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Autism And Executive Functioning Skills - 5 Tips For Keeping YOU Organised (AWESOME) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  That's autism and executive function skills.
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  Here are 5 tips for keeping you organised in your life.
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  Coming up Hey guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan, I have autism, ADHD, OCD and dyslexia and I
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  make weekly videos all about this kind of stuff.
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  So if you're new around here, welcome And you'd like to learn
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  content. Guys, what's going on?
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  Welcome back to the place where we think differently daily.
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  Lots of different thinkers. Good to have you here.
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  I'm glad to have you here. You guys are amazing.
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  And oh, before I forget, if you haven't already, make sure to go
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  Hacks PDF book just just for you, because you're awesome.
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  OK, so I want to do a video on autism and executive function
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  skills because there are a bunch of executive function skills
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  that are kind of they're so difficult to deal with and I
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  feel like we can never have more than enough tips to help with
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  executive function. So I decided to make this video
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  all about executive function and list out five skills that will
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  help you in your daily life tasks and executive function
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  tasks. Because that's how awesome I'm
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  feeling today. No guys, seriously.
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  I just wanted to ask because you guys are amazing and I want to
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  help you in any way I can. If you have anything to add and
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  you want to have a discussion with me, pop it in a comment
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  down below because I read every single comment.
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  Or you can just send me a tweet on Twitter.
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  I also read every tweet and reply to every tweet as well.
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  So guys, let's get started. So here's some simple but
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  effective strategies to stay organized using these tips and
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  strategies. If you're dealing with executive
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  function issues, like I know a lot of people do, so list making
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  lists on everything, like A to do list is the best way to keep
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  on top of tasks that you have to do.
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  So make sure that you put everything on a list as soon as
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  you know about it, so you don't forget to write it on a list
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  later. So what I'm trying to say is
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  that if you've got a phone, everyone has a smartphone,
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  right? So you pick up your smartphone,
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  somebody says, Dan, remember, you need to do this.
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  And you go, OK, so you open up your notes pad on your phone or
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  whatever, and then you type in the thing you need to do,
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  remember? Or you get, you know, if you if
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  you carry a pad and a notepad round, then you get your scribe
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  and you write that down. Look, I know it sounds weird and
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  daunting, but having a list of things to do or noting down
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  everything that somebody tells you where you need to action
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  will actually save you a bunch of time.
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  Because a lot of the time I'm sitting wrecking my head
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  thinking, Oh my goodness, I need to remember to do something and
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  I can't remember what on earth I'm supposed to be doing.
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  So executive function kicks my butt when I don't write things
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  down. True story.
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  OK, so #2 is the calendar. Now use a visual calendar on
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  your wall in your house or on your tablet or smartphone to
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  remind you of things. So when you get like dates that
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  you need to remember, write them down straight away in a
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  calendar. I always use my iPhone because
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  then it goes to my laptop and it goes to my iPad and everything
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  and my watch and stuff, which is great.
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  But Naomi, my partner, she's not really into like digital tech
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  calendars. So she says to me, hey, whatever
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  stuff you've got on the calendar, we have to put it onto
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  a visual one on the wall in the kitchen so that we can look at
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  it and know what we're doing. By looking at it, it gives you a
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  more visual representation. And by having visual
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  representation for autism, this is such the best way to remember
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  events. Honestly, without having
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  calendars and stuff down to remind me of things, I wouldn't
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  even, I wouldn't even be able to get up and do anything because
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  my entire day is listed down in calendar events, honestly.
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  Like it. It really is.
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  OK, so #3 is Reminders. Now this is probably my favorite
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  function on digital tech. OK, so I use my Alexa assistant
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  app and I also use my Siri digital assistant.
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  And I also have another Google Home assistant things.
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  And I use all of those to remind me to put things on my calendar
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  into my reminders list. Like if I have to phone the
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  doctor or the dentist, I get them to remind me to phone the
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  doctor or the dentist, which is absolutely fantastic and it
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  works so well and I just think that it's probably one of the
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  most underused tools without a doubt.
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  But then if you do use it, you just get so much out of it.
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  So definitely check it out. I use the Siri Reminders app and
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  I also use the Alexa one. You can actually sync them
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  together so they put stuff into your calendars or into your
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  notes or whatever you want to do, which is just like, oh
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  amazing, love it. I just love the fact that stuff
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  is just so compatible. And I actually can use your
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  watch as well. I think you can speak to your
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  Apple Watch, your Android watch, and then have like the the
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  assistant, like the Google Assistant or the Siri Assistant,
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  kind of put that stuff onto your your reminders.
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  Okay. So #4 is a place for everything.
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  So when you're at home, make sure you have a place for
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  everything. So when you're using stuff, put
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  it back in its place. This is the easiest way to stay
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  organized, stay on top of things, and declutter when
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  things are getting too stressful.
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  Now a clean home is a happy home, like a clean office is a
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  happy office. But a lot of the time we use
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  things and we just leave them and leave them out and then they
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  start stacking everywhere. Like my desk is just an absolute
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  mess right now, but you know, I will clean it up and once I've
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  cleaned it up it's going to be amazing.
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  The thing with, you know, tidy and organization is that it has
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  a sort of feeling. It has an effect on you.
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  So mentally and you know mental health wise, if you don't have a
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  clean and tidy surroundings, your brain is going to feel
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  cluttered and not cleaned and not tidy, not organized.
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  So the best way to do it is to literally look at all the things
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  in your home and think okay there is a place for everything.
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  So you tidy up once and then take a picture on your iPad or
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  your iPhone or whatever of where the place where it goes.
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  And then you'll remember every time to just look on that
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  picture and go okay know the site goes there.
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  And that is the best way to stay on top of it.
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  I can't recommend it enough. Taking pictures of where things
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  go is just awesome. Definitely do it.
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  This is this is like super super tip okay.
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  So #5 extremely important is a planner.
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  Now I use a daily planners to run my entire life from running
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  my business to running my personal life to running
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  absolutely everything. Even my relaxation time is run
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  on a on a personal planet. Now I use visual boards, you
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  know, on a you know, you can use an app or you can use, I don't
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  know, a piece of paper to write it down, but the best thing I
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  would recommend is an app called Timo.
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  Now Timo is a visual based planner for people with autism
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  and ADHD and it was designed for these people specifically and
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  they're amazing. I've worked with Timo a long,
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  long time now and they're amazing and I love using that
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  app. So please check out Timo.
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  I'll leave a link in the description below.
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  By the way, this is not sponsored.
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  I just wanted to put that out with because I love them, I
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  think they're a great company and I think this is a great app
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  and the resource you should definitely use.
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  So yeah, you can use my link down below.
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  And yeah, definitely check out Timo.
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  Guys, if you think this video can help people or help you,
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  please share it on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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  And if you are happy with this video, please give it a thumbs
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  up and I'll see you next time Guys.
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  Peace.