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11 entries · updated 4 September 2026

Procrastination and ADHD

For ADHD brains, standard advice often fails because it assumes working executive functions. Here is what changes and which adaptations actually help.

Best ADHD focus apps

Five picks judged on ADHD-specific criteria, external structure, visible time, low friction, body doubling, not on generic productivity polish.

Best app blockers

Five blockers, ranked by how hard they are to defeat and who they actually suit. Includes the case for buying none of them.

Best body doubling platforms

Five ways to buy (or borrow) another human's presence, from 1-to-1 pairing to facilitated caves to free 24/7 Discord rooms.

Best Pomodoro apps

Three apps that run good Pomodoro sessions, ranked honestly, plus the unfashionable truth: a £5 kitchen timer is the best pick for many people.

How to stop procrastinating: the complete guide

The whole method in one place: understand the mechanism, diagnose why you are avoiding this task, then pick the technique built for that reason.

The 5-Day Sprint: a complete walkthrough

Our core method, day by day: five days, one avoided project, one job per day. Diagnose, build the environment, start, repeat, ship.

Freedom vs Cold Turkey

The two most-recommended blockers, head to head: cross-device subscription vs desktop-only fortress. The right answer depends on where you leak.

Procrastination statistics: what the research actually shows

The numbers that survive a citation check, each traced to its paper, and a debunking section for the statistics that circulate with no source at all.

The science of procrastination, explained

Forty years of research, told as one story: from 'lazy students' to a precise account of mood repair, discounting curves and what actually treats it.

The student's guide to beating procrastination

Students procrastinate more than anyone, at the exact life stage where deadlines are furthest away. The fixes, sorted by what you're avoiding.

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