Yes! Going to do after dinner routine now but that is exactly why I created this routine! And we do it EVERY night and so now it is more automatic. I go in kitchen, turn on music, turn on sink to wash dishes. My motto is don't let it get worse. I say that because there IS some more organizing etc that needs to happen. But for right now, I can just say "don't let it get worse". And that means tonigjt doing the dishes, putting the food away, wiping the counters, etc Another thing that is helping me is doing one category at a time. So I block out an hour for this every night. And I remind myself "dishes- even if ALL you do this hour is the dishes, you are making massive progress etc". Because lo and behold, when you do the dishes every night, it won't take an hour. Another fun thing I do is match a dish to a song. Becahse again, time blindness but it turns out you can wash like 10 pieces of silverware during one song. That's ten dishes washed! I also focus on the bubbles (sparkles!!) and even pretend I'm washing dishes at a restaurant. Kind of get in the zone. Knowing a verbal reminder is set at 7 so WORST case scenario, it turns 7 and that can be a signal to me to step up the pace. But with this scaffolding and structure, it doesn't happen. Anyway, all of that to say I agree!! I really also want to personally implement the "don't leave a room empty handed". So that i LOOK before leaving a room to see if anyone is in the wrong home 🤣 and then escort them to their proper home. Aka, I'm bringing a cup downstairs to the sink. Bringing it back to its home.

@Cathy A Castagna of course I don't mind! If I can help in any way, it makes my day 😁🥰

@Renee Kers yessss!

@Shani Sherwin I hear you 100%! We are very much in similar boats in that way

@Cathy A Castagna so my nickname is Sparkles.. so I created a story that I am Sparkles the Sorting Savior.. and I'm here to save the kingdom from disorganization. That got me interested. Then it turned into- set a timer for an hour. And for every 5 papers I look at (decide if they're keep or trash), I "earn" a song. And immediately dance it on my dance game. And I just kept going back and forth like that. I did 9 dances and the whole basket in an hour. NOT saying thats all the papers in the house. But it IS measurable progress and that's all I want 😅 Plus, since the stuff is triggering, I was able to "process" that at least a bit with each song.

@Anouchka Hanneman totally! I'm actually doing it in my own free community just so I don't take up all the space on others 🤣

@Máire Garvey absolutely! I do understand! It is more as a safeguard for myself every hour to say ok..what is going on? What am I doing? So then I can refocus and choose what is next. It is helping me immensely!

that sounds amazing and sooo refreshing and regulating! I'm glad you got to do that! I LOOVE animals 🥰