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385- Perfectionism and ADHD: Making ‘Good Enough’ Work for You

ADHD Experts Podcast

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Avoidance Procrastination

There are two types of procrastination: avoidance and perfectionism. Avoidance is when things seem too difficult or unpleasant to begin with, and because you can't do them right. Perfectionism is a lack of confidence in your ability matched with difficulty gauging how to approach a task - perhaps there's a memory of a previous failure that haunts beginning this particular effort. So what are some general tools for reducing perfectionism? Doe a brain dump. Identify what's critical to do right now. Break tasks down with a smaller chunk of work as your goal. Set start and stop time,. Use tomato timers or some other technological device to help you work ind peer in chunks that

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