The ADHD Skills Lab

Why Deadlines Don’t Feel Real With ADHD


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Presented by Understood.org

Deadlines exist right up until they don’t.

You can see it on the calendar. You know it’s coming. You’ve even thought about it a few times.

Then suddenly it’s urgent and everything else gets dropped while you scramble to catch up.

This episode explains why that keeps happening.

We break down what research shows about ADHD and time perception, and why this isn’t just poor planning. Future time doesn’t create pressure until it’s right in front of you, so you end up relying on last minute urgency just to get started.

If you’ve ever wondered why you only seem to move when things get critical, and why that keeps messing with your business, your team, or your stress levels, this will make that pattern make a lot more sense and set up the systems we’ll build on Friday.

What We Cover:

  • Why deadlines don’t create pressure until they are close
  • What research says about ADHD and time perception
  • Why last minute urgency becomes the default way to work
  • The gap between knowing a deadline and actually feeling it

If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids.

Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab

 P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye. 

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