Time
When time is either "now" or "not now" — how to make it visible.
In one minute
"Time blindness" is a plain-English term for something measurable: people with ADHD tend to be less accurate at judging how long things take and how much time has passed. A meta-analysis of more than 50 studies found these differences consistently across age groups.
It is not a formal diagnosis and it does not appear in the diagnostic manuals, but the underlying difficulty is well documented and closely linked to working memory and attention.
The fix is not to try harder to sense time. It is to put time outside your head, where you can see it.
This guide is in the section “Getting things done”
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