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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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  • That's all healthy food! I think it's about needing control so some people possibly are very organised as a way to control things. I'm a mixed bag. If we are talking about home, I'm fairly disorganised but I'm trying to build in routine to help and keep stuff tidy. I generally wait till things need a good clean or sort out before I do them but I'm trying to introduce more routine now. I feel like there's too much clutter but I think compared to others I'm quite minimal really. I think lack of organisation got worse after burnout. I REALLY want everything to be more organised and tidy but it doesnt happen. At work I am very organised but I've since realised the effort it takes.

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  • That's all healthy food! I think it's about needing control so some people possibly are very organised as a way to control things. I'm a mixed bag. If we are talking about home, I'm fairly disorganised but I'm trying to build in routine to help and keep stuff tidy. I generally wait till things need a good clean or sort out before I do them but I'm trying to introduce more routine now. I feel like there's too much clutter but I think compared to others I'm quite minimal really. I think lack of organisation got worse after burnout. I REALLY want everything to be more organised and tidy but it doesnt happen. At work I am very organised but I've since realised the effort it takes.

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