The tone did not do it for me. There were times it felt like the narrator was distancing themselves from ADHD and procrastination and others where they were trying to seem like one of the guys/girls. Times where the tone seemed too pedantic or almost condescending. Great concept. The tone bogs everything down.

While The Procrastination Playbook by Risa Williams offers some useful tips and worksheets, it didn’t quite deliver the fresh perspective I was hoping for. The concepts of macro and micro procrastinations are interesting, but the advice felt repetitive and lacked depth, especially for readers already familiar with ADHD-related procrastination challenges.

The interactive format is a nice touch, but the tools and strategies often felt too generic to truly address the complexity of procrastination and ADHD. Additionally, the focus on self-compassion and normalizing procrastination is valuable, but it wasn’t enough to make the book stand out in an already crowded self-help genre.

For someone new to exploring these topics, this might be a decent starting point. But for those looking for deeper insights or more actionable strategies, this book may feel underwhelming.

Do you have tasks that you ignore? Do you lose interest due to the amount of work that needs to be done? Do you get lost in the flow of tasks and struggle to set priorities? I do!

This playbook contains clear recommendations for each trigger. Did I find advice in it that I already knew? Yes. Did I follow it? Yes and no; it didn’t work. But I understood why. The book outlines the reasons why some strategies might not work for you and what actions you need to take to adapt them to your needs.

I like the structure of the book, which includes not only descriptions and exercises but also simple examples.

I recommend it to anyone who needs clear recommendations without fluff and with understandable examples.

Thank you to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was disappointing. I thought from the title that it would centre the experiences of people with ADHD. I think that given the author does not seem to have ADHD herself, it would have been helpful to include testimony from those with ADHD who had tried the techniques suggested.
Some ideas like practising self-compassion are likely to be helpful, but this should have been contextualised within ADHD experience.
It felt like there were snippets of fact about ADHD peppering a bog-standard book about productivity.

DNF

Though I hadn’t had my copy long, I knew the release date was coming up soon for this book about something to help those with ADHD. I had to laugh when I pulled out my copy and saw the title.

As woman only recently diagnosed with ADHD in my 40s, I have been on a quest for information and resources. There are lots and lots of books about ADHD. The problem, however, is there that they are not written for people with ADHD. So many are just solid text or with the very occasional graphic or formatting to break up the text. For someone with ADHD, blocks and blocks of text is an immediate turn off. I had an advanced copy which does not necessarily have the correct formatting. I did notice that there was a lot of text, though early on there were places to write responses to questions, which is more engaging.

Twice in the early pages of the book, the author mentions all of the time management books she has written back to back. I got the sense that this book was almost a copy paste of her other books with the word ADHD thrown in. How did I come to that conclusion? Well, for one, in the first chapters, the only mentions of the disorder were in brief quotations of other scholarship.

I could see that the book wasn’t written about ADHD, but time management skills. That’s when I decided to search my ebook for mentions of ADHD, of which there were only forty. That includes the title pages and the bibliography citing other books with ADHD in the title. For comparison, I count ten mentions in this review already.

This is a great handbook for those who struggle with procrastination as I have done for my whole life! There are helpful tips and strategies to combat this and I will be referring back to this guide frequently.

A good introduction to procrastination with some helpful advice for adults with ADHD, but there are far better, more evidence-based resources on this topic.

I have read a lot of books to help me navigate my ADHD and when I saw this one was helping procrastination I snapped it up. It is a very helpful guide that has a lot of useful insights and tips on how to manage procrastination and combat it. I can’t wait to go back to it again and again to see if it helps in the long term

I like the workbook portions of this book, appreciate how clearly the information is presented, and was able to take a lot from this book! I loved the little illustrations and the callouts as well, that made the book much easier to read as someone with adhd. Definitely going to recommend this to all my adhd friends and buy a physical copy for myself.

Useful information in an easy to read format! It totally inspired me to work on my procrastination. The workbook portions are a helpful way to think reflect on the current state of my work ethic. Glad I read this, I will recommend to other adhd friends

As someone who has been recently diagnosed with ADHD, I have read and listened to every book about the subject there is. It’s rare that I come across new material and useful material at that. The format of this book is very helpful and clear indeed. The concept of skipping ahead to another section if you feel you need support or going to another page entirely if you think you don’t, kept my ADHD brain engaged and focused.

I will keep referring back to this for support as the help sheets seem especially useful. This would make the perfect gift for a friend or a loved one with ADHD.

This book has been a game-changer for me. With ADHD, procrastination has always been a tough cycle to break, but Risa Williams' practical tools and advice have been invaluable. She breaks procrastination down into "macro" and "micro" forms, making it easier to spot my own procrastination cues and get back on track. The interactive worksheets and personalized strategies have helped me work *with* my natural tendencies instead of fighting them, and I’ve felt a huge improvement in my work focus and productivity. Plus, Williams’ approach has really helped me shake off the guilt I used to feel around procrastination. Highly recommended if you’re looking for strategies to work smarter, without the self-judgment!

Many thanks to NetGalley, Risa Williams, and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of The Procrastination Playbook for Adults with ADHD. This has been a wonderful resource as I am beginning my journey through understanding better how my brain works.

This playbook provides multiple examples of ways to work through episodes of procrastination. I appreciate the explanations of why some will work and not work for certain individuals. I love how this is interactive and has helped me with setting goals and successfully reaching them. I’m in the process of preparing to sell my house and this has been very helpful.

This is an interactive book, so it’s already been a huge help. I read the content and loved it; now I’m doing the suggested exercises. I highly recommend it to all adults who, like me, are extreme procrastinators.