Executive Dysfunction

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I experience significant difficulties with executive dysfunction, particularly with organizing and planning. It's pretty much impossible for me to figure out all of the various tasks necessary to achieve a particular goal, or how to obtain the information necessary to achieve a particular goal. Often it doesn't occur to me to do certain expected tasks at all -- I just don't think of it. Or I may know of several tasks I should do but be unable to prioritize -- unable to figure out what tasks or more important, and which are less important. I also tend to be unable to figure out the logical order in which to complete tasks. I also have problems with breaking tasks down into a series of logical sequential steps (which others seem to do instinctively, as far as I can tell) so it's pretty much impossible for me to get things done in an efficient and timely manner. Sometimes, I can't seem to get started on things because there are too many things that need to be done, and I can't figure out where to start. There are just too many options, and it paralyzes me. It's also difficult to achieve that mental switching of gears necessary for starting a task. I could go on and on regarding how I'm crippled by executive dysfunction. The upshot is, I feel like I put forth far more effort than other people, and accomplish far less. I know I've said that multiple times before on this forum, but it's a source of ongoing frustration for me.
I hope this was helpful. Another impairment of mine involves explaining things in a way that can be understood by others. I apologize if this makes no sense.

Executive functioning is a lot for me of not being able to plan, organize, feel motivated to get stuff done, or basically "get my crap together" as I like to say. Figuring out how to work around it is another matter.