Avoiding emails with ADHD? The one you've put off for a week, done in ten minutes

There's always one. The complaint you need to make. The apology you owe. The reply that needs a little care, so it waits for the right moment, and the right moment never comes. If you're avoiding emails with ADHD, you know the one.

It's rarely about the typing. It's the weight of it. Every day it sits, it gets heavier.

Why one email can stop a whole day

A hard email isn't one task. It's a stack. What do I say? How do I say it without sounding rude? Where are the details I need? What if they write back?

My brain sees the whole stack at once and freezes. So the email sits, and I carry it around all week.

A first draft in my own voice

Now I tell my assistant what the email is about, in plain words, the way I'd say it out loud. Because it has my notes, it already knows the background. The dates, the account number, what was said last time.

What comes back is a first draft in my voice. Not a robot's. Mine. Then I fix what needs fixing.

A hard email that would have sat for a week goes out calm and clear in ten minutes.

I read every word before it goes

This is rule two, and I never bend it. My assistant drafts. I read. I send.

Nothing goes out in my name that I haven't seen, word for word. Assistive, not directive. The assistant takes the weight off the start. The decision stays with me.

What to do next

Think of the email you've been putting off. Say out loud, in one or two sentences, what you need it to say. Write those sentences down. That's the first bite, and the hardest one is already done.

This is my own experience, not a doctor's advice. The kit shows how to set your assistant up so it knows the background before you ask.