4 ways to accomplish tasks you'd rather procrastinate or avoid altogether, writes CBT4ADHD
defined as putting off one’s priority task by escaping to a lower priority, but still productive task.In that earlier post I outlined, the elements of these escape tasks that make them more desirable, at least when facing a more challenging priority task, particularly for adults withPart 2 focuses on taking these elements and re-purposing them to overcome procrastination.
Most often, this step is not anything productive, but is still necessary, such as getting oneself to the place where the task is to be done or gathering need items. Hence, a manual step for taxes is “collect envelopes that say ‘important tax document enclosed” and take them to the kitchen table” or wherever it is to be done. For a student, the manual step might be “get to the library” or “open the essay file.
Once started, people often continue working on that priority task for at least a little longer than planned, which is a bonus. However, particularly for adults with ADHD, if they would have set out to work that long, they would have been at risk for thoughts and feelings related to the idea “I’m not up for this right now” or “I’m not in the mood to work that long” and have abandoned the plan before starting.
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