If you know how to harness your ADHD it can become a super power. Yesterday I wrote a sermon in about 3.5 hours. I taught an OT class to Jr. High students. I recorded a couple podcasts and then after family dinner I researched my ancestry for about 2 hours before working out. I don’t say this to brag in anyway. It’s actually a normal Thursday for me. But my daughter came up to me during my post-dinner deep dive and said, “Dad are you working or are you doing this for fun?” and I realized I was locked in and intensely focused. I’m not an expert on ADHD. I was diagnosed when I was young. My parents were told by a child psychiatrist that kids with my level of ADHD usually end up in prison. They put me on meds. I hated them and they took me off of them after a couple of months. But eventually I learned how to harness my ADHD and become hyper focused to achieve my goals in life. Here’s 4 things that work for me. 1. Build a schedule around your goals that maximizes urgency. I can’t write my sermons a week in advance. I don’t know why. I’ll read and research and think but I can’t write. I write my sermons on Thursday mornings before I preach on Sunday. I usually get them about 90% done and then return to them Saturday night to finish them. This is true of almost everything I do. Until it’s urgent, I procrastinate and do something else, anything else. But when it feels urgent and the pressure builds I can lock in for 3-4 hours at a time. 2. Break up your deep work with physical work. I usually work out over my lunch break. Currently, I work out every day. I mix it up between BJJ, CrossFit, rucking, mountain biking, golfing, and running. When I type that out, I sound crazy. But I’ve got a lot of interests and it keeps me moving without getting bored. 3. Caffeine and Nicotine help me focus. Since I’m 46, I can’t do caffeine after 2 pm if I want to get good sleep. So I do one pour over in the morning before my time with the Lord and usually something after lunch. My post lunch caffeine intake depends on what I’ve got to do. If I don’t have something that requires intense focus I’ll just drink a zevia. If it needs intense focus, an iced coffee or maybe an energy drink. For Nicotine I use Alp 9mg’s and I keep them in about 90 minutes at a time. I use about 5-6 of them a day but occasionally more. 4. I get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night. If I get less, I’ll struggle all day long to focus.

🚨LEAKED AUDIO: @RobSandIA says his proposed changes to state government will only happen AFTER his term because Republicans need to, “take their medicine.” Sand preaches “better and truer,” but behind closed doors promises retribution. #iagov

In his final moments, Henry Nowak told police officers nine times “I can’t breathe” and four times that he had been stabbed. In response police officer dragged him across the gravel, handcuffed and read him his rights. It was the last thing Henry heard before he died.

ICE agent standing guard at Delaney Hall sports a Hulk green Rolex Submariner over his “We The People” tattoo

AWFUL: A Quebec physician says parents should be able to euthanize disabled newborn babies. He says parents “should have the opportunity” to have their newborn killed under Canada’s MAiD euthanasia regime. This is absolutely insane.

Excited to announce that my 83-page ASSIMILATION Act has been introduced. Months of labor were undertaken by my staff, @SenTuberville and myself in order to GUT the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, as well as scrap provisions of the Immigration Act of the 1990s. The goal of this bill is simple: end replacement migration and ensure American cultural cohesion. This bill will end the H-1B scam, ensure migrants NEVER become a public charge, and make America look like America again. FYI, net immigration immediately decreases by 85% under this bill. Some other things it does: • National Interest Standard • Stringent Character Tests • Mandatory E-Verify • Ends Chain Migration • Ends Diversity Lottery • GUTS Birthright Citizenship • WAY Tougher Asylum Standards • Stronger Public Charge Rules • 10 Year Citizenship Requirement • English & American Civics PROFICIENCY