I had incredibly bad ADHD all through school. I got terrible grades but muddled my way through college basically through a combination of luck of and sheer determination not to fail out.
What finally helped me was bullet journaling + calendar.
I have about a million half-finished bullet journals...but who cares. They work while I can remember them and when shit starts to fall apart I revisit them.
More direct answer to your question:
If you can't figure out number 3, the original task was too vague and you either A. sub-task one is "need more input from a mentor" or "find mentor and learn more" or "watch youtube videos to learn more about this" or B. it shouldn't be on your list at all.