You know what to do. You still can’t start.
Plain writing on ADHD and starting things. Every claim has a source, and we say how strong it is.
The big one: why an ADHD brain puts off big jobs, and how small the first step has to beWith ADHD, big jobs get put off for days and small steps start. How small the first step must be, our three-piece rule, and the bill under the bed that was $9.ADHD brain dump: how to empty your head and start one thingHow to do a brain dump with ADHD in 10 minutes: the steps, a real example, what the research says, and the step most guides skip. Then start one thing.Why an ADHD brain will not start, and the four things that make it startYou can start a video in one second and not the email. That is not laziness. An ADHD brain starts on a deadline, something new, a game, or someone there.Why you only start when time is almost up, and how to make noon feel like the last nightAn ADHD brain starts when time is almost up. The problem is not the deadline, it is that it only turns real in the last hour. How to move that hour to noon.A game for one player: how to gamify tasks with ADHD without points, streaks or losingA race makes a dull task easier to start. Points and streaks you can lose make it worse. The five games we built into a to-do list, and the studies behind them.Something new: why the same task feels doable in a new place, and how to buy that on a TuesdayThe dishes get done at someone else's house. An ADHD brain starts on what is new, so the cheapest lever is the old task in a new place. How to get that at your desk.ADHD paralysis: why a full list freezes you, and why the fix is one thing picked at randomTwelve things to do and you are doing none of them. Why a full list freezes an ADHD brain, why ranking makes it worse, and the way out: one thing, picked for you.What a to-do app for an ADHD brain needs, and what it must never doYou have quit six to-do apps, and you were not the problem. Seven things a to-do list needs for an ADHD brain, four it must never do, and Apple Reminders.Body doubling: why it is easier to start when someone is thereBody doubling is doing a task with someone else in the room. What the research says, how to do it today, and what a body double on a Mac looks like.Why Notion does not hold an ADHD brain: what 2,520 complaints sayWe read 2,520 Notion complaints by hand. Slow to reach and hard to trust cover 54% of them. Why each one lands harder on an ADHD brain, and what to do instead.