Dr. K explains time blindness in ADHD and how it is the hidden deficit that makes planning, punctuality, and follow-through so hard. He breaks down how an impaired internal clock and poor retrospective time perception (not tracking how long things actually take) lead to procrastination, chronic lateness, and undervaluing an hour. Then he offers clear, workable fixes that rebuild your sense of time.

Topics include:

Why ADHD brains misjudge how long tasks take (and why that wrecks planning)

Over/under-estimating time: how it stalls motivation and starts the procrastination loop

The “value of an hour” problem and why wasting time feels cheap

Practical tools: timers, alarms, calendars, and logging real task durations

Sensory-based learning to retrain time estimation (use a visible clock, write it down)

Dr. Micaela’s tips: break routines into minute-by-minute steps and add distraction cushions

This episode reframes lateness and “laziness” as solvable timing issues and gives you a simple system to start showing up on time.

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