Planning and organization

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I find I really struggle with planning and organization this is by far my most disabling ASD related issue, although sensory issues and chronic irritability are a close second. I have read this is common with ASD individuals. What are your guys experiences with planning and organizational deficits?

im having a lot of issues right now organizng and planning my days out... but im good at aphabetizing and finding a place for everything and everything in its place, its just EVERYTHING ELSE i cant seem to organize

Some people assert that I would have poor executive functions (planning and organization are examples of executive functions).

Other people (and I myself included) think that I am good at organising. I live independently and work about 41 hours a week (and about 40 weeks a year). I am able to organize a touristic stay in one of the nearby countries: booking a hotel, booking a flying ticket, and find out how the public transport works in the city, I want to go to. I live in the Netherlands, and I went to London without any support.

I am good at planning out projects, but not good at keeping the parts needed for those projects organized.
I am good at the abstract, not the concrete.
Time and thoughts = organized.
Physical space, papers, things = not organized.

I work hard at maintaining structure, but never really quite succeed.

I am the opposite, nerdygirl. I am good at the concrete, not the abstract. I can not mentally visualize anything in order to transfer my skills in organizing physical things to organizing my time.

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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

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I think planning and organization are good in small amounts, but complex systems of doing these things can be too much, and I avoid them.
For planning, I just think about what I will do during the day, like go to class, code X, run experiment Y, buy groceries.
For organization, I like to keep a clean room, so I put dirty clothes in the laundry basket instead of throwing them on furniture or the floor, and I wash dishes right after I use them instead of leaving them in the sink, and take out garbage when it is full.