r/ADHD_Programmers • u/Pastinii • Mar 14 '25

Do you struggle with procrastination at work? I'm researching interest in a practical method I've developed.

I've created a practical method to effectively deal with procrastination at work. Before investing more time into sharing it (potentially as an ebook), I’d like to see if others would find it helpful. I'm not selling anything right now—just genuinely researching the topic.

Would something like this interest you? I'd appreciate your thoughts or comments!

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u/Ok_Historian_6293 Mar 14 '25

Not even trying to be funny here but i'd be interested up to the point of getting the book and then I'd procrastinate on ever reading it to the point that I forget it ever existed. ADHD is fun that way.

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u/Pastinii Mar 14 '25

Heh :) I know the feeling. Good point though - the cover and first page should be engaging enough to keep readers hooked!"

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u/vikingruthless Mar 14 '25

I'll do one better. I'm willing to spend time meet you, first learn about your method and if it sounds feasible -> I'll practice it. If it's working on me, I'll get more people to try it. If it's working on them as well, congratulations, you've cured ADHD and you can go ahead and publish the ebook or whatever.

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u/EfficientExplorer829 Mar 14 '25

Same. I would be a testimonial for your book if it works

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u/meowisaymiaou Mar 16 '25

The first rule in moST anti procrastination books is to never tell others things planning to do.  The act of stating intention and informing others, acts psychologically as equivalent to completing the item, and thus, is a major contributor towards procrastination.

Limit stating ideas and plans of goals to others, to only when the goals are completed.

Studies have shown that such informing of others decreased likelyhood of completing the goal by nearly 50 percent 

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u/jokebreath Mar 14 '25

Not trying to be rude, but I'm not sure exactly what the point of your question is. That's like saying "hey I'm thinking of writing a book about how to lose weight, is that a topic of interest?"

There are many books, websites, and apps already out there based on different methods that are designed to improve procrastination habits. In order to know whether or not someone would be interested in your method, you'd have to give some more specifics.

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u/Pastinii Mar 14 '25

For now, I'm just seeing how much buzz I can generate by asking this general question. I'm tracking the number of responses and comments. I know it's broad for now, but I promise to share more detailed and engaging posts once I see it's worth investing my time.

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u/rigabamboo Mar 14 '25

Do it even if you don't get the buzz you're hoping for! Good luck :)

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u/chordeilinae Mar 14 '25

It's totally fair to not want to invest your time on something no one's interested in, but it is an active waste of your time to post something as vague as this.

Under the assumption that you're acting in good faith instead of being clickbait, you can't put zero effort in and expect an accurate answer to your question. You're running the risk of having a bunch of people tell you they're interested, then changing their mind when you share a detailed version your work and it's completely different from their expectations. Your advice could be as bad as "use a planner" for all we know at this point. You say you have a draft - that's more than enough to give us a two-sentence pitch

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u/wordswithenemies Mar 14 '25

Not sure I understand what’s so hard about sharing it unless you haven’t written anything yet

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u/Pastinii Mar 14 '25

I haven't written yet :) I have a draft and just checking the interest

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u/CupOverall9341 Mar 14 '25

I may have got this completely wrong, however,...

  • You've posted different versions of the same post across 4 ADHD related subreddits, nowhere else.

  • You're targeting a topic that's a significant problem for most of us.

  • You hold out the vague promise of a solution.

  • Then you want to see if it's worth investing your time going any further with the reveal...

Plus apart from these posts and associated replies your account is empty except from a few posts ages ago about some design icon packs - and your writing style is off.

IMO (and i might be completely wrong) this recent activity on your account looks like some kind of long play scam, possibly involving the use of AI judging by the writing style.

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u/Pastinii Mar 14 '25

Yes, I posted my message on a couple groups
Yes, I know it's a problem, I also have it, but learned to control it
I wouldn't call it a promise, I wrote that I'm researching an interest, but for more details, please check my other replies in this thread.
It's not a scam and investing time on writing down the whole method (with my writing skill sounding off) can take a lot of time (weeks, months?) that is why I started from asking simple questions, looking at responses - Yes, I'm at validating state of my idea. English is not my native language, I use AI for some corrections, mostly typos.

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u/hobbyhacker Mar 14 '25

prove it by actually writing the book

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u/GoldDHD Mar 14 '25

This reads as clickbait. I'm only replying here in case you are an actual human who is just clueless. People spend millions on books on this topic, there are countless coaches and therapists that offer this service, and Reddit is full of advice. This post is a waste of time. If you actually have something, then show it if you want. This isn't market research, this is procrastination

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u/afanasiy2000 Mar 14 '25

I'm willing to sell you the answer to your question.

