The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don't Feel Like It - Undated ADHD Planner Alternative for Adults, Women & Teens, 100+ Productivity Strategies for Focus & Procrastination

I’m a late diagnosed 72 year old woman who has had ADHD all my life but didn’t realize anything was wrong with me, until the last few years when my symptoms ratcheted up. I got on line and researched and found My People!! I ordered a few ADHD books to start with, this being one of them. I’ve finally been diagnosed and found a medication that works for me and the best ADHD life coach in central Texas! I digress - who me? - but this book is so freaking helpful, it’s perfect to just find the tab that describes what’s going on with me at the moment and then finding great tools and tricks to help me right then! I love the colorful words version bc they just feel good to say sometimes. I absolutely love this ADHD Bible - It’s truly worth every penny!

Whether you identify as neurodivergent or not, this is a great tool for helping you get stuff done when you don't want to do it. I recommend to students all the time.

I never write reviews… but the author poured her entire heart n soul into this resource. I find myself using it often and there are several lessons that literally changed my life!!

I am an adult with ADHD. I’ve had it my entire life. It’s not an excuse, it’s not a curse, it’s not a blessing… it just is what it is. It’s the way my brain works. For the past 5 years, I have really struggled to stay on task (probably due to the part of my brain that can only focus when it is having fun, or under immense stress). So I would try to come up with ways to make things more fun. I have bought many ADHD books… you might be shocked to learn that I haven’t actually read most of them, because, well… yeah. I ran across this title on Amazon while I was looking for a different ADHD book. I had never heard of this book, but the name interested me. I was a bit taken aback by the high price point, but impulsivity got the best of me and I got the book. First of all, the book just looks fun. It looks like a planner, but it is totally not a planner. It is full of drawings and color and even starts with a little story. The book is organized by symptoms so that you can reference a certain section based on the struggle you are having at that moment. You do not need to read it cover to cover. This book is basically a treasure trove of brain hacks for ADHDers… a book with a bunch of strategies to convince your brain to do the adult things by tricking it into thinking the boring thing is kind of fun. It is PACKED full of different ideas. I would guess there are 100-150 ideas in this book. Of course, you are not going to like all of them- some of them I skimmed right over… But there were about 10 that I loved. And there were 3 I did right away. And there was one that has ALREADY changed my life. Now I don’t think it would be fair to the author to tell what exactly I learned (sharing information for free), but I can say it was something I had never heard of, and actually, at first read, I thought it sounded nuts. Like, something only weird people would do. Then I looked in the mirror and remembered. And I did the thing. And I got done AT LEAST 50% more work than I would have if I hadn’t used the strategy. And that was just ONE thing. If I use nothing else out of this book ever (which I doubt!) it would already have been worth what I paid. If you are considering this book, don’t hesitate. It might do for you what it has done for me in just 3 days of owning it.

I've seen other people on tiktok complaining about the price of this book, and I felt compelled to come here and say that the price is worth it. This isn't a planner, it's an active help getting out of decision paralysis with ADHD or otherwise. There is just so much useful information in here and so many methods to try. The author clearly poured her heart and soul into this, and it's a valuable resource I'm going to be using for a long time.

I used this book for hope. .. . So, one specific task I needed to accomplish actually turned out to be quite the project. No wonder it gave me so much anxiety. But I broke it down into manageable bites. Then I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks, so I flipped to the section about half-a$$ing it. Along the way, I ran into the section of, “unrealistic expectations,” and proceeded to laugh at myself. When I returned to my project list, I remembered I was looking for the half-a$$ing it section, so I made it there the second time. I reduced my project into four easy steps. But I was still anxious, so I looked at the “distractions section” and eliminated those. 30 minutes later… I proceeded to accomplish the “half-a$$ing” it by 10:00. Still hungover from the anxiety, I’ve decided to use the “reward” section to take a nap and write this review. After all, never managed to knock this out before 2:30 in the afternoon. After 15 minute nap and lunch, I’m going to start finishing the project using some gamifying strategies. But I didn’t procrastinate till the last minute, so finishing this before it’s due is going to be an epic reward in itself. Thank you!!!

One of my marketing coaches suggested this as a great tool when feeling unmotivated. I love it! It's definitely worth the price. There are tabs that cover the feelings we sometimes have when we need to lock in and focus. Turn to the applicable section and go through the tasks to help you get to the other side of what you're struggling with. I believe we all need coaches but this is a good tool to also have. -Jumpstart with LG

Interesting concept but I’ll be honest…I have yet to use it once. A major part of the issue was the intense smell any time I opened it. I had to put it somewhere to air out for a month or two before I could handle it again. I am not one that is sensitive to smells for the most part, but something (with the covers I am guessing) did not sit well with me.