Mastodawn

My getting up has slipped into the afternoons & I'm not happy about it.
Especially as in a few days I'll have to be up before 07:00 to be able to spend the day on an outing with friends. 🫣

Stricter morning routine?
- Alarm goes, switch on radio or preselected podcast instead of noticing the Mastodon notifications so I don't vanish down a 40+ notification hole?
🤔 … 🤔 In theory very easy to do, in practice very difficult to stick to, as my AuDHD screams for comfort from not being ready to face the day.

- Swap chores around with things I enjoy, want to get stuck into?
My big worry is that once I start the thing I want to do I will ignore all cues for stopping & doing the 'must do' tasks.

One possible fix for ignoring cues, is have lunch be the cut off point as I, like a lot of critters can be greatly motivated by food.
Current problem, lunch is around 18:00 give or take an hour & as I'm painfully aware of it being evening my brain & body default to evening mode, time to read or ideally, relax so those 'must do' tasks have pretty much a zero chance of happening.

I guess, I might be spending some time working this one out this afternoon / evening. I don't mind spending my evenings messing with dilemmas like this, as long as I can shove a movie I enjoy on whilst I'm doing it 🙂.
… That's if I remember 😅.

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aka_panda_333 Feb 5

@Soldusty @actuallyadhd @autistics

we just need to collectively agree to start a 24 hour society so we can go with our actual circadian rhythms lol. I naturally want to stay up until 4-5am and sleep until like 1pm, which wouldnt be a problem if everything was open all the time and you could work outside of 8am-5pm.

I've never fully believed all humans are naturally day dwellers, because once the sun starts coming up im like 'ok time for bed' lol not everyone follows the same circadian rhythm

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Shea

@aka_panda_333 @Soldusty @actuallyadhd @autistics thats very relatable, whenever the sun is out i just feel such sleepiness

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David Howell Feb 5

@autistics @actuallyadhd @aka_panda_333 @Soldusty @nu

Also entirely relatable, especially as the night is quieter and (obviously) darker so not as overstimulating as daytime... My nocturnal tendencies alongside my light and sound sensitivity are why I joke about being #BatuallyAutistic 🦇

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aka_panda_333 Feb 5

@shinybat @autistics @actuallyadhd @Soldusty @nu YES less stimulation at night means i can actually THINK better lol my partner is always like 'why are you in the dark??' But idk, the light is like noise and when its off my brain is quieter? Also sometimes if im having a hard time focusing on what someone is saying, closing my eyes helps me like, hear them better? Idk lol