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Most of us would say that being an adult requires you to multitask at an intense rate… To accomplish everything, you have to be able to know when to laser in and focus. But what if you’ve struggled to do so, and have struggled for as long as you can remember? For a 66-year-old woman named Cathy Fields, it was so bad that she couldn’t even follow basic conversations with her friends. She told NPR in the piece “Losing Your Mind? It Might Be Undiagnosed Adult ADHD,” “I could sense something was wrong with me. I couldn’t focus. I could not follow.” What she initially believed to be diminishing brain function (dementia) or a stroke when she went to the doctor was diagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)… according to the John Hopkins School of Medicine’s Dr. David Goodman, more individuals over 50 are being diagnosed with ADHD, which they didn’t realize they had had symptoms of since childhood… [ MadameNoire ] Looking For A Simple Way To Invest & Save Money? This App Is For You … Recently, I came across one of Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club interview featuring Stacy Tisdale and Sirita Wright from Black Enterprise Magazine, who discussed various financial matters and gave advise to watchers and listeners. As expected, the topic of savings popped up, to which they recommended an app called Acorns. Basically, what the app does is automatically invests your spare change from debit and credit card transactions by rounding up to the next dollar on all purchases. Once the roundups reach $5, it withdraws the money and invests in a personalized stock portfolio, CNN Money reported. The fairly new app, which is the first of its kind, is great for achieving both short-term savings goals and building wealth, according to Investor Junkie. “People generally associate investing with lots of dollars,”Jeff Cruttenden, co-founder and CEO of Acorns told CNN. “Once [people] find out that you can invest spare change, it’s a really attractive concept.” [ MadameNoire ] Nick Cannon Drops Spoken Word Poem On Racism, Oscars, & More Nick Cannon has weighed in on the #OscarsSoWhite struggle with a spoken word poem. The Chiraq star is of course known as a “renaissance man” working as a host, producer, actor, comedian, etc. That said, he’s apparently against the machine that is show business (money is his motivation, as noted in the poem). Cannon recorded a two-minute black-and-white video rocking a beanie and a vest, sitting on steps. He spits on various topics including racism and police brutality, name-dropping Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland, among others. Some of his more interesting lines include comparing Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X to Magic Johnson and Bill Cosby. “The black plague, they want us to catch it” he spits. “Just ask Magic, Martin, Malcolm, Muhammad Ali, Bill Cosby…” [ HipHopWired ] Barack And Michelle Obama’s First Date Story ‘Southside With You’ Premieres At Sundance [ Vibe ] Cam Newton — Dabbin’ In the Club … After Crushing Cardinals [ TMZ ] Ava DuVernay Wants You To Stop Using The Word ‘Diversity’ [ HuffingtonPost ] Kourtney Kardashian Reveals Whether She’s More Than Friends With Justin Bieber [ StarPulse ]

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Could You Have Undiagnosed Adult ADHD? It’s More Common Than You Think!