Time Management and Routine Issues

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I flounder around a lot in regards to time management. I see it as maladaptive executive function. Or lack of executive function. I absolutely hate "having" to do a routine. In the past, whenever I try it, a great amount of resentment fills up my body and I break the routine just to break it.

I didn't know I had Aspergers until just about two years ago now. Now that I know and understand more about how it works (not I am just weird and need to force myself to be "better"), I have been able to use routines somewhat to improve my day. I have found the following routine helpful for me to get my day going. Coffee on the dock, take morning pills, feed the critters, exercise. By the time I have done all that, I have a pretty good idea of what I need to do each day. Before I had this routine, I would just launch willy-nilly into the day doing whatever seemed most urgent at the time. This latter approach did nothing for my mental health or executive functioning.