I... have been there. Now I have learned to spilt plans (or days) into parts separated by well established checkpoints. If something goes wrong, I just need to survive to the next checkpoint where the plan "restarts" and it makes things way more bearable.

While this is not uncommon, I resent it being described as 'This is Neurodivergence', that's a way wider net, but that's likely part of my divergence.

My girlfriend: Want to come over today?

Me: Sorry, I already mentally planned this to be a "me day." I haven't got the energy to do much, so I'm not going anywhere or doing anything.

She understands, we're both on the spectrum. I like to plan ahead for things, so spur-of-the-moment socialization, even for people I like, is hard to do. I naturally want to apologize and sometimes feel guilty for rejecting invites, but she reminds me that there's nothing wrong with planning or having "me time." We usually make plans for the following day when this happens, as when I wake up with a plan already in place, it becomes so much easier to follow through. It's the spontaneity that's the most difficult thing.

My plan is usually to see what happens because I spent too many years losing it over my plans going sideways. The flip side is now whenever I'm with anyone and they start forming concrete plans it ruins my figure it out on the fly plan and fucks up my day. I feel like there's no winning x.x

ADHD is spending hours sitting at my desk all weekend, barely able to wring out an intro sentence for my Final paper, and then finally getting the motivation and drive to put words on (digital) paper a few hours before it's due.

...Probably—I'm lacking in diagnosis.

“Hi, your appointment for tomorrow has been moved from 9am to 11am.”

Me: WELL THERE GOES MY MORNING!

Also me: MY AFTERNOON IS RUINED!

I'm gonna have an Autistic moment and get really annoyed that this picture is assuming all neurodivergence experiences this when this is clearly a trait only a few neurotypes have a problem with like Autism and leans into the trend of "Neurodiversity = Autism" which is very no. Nuh uh nope.

I'm sure most people here already get it but I need this aired whenever people mess this up because it is a growing and upsetting trend, it feels like it erases the experiences of other neurotypes when people push that false trope

Stuck in Updateless Decision Theory

usually my plan is making a plan and forgetting to do it

This image is 80% of my personality.

But also, when did every single PNG on the internet become a "meme"? Feels like I've been seeing this a lot, lately.

My friends insist this is just humans, everyone does this, I'm not unique. Bummer.

Which is why I learned early on to never plan for anything, and instead got really good at just winging it.

Motivated me planned for my day of; get up in the morning to go to the gym, eat healthy etc.etc.... then I'm not able to get up and sleeping until 11am... The rest of the day? Bad mood and couch modus because I can't function like a "normal" human (what even is normal?)

When this happens enough, you don't get acclimated to it, you just get burnout.

I have this thing to do at 3:00. I can't do shit between 1:00 and that time except get ready for it.

i realize now this is part of why i gave up on seeing doctors.

Not me. I have plans on top of plans. I'm ready for anything. Except just being able to live my life without stressing tf out over everything.

I just call them Mondays and accept it now, but I'm old. I'm sure others have better luck with their planned dates but if not, just put them on a Monday then you can be like Garfield and hate them too.

Yeah it happens still regardless. Least I still enjoy lasagna.

I've learned to deal with plans going tits up. I have to actually stop, find somewhere quiet and calm myself down first but once I can follow those steps I'm pretty good at adapting to changes. Not on the fly as it were but I don't need to return to base to replan so that makes a big difference.