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App recommendations for flexible routines?

Monkeyclogs

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has found an android ai app that helps them manage routines and flow in a more flexible way?

Or even how the following problem is usually summarised, so that I can look into ways to fix it!

I struggle with maintaining any sort of consistency when something interrupts my usual routines. If I have to meet a someone somewhere at 11am, this disrupts me to the extent that everything else turns to chaos. Yes, I manage to turn up at the right place at the right time but when I get home my house is in chaos, I've not eaten, i'm exhausted because I didn't sleep and completely disorientated. I'm basically only capable of meeting my basic needs if i'm at home alone all day everyday at the moment.

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  • I’ve tried apps for routines, but they made me more stressed when I couldn’t complete the task because something was due to happen, the unexpected happened or something took longer to complete. I now use the ‘notes’ app, ‘calendar’  and my ‘to do’ list on my phone,  and play catch up if an appointment or something else upsets my routine. I get worked up over things that need done or about people I need to see too. A while back it was all consuming. I have managed to get into a better routine these last few weeks, but I am trying to keep in mind that it will likely be shattered at some point and not to beat myself up about it.

    I have found that if I tell myself to work as best as I can at something like cleaning for only 10 minutes and then stop, it doesn’t stress me so much, then often I keep going for an hour or so without too much difficulty. 

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  • I’ve tried apps for routines, but they made me more stressed when I couldn’t complete the task because something was due to happen, the unexpected happened or something took longer to complete. I now use the ‘notes’ app, ‘calendar’  and my ‘to do’ list on my phone,  and play catch up if an appointment or something else upsets my routine. I get worked up over things that need done or about people I need to see too. A while back it was all consuming. I have managed to get into a better routine these last few weeks, but I am trying to keep in mind that it will likely be shattered at some point and not to beat myself up about it.

    I have found that if I tell myself to work as best as I can at something like cleaning for only 10 minutes and then stop, it doesn’t stress me so much, then often I keep going for an hour or so without too much difficulty. 

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    It's good to hear that other people find the routine apps stressful. I saw there was one available for iPhone which is AI driven and apparently designed for people like us but I can't find an android alternative. 

    I use that only 10 minutes strategy too but it tends to backfire with me. Once I start something it seems I'm unable to think about anything else until it's totally complete. i tell myself I'm committing to a 10 minute tidying but before i realise I've spent the week reorganising the house and totally neglected everything else.