What if your work life as well was choppy?

[LauraV]

When writing my personal history and including my work experience, 1. I only realized how much my ADHD affected my ability to work until after I graduated college the first time, and 2., I jumped around from temp agency to temp many times over several years among other attempted jobs I hated and left rather quickly, and 3. ,I have 2 resumes on two topics?  How would I even begin to explain this sort of work history? Just leave many jobs that lasted less than 6 months which I basically tried and gave up on, out? And focus on my resume with the most art related experience and down play my post degree and the work most relevant to that as it isn't what I'm apply for grad school for?

[works_on_paper]

If you're going for an MFA in visual arts, and are being asked to provide an artist's CV/resume, the only work experience that belongs in it is that which is directly art-related (shows, teaching, gallery representation, publications, volunteering, grants/awards). You may not have much, if anything; lots of recent undergrads don't. But whatever you've got, that's what the CV is for, unless the program's admissions guidelines specifically state otherwise.

If any of the jobs you've had have strongly influenced your work in a crucial way (be it medium, process, or concept); or is relevant to your professional goals as an artist, that should be mentioned in your personal statement. For example, if you have significant teaching experience, and one of your goals is to teach art, that's worth mentioning. But a resume listing all the non-art jobs you've ever had hasn't been a requirement for any of the art MFA programs I've ever looked at. 

And I should add that a lot of artists have scattered and sketchy work and academic backgrounds, which is why nobody cares about your job history or GRE math score. What MFA admissions committees generally want to see is that you're actively developing the technical skill and conceptual toolkit needed to make quality work; have the drive and self-discipline to actually spend long hours in the studio making art; and that you as an artist and human being will be a good fit within a given program.