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07 Feb 2014, 5:51 pm

I am a bit of both (organised in some ways but disorganised in others), but then I was physically unwell for a while and was not able to keep up with things as much as I would have like to have done, such as in the house for example. Whilst my place still needs decorating, since recovering my physical health, I have made much progress in removing the piles of clutter that were plaguing me so I now have much more space around me:

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A lot of clutter is now tidily put away underneath the bed...handy storage space that.

Although I do need to reorganise my storage units at some point:

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I like things organised and tend to keep my furniture out of the center of any of my rooms as I hate clutter around me. I like space.

On saying that I am terrible at remembering appointments, losing letters and forgetting to pay bills....



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07 Feb 2014, 7:23 pm

em_tsuj wrote:
Though not part of the diagnostic criteria for ASD, many aspies have executive dysfunction. That means we have trouble with scheduling and being organized. For me, I think it is part of the hyper focus that sometimes comes with AS. I get lost in a zone and time just flies by. I mean to get around to cleaning but I never do. My area always looks like a cyclone hit it unless I get punished for leaving things messy (like at work). .


This describes me. Time does fly by. I can not tell you how many times I was have been schocked to realize it's morning and I have not gone to bed yet.


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