#routine change

9th January 2022

I am a bit more organized in the last two days. Something made me sleep all day for the rest couple of weeks, making me unproductive as hell.

For me, planning that there will be a change or going into the situation thinking "it may change" helps greatly. For example, I always take a shower at night. My brain doesn't mind if I skip a shower if I'm tired or whatever, but it gets really stressed out if j take a shower in the morning instead. If I think and plan the whole day before that I will be taking a shower the next day instead, then I feel a lot less uncomfortable with that change.

A lot of changes can't be planned like that though. I also try to break up my routine into smaller routines. So that if I'm interrupted or I forget something it's less stressful. Like my routine to get ready is sperated into 'stuff I do in the bathroom' and 'stuff I do in the bedroom' instead of one big 'stuff I need to do to get ready'. Then I do part 1, can get distracted/be interrupted, then do part 2. Does that make sense?

Overall, planning and thinking about the change helps. If you're talking about entire routines changing (like if you moved), trying to keep the old routine might be too stressful bc the location has changed. Some people might do better sticking to the old routine as close as possible. I would do better planning and creating a new routine specific to that location (if possible).