The questions — ADHD or Not

1/25 gut feeling, not deep thought

01/25

You've read the same paragraph four times and absorbed exactly none of it.
The words went in. Nothing stayed.

Words go in, words stay Only when knackered Most weeks Most days It's happening now

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02/25

You have worked eleven hours straight, forgotten to eat, and not noticed it getting dark.
Careful. This is evidence for the pattern, not against it.

Never in my life Once, years ago A few times a year Most months That was yesterday

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03/25

You cannot start a two-line reply, but you can research something nobody asked about for three hours.
Same brain. Same afternoon.

No, both equally dull A bit Yes, and it annoys me Yes, most weeks I'm doing the research now

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04/25

A boring task you have genuinely agreed matters. You sit down and simply do it.
No deadline, no audience, no adrenaline. Just doing it.

Absolutely not Only under threat Eventually, grudgingly Usually, yes Immediately, every time

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05/25

How often do you set up a beautiful new system — an app, a notebook, a spreadsheet with real ambition?
Setting it up was the best part of that week and you know it.

I don't do this Once A few times Annually, like a migration There's one open right now

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06/25

The last organising system you set up with real enthusiasm — how long did you keep using it?
Not the day you deleted it. The day you stopped opening it.

Years. Still using it. A good long while A couple of months About eleven days It died during setup

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07/25

You have built a tool to help you do the work, instead of doing the work.
Technical people get a premium edition of this problem.

Never Once, and it felt odd Sometimes It's a genre for me now That was this entire week

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08/25

The keys, the wallet, or the one critical document has staged a disappearance.
It was in your hand. You watched it leave.

Everything has a place Rarely Monthly Weekly Something is missing now

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09/25

You sincerely believed it would take twenty minutes.
You will believe it again next time.

And it took twenty minutes Slightly over Double Four hours It's been three days

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10/25

A deadline close enough to touch is the most reliable motivation you have ever found.
Panic: the productivity system that always ships.

No, I work steadily It helps a little It helps a lot It's the main engine It's the only engine

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11/25

You worked late to catch up, and the next morning was worse than if you had stopped.
Today's extra hour, paid for out of tomorrow.

Doesn't happen Occasionally Fairly often That's the usual pattern That was this week. Twice.

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12/25

An entire evening has gone missing and you genuinely cannot account for it.
It was 8pm. Then it was not.

I know where my evenings go Once in a while Monthly Weekly One's going now

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13/25

You sit down to something you left on Thursday. How long until you are actually working?
Not reading about it. Not tidying it. Working.

A minute or two About ten minutes Half an hour Most of the morning I never got back in

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14/25

You open the old plan to check one thing, and the day quietly becomes a new plan.
The new one is better. It is also not the work.

Never Rarely Sometimes It's my signature move I have three, all dated

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15/25

Someone interrupts you in the middle of something. What actually happens next?
Losing a moment and losing the thread are very different prices.

I pick straight back up A small dip Takes me a while The thread's gone The day's gone

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16/25

You never really stop working on something — shower, car, 2am — without ever advancing it.
Thinking about it constantly is not the same as doing it.

No, I switch off Occasionally Often Constantly I'm doing it about something right now

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17/25

Your output over a month: three remarkable days, a fortnight of very little, then a burst.
Not how much you produce. How unevenly.

No, it's steady Mildly uneven Quite uneven That's exactly it That's a flattering description

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18/25

The work that goes best is reliably the work nobody assigned you.
Nobody asked for it. It pays nothing. It got done.

Makes no difference A bit Noticeably Enormously It's the only work that gets done

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19/25

How well does a distant reason — "this matters for my career" — actually get you moving?
As opposed to someone waiting, or money moving, this week.

Long-term reasons work fine They mostly work They're weak They're decorative They have never once worked

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20/25

Willpower alone, with nothing whatsoever riding on it, gets you started.
No stakes, no novelty, no deadline. Just deciding to.

Never once Rarely Sometimes Usually Yes, routinely

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21/25

How many things have you actually finished — working, done, good — and then never sent out?
Not abandoned. Finished. Sitting in a folder.

If it's done, it ships One thing, once A couple Several I could give you a list

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22/25

Count the things you started and abandoned. Now count the ones you finished.
The ratio is the interesting bit, not the total.

Finished wins easily About even Abandoned wins Abandoned wins by a lot I'd rather not say it out loud

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23/25

The interesting part ends at about 80 percent, and so, mysteriously, does your interest.
The last ten percent is all admin and no novelty.

I enjoy finishing Slight dip It gets hard That's where things die 80 percent is my resting state

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24/25

Somebody wanted something from you, asked twice, and then stopped asking.
Usually the most expensive line on the whole bill.

Hasn't happened Once A few times More than I'd like I know exactly who

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25/25

From the outside your record looks fine. Deadlines met, nobody worried. The cost is invisible.
All-nighters that worked. Recovery days nobody counts.

No hidden cost A little A fair bit Quite a lot Nobody has the faintest idea

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Nothing gets stored. The result is just a link.