The pressure to be productive with ADHD (Dani Donovan’s story!)

People with ADHD know what it’s like to be called lazy. Is that
because they don’t seem “productive”? Who better to talk about
this with than the creator of The Anti-Planner: How to Get
Sh*t When You Don’t Feel Like It, Dani Donovan. Dani shares
her ADHD “aha” moments and what drove her to create an activity
book designed for procrastinators.


Dani and host Laura Key chat about what it means to be productive
with ADHD. Dani shares how she would criticize herself intensely
so that others wouldn’t. They also talk about analysis paralysis,
rejection sensitivity, friendship, and how understanding
neurodiversity can change the game.


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Related resources

ADHD and perfectionism

ADHD and “analysis paralysis”

Dani’s website



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