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In my experience, when you choose to do it now, you end up feeling stronger than that list and like your own little superhero.
"choosing" to do it now is the hard part though.
Also, for me doing a thing on the list is just a relief that one task is done, not a celebration of actually doing something, but then the realization that I just did a fraction of the list steals the thunder and I feel worse for doing anything.
You're very right, I was mainly recounting how I felt as I had just finally gotten around to several important things that I had been putting off when writing that comment.
I'm not sure if this will help you in any capacity, my to do list consists of two columns on a whiteboard - "Today's To-Do" and "What's Next?"
I start my day off seeing what I did of yesterday's to do, and if anything was missed, I think about why, and if it was important I put it at the top in a different colour and if needed, break it down into smaller sub tasks.
I'll then start moving a couple tasks over from the "What's Next?" column, prioritising importance.
Otherwise I've heard success from the Spoons theory from friends who also have AuDHD.