Are you missing any of these 6 executive functions?

7 July 2025

Organisation in life and work

When we are often late, forget things, lose things, turn up on the wrong day or to the wrong place, it can get us down as well as annoying others around us.

Organisation using specific tools and systems built easily into our daily routine can remove all of these embarrassing situations.

Decluttering & clean spaces

Some of us struggle to maintain physical order in our living space or work space (desk drawers, handbag, rucksack or in our pockets).

In order to organise our time, it really helps to learn to keep our physical spaces clean and tidy.

Procrastination

Procrastination is not laziness! It’s a symptom of one or more of the following: anxiety, perfectionism, fear of failure, fear of criticism, avoidance, low self-esteem, a tendency to self-defeat, depression.

Some of us struggle to start tasks, some have more trouble with task completion and many of us struggle with both!

Routines and visible check lists

If you are forgetful and struggle to remember where you put your to-do list, then you need a new way!

Routines and check lists are an excellent way of becoming more organised about things we do on a regular basis.

I have developed a simple system which can help you not only to get things done but to be able to learn how to estimate the time a task will take you (very important if you also don’t want to be late for the next thing).

Time blindness

Time blindness is an inability to track time — to involuntarily lose oneself in an activity causing total disregard for other commitments, appointments or people.

Time blindness is commonly associated with neurodiverse brains, i.e. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but not exclusively.

Relationships

Feeling misunderstood, disconnected, rejected and lonely can be upsetting, and over prolonged periods can be destructive to our sense of self.

Blind spots around our own behaviours can lead to being misunderstood in social interactions.

Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) is a term used to describe the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. Our E.I. can be developed through coaching and greatly raises our feelings of happiness and fulfilment.

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