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# Set Up a Task Management System for ADHD

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- By [KaiRenner](https://slatesource.com/u/KaiRenner)
- Health & Wellness
- Created on Mar 21, 2026

## Task Management for ADHD Brains

ADHD-friendly task management is built on four principles: frictionless capture, fast triage, a short do-now list, and a regular review ritual. The system must be simpler than the tasks it manages.

**3** Tasks

**5** Minutes

Capture Everything

Description: Use one inbox, not many. A single app, a voice memo, or a pocket notebook. The rule is: if it enters your head, it goes in the inbox immediately.

Triage the Inbox

Description: Process your inbox once daily. For each item: do it now (under 2 minutes), schedule it, delegate it, or delete it. Never leave items in the inbox.

Execute with a Do-Now List

Description: Each morning, pull three tasks from your backlog onto a do-now list. These are your only tasks for the day. Add more only when all three are done.

System Setup Checklist

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Choose one capture tool (app or notebook, not both)

Create an inbox, a backlog, and a do-now section

Schedule a daily 10 minute triage session

Set a recurring weekly review (Sunday or Monday morning)

Write task names as actions: verbs first, specific outcomes

Pair tasks with time estimates to reduce avoidance

The most common failure point is skipping the daily triage. Without it, the inbox fills and becomes another source of anxiety. Protect the triage habit above all.