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What I Need to Know at the Start of the Week
10 key questions for my organized week with autism: structure, energy, and boundaries. Stay prepared, stay balanced! 📅⚖️
Monday morning. While the rest of the world begrudgingly throws itself into a new workweek, I sit at the kitchen table. Coffee. Toast. A pillbox overflowing with medications, a handful of which rest on my plate. Roos has already left — she starts work around 7:45 AM. As soon as she arrives, she sends me a text. That’s our signal: from that moment on, no communication unless absolute chaos breaks loose.
Meanwhile, I begin my own routine: reviewing and refining the week’s schedule. If there’s one thing that keeps Roos and me grounded, it’s structure and predictability. Without that, stress and sensory overload turn everything into a chaotic mess. So, with a clear goal in mind, I go through these ten essential questions. Not because it’s a trendy efficiency strategy, but because it’s a necessity. And it doesn’t stop with a simple checklist — we broaden our perspective, deepen our understanding, and refine our approach to make the week as smooth as possible.
1️⃣. What’s on the schedule? 📅
First stop: the shared calendar. No surprises. No last-minute additions. Everything must…
