Exploration: Overcoming procrastination Part 2

There are doable ways to get ourselves going

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In Part 1 we looked at several reasons why our ADHD makes task initiation so difficult and why we procrastinate so much:

• The pressure to be productive from our capitalist society

• Messages we took on in childhood

• Perfectionism and our intense dislike of not doing something well or right

• Overwhelm from time agnosia and the task feeling too big and unmanageable

• A lack of interest, reward or novelty

• Low levels of dopamine

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Overcoming procrastination Part 2

Here in Part 2 we’re looking at what we can do to overcome procrastination and find motivation – the practical steps we can take to get going on what we need or want to do. This is not an exhaustive list and not everything works for everyone – we may have ADHD but we’re still unique individuals after all.

Try out different ideas and see what works for you. It’s good to have a variety of strategies (we like to keep things interesting, remember!) and different tools work for different situations and at different times.