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In the same vein, here’s a fun illustrated guide to procrastination (and fixing it) by Tim Urban:

https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrasti...

And accompanying TED Talk: https://youtu.be/arj7oStGLkU

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That is so true it is not even funny.

But the essay(s) don't mention ADHD at all. Is that intentional ?

May be some dopomine deprived people don't even have a choice other than to embrace the monkey :-(

Over time I have definitely come to see my ADHD as a blessing and a curse. I feel really lucky that I responded so well to medication, though sometimes I still feel so scattered I lack total enjoyment with whatever projects I work on.

So when I really need my monkey to to take the back seat for a while I can use medication.

I have been a life long procrastinator, but I did not link it to ADD until recently. When I started hearing more about ADD the symptoms matched up. In the past procrastination was identified only as a moral failing that could be fixed by identifying the correct process. Now it is looked at as a probable symptom of a disorder, which can be helped with behavioral therapy and/or medication.

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