Episode #137
Ep 137 - How to Get Big Projects Done With ADHD (Without the Overwhelm)
Big projects can feel especially heavy with ADHD — not because you can't do hard things, but because a "big project" usually isn't one task. It's 20 to 100 of them, and a lot of those steps aren't even visible until you've finished the ones before them. In this episode, Coach Mande John shares how she's currently moving six big projects forward at once, using a simple framework: Plan, Build, Run. She breaks down the difference between work that just finishes a task and work that makes all future work easier — the kind of "setting the foundation" work that feels slower today but saves you from redoing the same decisions over and over. You'll hear how Mande used this exact approach to finally remodel her laundry room (and eliminate dozens of tiny daily decisions through something called cognitive offloading), how she and her husband overhauled their gym's outdated membership system by giving the project "somewhere to live" on the calendar, and how to tell the difference between useful setup work and just decorating a project to avoid the part that actually matters. ✅ Why big projects feel so heavy with ADHD ✅ The Plan, Build, Run framework ✅ Cognitive offloading and why it matters ✅ How to protect a big project from everything else competing for it ✅ How to make today smaller without making the project smaller ✅ Setup work vs. "decorating the project" Listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on YouTube. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/weekly Book a free coaching consultation: www.learntothrivewithadhd.com/services #adhdcoach #adhdcoaching #adultadhd #adultadd #adhdhelp Click here for show note Send us Fan Mail CLICK HERE for more resources. We're on this journey together!
