Free quiz 8 questions About 2 min

Which Executive Function Needs Backup?

Starting, planning, time, memory or switching: find the skill to support first.

Executive functions are the brain's management skills: starting, planning, keeping track of time, holding things in mind and switching between tasks. Everyone finds some harder than others. Eight quick questions to find the one that needs backup most.

For reflection, not diagnosis. Only a qualified clinician can diagnose ADHD.

Question 1 of 8

Which happens most often?

I know what to do but can't make myself begin. I dive in without a plan and end up redoing things. I think something will take ten minutes and it takes an hour. I walk into a room and forget why. Once I'm into something, it's really hard to stop.

Question 2 of 8

Getting ready to leave the house, you…

Remember the keys only once you're at the door. Think there's loads of time, then you're late. Go back in twice for things you forgot. Struggle to put down what you were doing. Can't get off the sofa to begin getting ready.

Question 3 of 8

At work or study, the hardest part is…

Guessing how long things will take. Keeping track of what people asked me to do. Getting back on track after an interruption. Getting going in the morning. Breaking a big project into steps.

Question 4 of 8

Your phone's notes are full of…

Lists, because otherwise it's gone. Unfinished notes from when I got pulled away. Things I keep meaning to start. Half-made plans. Reminders I set too late.

Question 5 of 8

When plans change at the last minute, you…

Find it hard to let go of the old one. Lose the momentum you'd built up. Have to rethink the whole thing. End up running late. Forget the new plan.

Question 6 of 8

A friend would describe you as…

Brilliant once you get going. Full of ideas, light on plans. Always five minutes late. Forgetful, but lovely. In your own world when you're focused.

Question 7 of 8

Which tool would you use every day?

A simple step-by-step planner. A timer I can see. One place to dump every thought. A heads-up before I need to switch. Something that makes the first step tiny.

Question 8 of 8

On a good day, what's different?

I knew roughly what time it was all day. I didn't drop any balls. I moved between things without a battle. I got started early. I knew what order to do things in.

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