Most planners are built around a quiet assumption: you can remember what matters, decide where to begin, estimate how long things will take, follow a sequence, and return tomorrow without losing the thread. In other words, they assume the brain’s management system is already working reliably. That is exactly where many people with ADHD run into trouble. ADHD is not simply being distracted. It can affect executive functioning—the processes used to hold information in mind, sor

Executive function is the set of mental processes that allow you to manage yourself and your behavior toward goals. It covers: starting tasks, sustaining effort, switching between tasks, planning sequences of action, prioritizing, monitoring your own performance, managing time, holding information in working memory while using it, and inhibiting impulses that would derail you.