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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 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.

  • 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. 

  • in reply to Monkeyclogs

    Good for you being able to bail when the changes become too much.

    I wonder if your friend knows how much stress it causes for you. ?

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