Executive Dysfunction Workbook

I created the Executive Dysfunction worksheets because it is something I've struggled with since I became an adult and probably even before that. When I wrote about it in 2019, I called it the Impossible Task. An Impossible Task is a task that feels hard to do even though logically you know it isn't. The time and energy you take obsessing about it, planning it, thinking about it, worrying over it, beating yourself up for not doing it - takes longer than it does to do it. Now we have a word for that - Executive Dysfunction. When we talk about executive function we mean a series of steps your brain takes to get something done. Things like task initiation - being able to start a task without being asked. Organization - having everything you need to do a task. Time management - knowing how much time a task will take. Working memory - remembering all of the elements of what you're supposed to do. If our brain struggles with one of these things it throws the whole system off and then we stru