Procrastination

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One thing that casts doubt on the possibility that I might have AS is my inability to stick to a schedule. I know most Aspies follow a rigid routine, which in a way I envy.

I tend to procrastinate a lot. For example I just filed my taxes (actually I filed for an extension since I have one form missing that I'll need to replace). Because I procrastinated doing my taxes the last few days have been a pure hell of horrible anxiety - no exaggeration. I could have hired someone to do taxes for me, but that wouldn't have really solved the problem. I already use TurboTax which handles all of the calculations quickly and easily. The hard part was getting all of my forms together and getting information that was not on the forms (such as cost basis for investments). Yes I do have a considerable stock portfolio and I make fairly frequent trades. This may make sound like a "poor little rich boy" to some of you, but my pain is real. Anyway, even if I hired someone, I still would have had to gather all of the forms and information and gotten just as physically ill from the unbearable stress.

Though procrastination is a very non-Aspie trait, I wonder if there is anyone here who sometimes does it. And if so, have you ever been horribly ill from anxiety when the task at hand could no longer be delayed?

I'll get around to answering this later...

It's possible to be organized, and still put off unpleasant things.

Is it really keeping to a "schedule", like something that could be written in a day planner, or is it more along the lines of routine, like say for instance, when you wake up, you have to brush your teeth...then have a bagel (or whatever)...then sit at the computer with coffee...and know that the next thing you will do is shower, and there's no way you can do anything before that (like a chore, or change the routine such as shower first thing, etc) without feeling seriously bothered...

That's why I wind up procrastinating, half the time...its just not on my mental agenda, and I can't allow it to be...

I'm the worst procrasitinator ever. For instance, I was supposed to turn this paper into human resources at work in January...it's now April. lol Actually I think procrastination is an ADD thing, and you can have ADD along with Asperger's.