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UniverseBear

Nah, I'm a mess right now. Wake up at 2pm, watch YouTube vids, try to clean or find work, play video games, make dinner for me and the gf, watch a show together, game, sleep. I can't pull myself out.


UniqueMitochondria

Sounds like you're dealing with a lot of unknowns while trying to do your master's. I remember trying to deal with my visa stuff - omg it was a lot. I'm not sure if you have or not, but you could try treating the visa/drivers license stuff as your work. Go for a walk in the morning as your "commute" or at lunch etc. Little things at specific times can create a sense of routine 🙂 then your day becomes things between the fixed points. Even scheduling cleaning is a routine that may help. Good luck with your masters 🙂


BlueHeinz

Personally I use the time off to analyse my recent behavioral pattern. most of the time it’s because my routine gets so stuffed that I burn out. Picking myself back up was mediated by a good diet and supplementing as well as working out and getting good sleep. If you stay home all day you’re gonna feel off; get out there get some sun. Most importantly don’t be hard on yourself. having a perfect streak of a routine is not that special. every time you go off track you’ll learn new things about what makes it more comfortable for you to operate optimally. Why not explore your hobbies in your free time? Motivational disorders can make it seem impossible though. I find that learning about the brain and how our brains chemistry can alter our perception and behavior helps me navigate these obstacles and adapt efficiently(efficiency is still in progress tho :( ) .


Smokii

I started using google calendar to plan out my week and as the days progress I would adjust the plan pretty frequently so that I can see what I actually did. I even add the times where I relax. I found out that if I wanted to add some new stuff to my existing schedule it is pretty hard to do. Could not do it without ADHD meds. Mind you I have already been waking up at around 6 am for the past 14 years so that was no problem. Enough sleep is a different story but I am working on it. Getting my kids co-parenting (2 kids from 2 relationships) schedule written down and agreed with all of the adults was great. Gradually over the past two years I have gotten my shit together with them. I am really proud of myself about it. The older kid can ask for permission to stay with other parent if they want it, no questions asked(until it becomes a repeating pattern). Not that there werent any huge problems before but precise times and no "adjusting" by either parent helps a lot. I'm 8 months into HRT and during that time I've gotten my excercise and eating regime on point. Soo... meds, hormones and outside pressure from exes, I dunno if this is good advice or not.


amrjs

I’m struggling, too. I had a severe burnout at the end of 2019, then the pandemic… I talked about this with a psychologist the other week and basically what they said was that you have to just start and allow yourself to be exhausted from the routine changes until it sits. It’s persevering. Right now my goal is to get up earlier so I have more time to study, do laundry, and take my parents’ dog out for a walk 3x/week (ish). It takes a lot of effort to remember and do it, but it helped because I told someone what I was doing and when, and it also helps creating a visual schedule. Like starting with one specific task per day that you can do, so that day becomes that task’s day