ADHD put off boring tasks. We don’t tell ourselves we’re avoiding the task because it is boring; we tell ourselves we don’t have time.
Really we’re drawing out the anguish and creating more work in the end.We can change this. ADHD Coach Alan Brown advises people with ADHD to shift their language and mindset around so-called boring tasks.
For example, we often see ourselves as victims forced to do something when a task is considered a “have to.” Saying that a task is a “will do” — instead of acknowledging it as something we hate doing it — transforms our mindset.
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