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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.

Parents

  • I don't know if this is what you are struggling with but I get into lots of difficulty when appointment times change. 

    I have a set routine up to the usual appointment time and if that changes I'm continually working times out in my head like how long this will take and can I fit that in. I think it might be called time blindness.

    I haven't found a way to fix it only to try to have the same appointment times.

    If you are meeting your basic needs that is something positive to build on.

    Sorry I can't be of more help.

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  • I don't know if this is what you are struggling with but I get into lots of difficulty when appointment times change. 

    I have a set routine up to the usual appointment time and if that changes I'm continually working times out in my head like how long this will take and can I fit that in. I think it might be called time blindness.

    I haven't found a way to fix it only to try to have the same appointment times.

    If you are meeting your basic needs that is something positive to build on.

    Sorry I can't be of more help.

Children
  • in reply to Lonehare12
    Lonehare12 said:
    if that changes I'm continually working times out in my head like how long this will take and can I fit that in.

    I find it really helps to write this stuff down.

    If the appointment moves to 3pm then I work out when I need to leave in order to get there 15 mins ahead of schedule (to allow for delays) which is, say, 2pm, then I work out the time to get ready to leave (brush teeth, wash and check I'm fresh, put on appropriate layers of clothes for the weather etc) which is say 1.30pm then I know I need to have lunch before then so will schedule this at 12.30 so I have time to clean up afterwards then I know I need to start lunch at 12.

    This working back helps me get all the pre-requisites set, any alarms set I may need and puts my mind at rest so I can chill and just follow my plan. It takes 2 minutes to write it down and saves a load of stress.

  • in reply to Lonehare12

    I too struggle to adjust to simple alterations. I have a friend who makes plans and then constantly changes them. I've tried to set boundaries to keep her chaos in a window but find it really difficult to get her to stick to it. If she changes the plan more than once i bail. She doesn't seem to have noticed the pattern.

    It's weird because I'm really good in a crisis. If I'm focused on one thing I can manage all kinds of chaos within it. My brother and I have a joke that when mom has a crisis I respond to it straight away and he starts his stopwatch. I can manage in full focus mode for a couple of days. I fully assess the entire situation and work out what is needed then I handover a clear plan for him to implement! If I can't hand it over on day 3 I start to be an additional crisis.