Impulsivity: I have a hard time thinking before I act and trouble resisting the urge to say or do something. I don't evaluate a situation and how my behavior might impact it.
Emotional Control: I struggle to manage my emotions to achieve my goals, complete tasks, or control and direct my behavior.
Getting Started on stuff: It is hard for me to begin projects without undue procrastination, in an efficient or timely fashion.
Organization: I seem to lack the ability to create and maintain systems to keep track of information or materials.
Flexibility: I struggle to revise plans in the face of obstacles, setbacks, new information, or mistakes. I'm not very adaptable to changing conditions.
Goal-Directed Persistence: I struggle when it comes to setting goals, following through to completion of the goals, and not being put off by or distracted by competing interests.
Working Memory: It is hard for me to hold information in memory while performing complex tasks. I have trouble drawing on past learning or experience to apply to the situation at hand or to a future project.
Sustained Attention: It is so challenging to keep paying attention to a situation or task in spite of my distractibility, fatigue or boredom.
Planning/Prioritization: I struggle to create a roadmap to reach a goal or to complete a task. It is so hard to make decisions about what’s important to focus on and what’s not important.
Time Management: I am very challenged in my ability to estimate how much time I have, how to allocate it, how to stay within time limits and deadlines. I don't really have an innate sense that time is important, even though I know it is..
Metacognition: My inner narrative kind of sucks, plus I struggle to stand back and take a bird’s-eye-view of myself in a situation, to observe how I problem-solve. Self-monitoring and self-evaluation is tough for me (i.e. asking myself, “How am I doing? Or “How did I do?”)
Studying and or class work is truly a challenge.
