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Are you Organised or are you Simon?

Steven
  1. (Yes, it's another waste-of-time thread, as I shy away from depressing thoughts)

Are you Organised or Disorganised?

My 'diet' is madness. I'm so disorganised, and can't make decisions easily, that even this uncomplicated list of available food items presents many dilemmas:

Mixed veg (bowl)

2 satsumas

Pack of apple slices

Fat-free, sugar-free, yoghurt-free, born-three yoghurt 

I don't know whether to eat all, some, or none in a day. Or in which order. And I panic, unnecessarily, that I might cross the dreaded threshold of over 300 calories. So, arranging a day's menu is an adventure in anarchy, indecision and confusion. I don't even need to diet...

I always thought that autists were very controlled people who organised their activities as much as possible. Yet, despite my routine anarchy, my pre-assessment application form apparently contained more red flags than Stalin's shed.

*Anyway, are you organised or disorganised in your daily life?*

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  • Definitely organized.

    I tend to do things on the same day, so the housework involves certain rooms or chores on particular days. 

    Menus on a list for the week.

    At work I do daily tasks in the same order and I open my screens in the same order, so if one gets closed in error I have to start again otherwise I get confused.

    I try to always put things in the same place, especially my glasses when I go to bed, otherwise I can't find them.

    When I go to bed I have a routine of 4 things, so if I have only done 3 I can work out what I have forgotten.

    One of the reasons for doing this is so I don't forget. Sometimes I go upstairs with 2 things to do then forget one. Then a bit later I remember the second thing.

    Even with all these things I still have to ask my husband where things are. When I lived alone in a one bed flat I have searched for ages for things and eventually found them somewhere I had looked.

    I have to be organized so I don't forget things and it helps me to feel more in control. I had a meltdown at work this week when someone asked me to do something in the middle of a task I was on. Fortunately I work from home and the message was on teams so no one else was aware.

    However your question about food reminds me of the opposite of being organized because if I want a snack I can take ages working out what to have. The same can be the case if I ever go out for a meal.

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  • Definitely organized.

    I tend to do things on the same day, so the housework involves certain rooms or chores on particular days. 

    Menus on a list for the week.

    At work I do daily tasks in the same order and I open my screens in the same order, so if one gets closed in error I have to start again otherwise I get confused.

    I try to always put things in the same place, especially my glasses when I go to bed, otherwise I can't find them.

    When I go to bed I have a routine of 4 things, so if I have only done 3 I can work out what I have forgotten.

    One of the reasons for doing this is so I don't forget. Sometimes I go upstairs with 2 things to do then forget one. Then a bit later I remember the second thing.

    Even with all these things I still have to ask my husband where things are. When I lived alone in a one bed flat I have searched for ages for things and eventually found them somewhere I had looked.

    I have to be organized so I don't forget things and it helps me to feel more in control. I had a meltdown at work this week when someone asked me to do something in the middle of a task I was on. Fortunately I work from home and the message was on teams so no one else was aware.

    However your question about food reminds me of the opposite of being organized because if I want a snack I can take ages working out what to have. The same can be the case if I ever go out for a meal.

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