The latest excuse for failing to get anything done! You may have executive function disability. In fairness, I have no problem with this, it's just that you can see that this, like other fashionable phenomena (ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's Syndrome) will inevitably become over-diagnosed (not necessarily through formal diagnosis, but colloquially. as we excuse our own behavior or the behavior of our loved ones -- you're no longer anti-social, you're borderline Asperger's; you're not a poor reader, you're "a bit" dyslexic; etc).

However, I do think this research is interesting and helpful. Like much recent research, it emphasises the role of the "executive" -- that part of your brain that coordinates and organizes and, most particularly, allows you to plan. I think the most interesting part of all this is not that some people may have a dysfunction in this area (although that is very interesting), but that researchers reckon that this function isn't fully developed until we're in our thirties. This explains a lot!

You can read about this in the New York Times. I think registration is required, but it's free.