Published on 12, July, 2020
For context, I live alone and I work full time.
I find it extremely hard to keep up with everyday tasks/chores such as cleaning, tidying etc all while working full-time. Part of this is down to difficulty finding the time in the week, so these things tend to pile up, but also I am a massive procrastinator and I am pretty unmotivated a lot of the time. My flat and especially my kitchen is constantly a mess and I feel so ashamed of it. I work nights so I sleep during the day and I sleep a lot! This means I often neglect myself too concerning things like showering and grooming. I just find day-to-day life very difficult and exhausting, which kind of makes me feel like a failure of a person and a little bit pathetic. Life would be so much easier if I didn't need to work or at least not 40 hours a week, it would give me more time for the other things but the rent isn't going to pay itself.
Dear Miss Understood,
Thank you for sharing this with our community. While we are waiting for the community to respond, you may want to take a look at our page about organising and prioritising, https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/behaviour/organising-and-prioritising/all-audiences
Here is our page about sleep, https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/physical-health/sleep/autistic-adults
Thank you. I hope this helps!
Warm regards,
Eunice Mod