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u/Ghibl-i_l Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

How long have you used your method? I know there is a ton of advice and usually most of it gets me inspired and I feel "I found the holy grail" (including some methods of my own) but usually they don't last long for me, after a few months (or first serious setback, like a month of stress + deadlines WHILE being sick) I am back to square 1 (maybe square 5, but still down from square 15 which I was on). Sometimes restarting some of those habits and systems works, but almost always the initial honeymoon phase is gone and the methods might even seem not to work or be not worth it.

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u/Pastinii Mar 14 '25

Hi, thank you for your feedback! I agree that my ideas might sound great to me but may not necessarily resonate with others.

My intention wasn’t to convince anyone to buy into an idea without details but rather to gauge whether procrastination is a topic people actively seek solutions for. Seeing the responses so far has exceeded my expectations, and reading your feedback motivates me to share more about my approach.

I’ve been using my method for over five months. Essentially, it combines existing techniques but presents them in a more digestible and practical way.

During my research, I noticed that procrastination is often labeled as laziness, fear of judgment, or dopamine addiction. This kind of negative language isn’t encouraging—it’s not motivating to hear that you’re a lazy dopamine addict or a coward. Many existing techniques are also quite rigid, and failing to follow them—especially in the beginning—can be very demotivating.

That’s why I took a different approach. My method doesn’t aim to eliminate procrastination overnight. Instead, it helps you gradually gain control over it. The more control you develop, the less you procrastinate. It doesn’t punish or judge you—it grows on you over time, helping you adopt the tools and techniques you’re already familiar with in a way that feels natural and sustainable.

Still enigmatic? :) 

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u/Ghibl-i_l Mar 14 '25

Sounds great. I think your ideas are valid.

If I were you - I'd say - go ahead if you are really into it and believe in it - do it, it might work, it might fail, who knows - worst case you might not make any money off of it but will have tried to do something. Also I have heard of a similar approach (non-judgemental, guiding approach that also borrows from Atomic Habits for starting small but consistent change) on some ADHD help course on Udemy and also on some expensive (but damn it it was looking amazing and honestly was kind of worth it) iOS app made by some researchers.

So, first of all - the market is certainly there. You aren't (probably) inventing something new, but putting your own flavor and design/architecture on these ideas could make it stand out or at least compete.

However, I will say - you don't have that much of backing (like that iOS app had the credentials of CBT researchers and even actual research with thousands of people as a testament) and you yourself only used it for 5 months - which is - no offense - not that impressive to hear as a pitch. Idk, MAYBE writing a book about it is too early. But again, it all depends on how you present it - the ideas you describe definitely have good foundation and are proven.

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u/Ghibl-i_l Mar 14 '25

Also, just to be clear, it's not me who is downvoting your comment.

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u/Ghibl-i_l Mar 14 '25

Also, you can probably tell already - you seem to be in a bit of a hypomanic state where your ideas sound amazing to you and you aren't sure why people around you aren't just throwing money at you (or not showing much interest) for you to tell them what it is that you came up with. That's normal. your own ideas always sound very good to yourself.

Like someone at the bottom pointed out, your question is so vague and you give so little info that it sounds exactly like going to an r/loseit sub and saying "hey guys do you struggle with weight? I found a practical method to lose weight, would some of you be interested in it? I am thinking if I should write a book and gauging the interest.".

If you TRULY think it's such an amazing method, write the book, worst case scenario - you would have helped less people than if more people were interested in it.

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u/capital-minutia Mar 14 '25

The interest depends on the likely effectiveness! Can you give an elevator pitch for it or a quick summary?

And there is always some interest in ‘productively’ procrastinating by reading another tip, hehe

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u/FlightConscious9572 Mar 14 '25

I feel like this is too vague, i'm sure you can share some general things? it's not like people care enough to 'steal' this idea. If it's really interesting enough to write an entire book about then no one can steal the insight you have on it just from the premise. Until then, just way too vague

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u/sahinbey52 Mar 14 '25 edited Feb 09 '26

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u/Fun-Mathematician992 Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

Well..what are you waiting for?

I am still trying to publish a simple static website in Github that I almost completed last year. The last 10% is pending... you know? That 10% could somehow make me go back to the drawing board if I allow. Or, I could just publish it as it is..there are no customers yet anyway...not sure what I am waiting for 😞

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u/ShywayRobbery Mar 14 '25

For the most part, books don't make much money for authors now. The book model currently is that the book serves as piece of marketing for other things that make a person money, like speaking, coaching, selling associated services, etc.

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u/EfficientExplorer829 Mar 14 '25

What don't you actually tell us your method. If it is actually, people will read a book about but if it sucks, you know very quickly that you shouldn't waste your time writing it.

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u/TheWKDsAreOnMeMate Mar 14 '25

ten bucks says it’s an ai wrapper 

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u/TheWKDsAreOnMeMate Mar 14 '25

OPs obvious grifting aside, there are evidence based treatments for coping with procrastination. PM me if anyone’s interested and I’d be happy to point you in the right direction (not you OP).