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The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don't Feel Like It

by Dani Donovan (Goodreads Author)

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Reader said: " I bought this book for my own use and find it to be a real gem! An unexpected benefit is that, as a mental health clinician, this is now a go-to recommendation to clients. It is great not only for ADHD, but for adults with a history of traumatic or o I bought this book for my own use and find it to be a real gem! An unexpected benefit is that, as a mental health clinician, this is now a go-to recommendation to clients. It is great not only for ADHD, but for adults with a history of traumatic or otherwise very high stress childhoods, those recovering from traumatic injuries, and more.

I was frustrated in that I could not find links to provide so that folks can buy it, but then found a link in a previous review.

Personally, I like the profanity. It fits for me. But, not everyone does, and so an extra wonderful development is that a profanity-free version is coming out later this year. If you go to the link the previous reviewer mentions, it has a link to the "clean" version.

The structure of the book is helpful from the start. There are tabs naming 4 key inhibiting factors: "Overwhelmed," "Unmotivated," "Disorganized," and "Discouraged." (There is also an "Extra" tab for things that don't fit neatly into those categories.). Within each tabbed section are a LOT of tools, games, humorous ways to reframe things, and other ways to get started and get stuff done.

One could use those, alone, but there is also a neat feature on the first page of each section, that organizes the intervention pages by sub-categories. For example, if I am feeling overwhelmed, the first page offers subsections based on the emotional attributes of my overwhelm, including: "2.1 Intimidated; 2.2 Over-committed; 2.3 Panicked; 2.4 Burnt-[sic]out." Each is followed by a page number where interventions specific to that sub-category begin.

And, to help someone discern which among those sub-categories is most appropriate, each has a short list of "I" statements examples that fit that sub-categories. So, for instance, I might feel overwhelmed by a particular task, but if the biggest issue for me is that if "Panic" is the primary feeling, the statement: "I'm running out of time" might really hit the mark. And then I read the list beneath "Intimidation" and see "I'm afraid to even start" which also resonates. This tells me that pages from sub-sections 2.1 and 2.3 might be most helpful to me.

The first page of each subsection repeats the major category, sub-category, and statements. The second, facing, page, has a short depiction of what this can be like. A small interactive component (e.g., "Draw or Write: What does anxiety feel like to you?") and a table of contents for the interventions in the section. There is *also* a cross-referenced list of interventions from other sections of the book that might also be useful.

Have I mentioned that this book is helpful?

The illustrations are excellent and unusually relatable. It's easy to understand when you know that the author creates comics *and* has ADHD.

ANYway. Buy this. If, for whatever reason, it does not work for you, I promise you that it will work for someone in your life. ...more "

Aug 14, 2023 03:20PM · see review