What I Thought Was Laziness Was Actually Executive Dysfunction 

For years, I wore the invisible label of “lazy” like it was stitched to my forehead. 

I wasn’t finishing things. I was always late. I couldn’t start the simplest tasks—even ones I wanted to do. And despite every planner, productivity hack, and stern inner lecture, I just couldn’t seem to “get it together.” 

So naturally, I blamed myself. 

I mean, isn’t that what we’re taught? That we just need more discipline, more structure, more motivation, right? 

Wrong. 

What I didn’t know then was that my “laziness” was actually executive dysfunction—one of the most frustrating, misunderstood traits of ADHD. And spoiler alert: it wasn’t about motivation at all. It was about how my brain was wired.