How I talk my ADHD brain into doing the thing I'm procrastinating now

If you've got a mountain of things you keep meaning to finish and can't figure out why you won't start, this one's for you. Years ago I stopped trying to force myself to tackle the whole thing at once. Instead of staring at "finish the expired package" on my list, I started interviewing myself on paper — one question, one answer, then the next question — until the giant task shrank into something I could actually pick up. A few lines in, I found the idea that changed everything — you never procrastinate the task, you procrastinate the noun of it. Narrow it to the one piece you'd actually enjoy. Guess how long it honestly takes. Then pin a real time and a real place. That part never goes obsolete. It all traces back to one journal page, and a single question written at the top of it. Dean See more at: https://deanjackson.com/ ⏱ Chapters: 00:00 — who are you really talking to when you talk to yourself 00:28 — the dialogues that show up across every journal 00:57 — the first full conversation I ever had with myself 01:28 — tricking my ADHD brain into doing the work 02:00 — I didn't know I was ADHD yet, but the signs were all here 02:32 — the thing I was avoiding: the expired listing package 03:03 — Pressfield, The War of Art, and "the Resistance" 03:35 — the ADHD brain only knows two times: now and not now 04:05 — that sounds like a future Dean problem 04:35 — the creative curse: it's already finished in your head 05:05 — the speed of reality is 60 minutes an hour 05:36 — "why do I procrastinate?" written at the top of the page 06:08 — you can't take action on "finish the package" 06:40 — narrowing it down to the specific steps 07:10 — learning to estimate time: four to six hours 07:40 — which part would you enjoy most? what could you delegate? 08:10 — from "finish the package" to "write the main letter" 08:38 — nail down the time: 6 to 8, in the back cave 09:05 — the next morning: amazed it actually worked 09:30 — Evan, the book Creativity, and dialogues on paper 09:50 — the seed of something big, a few journals away