sense of discovery. Like it just doesn't exist for me at home in the same way anymore. So I think that's what I get out of traveling is just like completely new surroundings, no idea what I'm doing and being forced to figure it all out. Yeah. The novelty. The novelty. Yeah. Yeah.

I don't know if I would have discovered it sooner because even like 2013, I was in grad school and my advisor always joked that I had shiny ball syndrome. And I remember one of my professors saying that I was always doing two things at once, even in class, but that she had started to notice that I seemed to focus better if I was doing two things.

I don't know if I would have discovered it sooner because even like 2013, I was in grad school and my advisor always joked that I had shiny ball syndrome. And I remember one of my professors saying that I was always doing two things at once, even in class, but that she had started to notice that I seemed to focus better if I was doing two things.

So she stopped asking me to stop, even if I was just looking at things on an iPad or whatnot. Yeah. I think people have actually been telling me I have ADHD my whole life without even knowing that's what they were telling me. Oh, interesting.

So she stopped asking me to stop, even if I was just looking at things on an iPad or whatnot. Yeah. I think people have actually been telling me I have ADHD my whole life without even knowing that's what they were telling me. Oh, interesting.

Yeah, because I switched. It was like, yeah, like traveling. But I've also, I've been in New York since 2008 and I switched apartments every single year. So I had to just... make my life about constant change in almost every possible way.

Yeah, because I switched. It was like, yeah, like traveling. But I've also, I've been in New York since 2008 and I switched apartments every single year. So I had to just... make my life about constant change in almost every possible way.