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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. 

  • 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. 

  • in reply to Monkeyclogs

    I took advantage of the free trial periods a while back, and I tried about six different apps, some of which were for people with ADHD. I’ve just had another look and I see there are now several apps for autistic people, although most of them are for children. I don’t think I could face trying them out, especially since my routine is more settled at the moment.

    That 10 minute strategy has backfired a few times on me too, but those times haven’t always been bad. I think because I’m in my 60s and these last weeks I haven’t had anything unexpected that would get in the way of my routine, and there was nothing that absolutely had to be done, it hasn’t mattered if I keep going at a task such as cleaning/reorganising the cupboards/batch cooking. In fact, sometimes I wish I could keep going at that sort of thing more often as my motivation to complete disliked tasks is low. The main issues for me are low motivation to complete hated tasks and inadequate control of time spent on things I love do—it’s a sometimes manageable/unmanageable balance of sorts, until the next unplanned event creates chaos. I would like to try an app, if one were available, that would be in the form of a daily/weekly/monthly planner with multiple alarm functions to separate the tasks. If an AI driven alarm could plan my weeks, allowing for interruptions and dealing with chaos, even better.

  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid

    Brain in hand sounds amazing. I have a paper/pdf 'plan' that me and my support network made with flow charts and contacts on for when I can't think or properly communicate. It's not specific to situations though. It works quite well if I'm at home. Just having the brain in hand app must give you so much more confidence and independence!

    I'll also look at Finch

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  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid

    Brain in hand sounds amazing. I have a paper/pdf 'plan' that me and my support network made with flow charts and contacts on for when I can't think or properly communicate. It's not specific to situations though. It works quite well if I'm at home. Just having the brain in hand app must give you so much more confidence and independence!

    I'll also look at Finch

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