Everything we know about starting.
Plain-language, properly-cited explainers on ADHD task initiation. The part where you know exactly what to do and still can't begin. No fluff, no shame, sources named.
The post-streak ghost: why streaks backfire for ADHD
The mechanic most apps lean on runs on the fear of breaking a chain. For this brain the break is inevitable, and it takes the whole habit with it.
8 min readPlanning vs. starting: two different executive functions
A perfect plan can still leave you frozen at the line, because finishing a plan and beginning it are done by two different parts of you.
8 min readThe ADHD brain dump, and the half it skips
It captures without planning, and planning is the half that releases you. What to do in the ten minutes after the list.
8 min readADHD procrastination: why it isn't ordinary procrastination
Ordinary procrastination trades the hard task for a pleasant one. The ADHD version often trades it for nothing at all. The difference, and what it changes.
8 min readPomodoro and ADHD: the timer starts after the hard part
Step one is choose a task, step two is start the timer, and both of those are the problem. What it is good for, and what the break costs you.
9 min readADHD and too much to do: stop picking the right task
A long list isn't hard to rank. It's hard to enter. Pick the one that's closest to already started, not the one that matters most.
8 min readThe 5-minute rule for ADHD: right idea, wrong number
It works by making the decision smaller, not by delivering motivation. Once you see that, the number stops being the point.
8 min readWhy productivity apps don't work for ADHD
They assume you'll act once you know what to do. That assumption is where they stop helping, and what to test the next one against.
9 min readADHD time blindness: why 2:00 never feels like now
Later stays abstract until it is suddenly too late. What the research really shows, and why a single alarm is the wrong shape for the problem.
8 min readADHD executive dysfunction: why starting is its own skill
It isn't one broken skill, it's a set of them. You can have intact planning, memory and focus and still never begin.
8 min readBody doubling for ADHD: why working near someone helps you start
Another person nearby can make a stalled task startable. What the evidence really says, and how to get the effect even when you're alone.
8 min readAffect labeling: the neuroscience of naming a feeling
Naming a feeling measurably lowers its intensity. The science of why, and how to use it in one line.
8 min readBreak it down: how to shrink a task until it starts
The smallest next action is the whole game. And what to do when your brain won't do the breaking down.
7 min readCan't start tasks with ADHD? Here's what's actually happening
The freeze has a shape and a name. Once you can see it, you can work with it instead of against it.
7 min readThe three activation axes: a framework for actually beginning
Interest, Preparation, Mood. Diagnose which one is blocking, and the right intervention becomes obvious.
8 min readADHD and task initiation: why you can't start, even when you know how
The deep version of the start problem: the executive-function failure no planner addresses, and what actually helps.
9 min readBeginary turns the research into a button you can press.
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