ABSTRACT
If you’re like many adults with ADD, you put “getting organized” onyour list of odious and impossible tasks-like a starvation weight-loss regime, or a predawn daily exercise plan-something requiring iron will and perseverance. There may be a person in your life who seems to embody all the organizing virtues-“early to bed, early to rise,” combined with “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Modeling your behavior after someone who is very controlled, perhaps overcontrolled, can rarely work if you’re an adult with ADD. Those few adults with ADD who are super-organized typically consume every waking moment in their organizing efforts.
