In biology class, you learn that every life form adopts a niche: a little role in some corner of the ecosystem, where it earns its daily bread by doing a rather specific thing.
For example, the dung beetle collects animal poo, presumably because nobody else was already doing that, then rolls it into balls and lays its eggs inside of them, giving its larvae a handy source of nutrients.
The beaver gnaws at trees until they fall over, then drags the logs into piles. These piles dam streams and rivers, creating artificial ponds, which hide the beavers from predators and expand their access to food.
Squirrels, being better climbers than mice, once fed themselves by collecting seeds from hard-to-reach branches, and now specialize in stealing cherry tomatoes from my garden.
In blogging school, you learn the same principle: every little blog trying to make its way in the vast content ocean must establish itself in a niche. It needs to stake out a little corner of the action, a little field it can work, so to speak.
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I'm David, and Raptitude is a blog about getting better at being human -- things we can do to improve our lives today.
I'd be interested to know where ADHD medication fits into this philosophy, if you are willing to share on that. (am i remembering correctly, you saying that your capacity for discipline increased after diagnosis and medication? please ignore if this is too personal to go into.) Self discipline is certainly...