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Does anyone else feel like they don’t know when to stop?

Mr_Indeed_Autism

As a probable adult autistic, I recently decided to chop down some bushes in my garden as they were getting really tall. Hours later and there doesn’t seem to be much left. The hedges looked really nice, but now there are hardly any left. I couldn’t tell at the time how much hacking I was doing, but the following day I was shocked to see how bad the garden looked and there’s a massive pile of branches etc that I’ll need to pay someone to take away  

Has anyone else gone down this particular rabbit hole as it’s really upsetting. I know the hedges will grow back at some point but it’s a little scary not realising at the time how much I was going over the top. 

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  • Replying at the title mostly, but applies when I cut bushes at home as well.

    I normally stop only when I am done, which is when the main task is finished, and things are tidy, and this has certainly been detrimental to my physical health. The problem tends to be that I start thinking "I will do just this bit" and this expands, and expands,...

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  • Replying at the title mostly, but applies when I cut bushes at home as well.

    I normally stop only when I am done, which is when the main task is finished, and things are tidy, and this has certainly been detrimental to my physical health. The problem tends to be that I start thinking "I will do just this bit" and this expands, and expands,...

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