Time + Remembering / teens · adults / Reflect
Time Estimate Reality Check
Your gut estimate is probably wrong in the same direction every time. Here's the fix.
What this is for
ADHD time perception tends to badly underestimate how long things take, which means plans built on gut-feel timing are set up to fail before they start.
When to use it
Before you commit to a schedule, or after you've been late again and want to know why.
What you leave with
A corrected, realistic estimate for one task, plus a rule to apply to future ones.
1 / 2
What's the task, and how long do you think it'll take?
Pick one to keep going.
Why this can help
Difficulty accurately sensing elapsed and future time — sometimes called 'time blindness' — is well documented in ADHD, and correcting for it deliberately works better than trying to 'feel' time more accurately.
Barkley, ADHD and time perception research