"Normal person" morning routine:
- Wake up.
- Get out of bed.
- Shower.
- Dress.
- Breakfast.
- Leave house.
My morning routine:
- Wake up.
- Hit snooze. (20 minutes)
- Lie in bed reading my email or checking Facebook until semi-coherent. (20 - 30 minutes)
- Take pills. (I have a water bottle on my night stand)
- Get out of bed.
- Pee.
- Get back into bed for "just a little while longer." (10 minutes)
- Get out of bed again.
- Put on loud music to motivate myself to move. (This is VERY important.)
- Oh gods, gross, I need to shower.
- Shave. (Yes, I shave my mustache. What of it?)
- Dry hair. (This takes forever and is my least-favourite thing to do.)
- Put on make-up. (30-40 minutes from Step 10 to Step 13)
- Dress. Jewellery, bra, panties, socks, jeans, and shirt, in that order.
- Change shirt because it didn't "feel right" for today.
- Pet the cat. Get distracted.
- Still sitting there in my bra because I got distracted. Check Facebook.
- Finally find a shirt and put it on.
- Feel exhausted.Fiddle with my hair. Pick out the right earrings. (10-20 minutes from Step 14- Step 19.)
- Crap, I need to eat. Fiddle around with something in the kitchen until food happens. (10-15 minutes)
- After eating, feel disgusting and need to let food settle before going out. (I'm not sure why I always feel gross after I eat breakfast, but I do.) Facebook/ games/ music again. (30 minutes)
- Check to make sure none of the cats are trapped anywhere.
- Check to make sure all doors and windows are locked.
- Check to make sure cats have food and water.
- Check to make sure I have my pills with me.
- Crap, I forgot my ____, where is it!? Oh, there it is. (10-20 minutes from Step 22- Step 26)
- Headphones. Music again. Essential for walking. I won't walk without music.
- Finally leave the house.
Yeah. So... see how this is a problem? It's a three-hour ordeal for me just to leave the house. There has to be a way to make this less painful. Just getting up and leaving the house should not be so hard. Sometimes, I shower, shave and dry my hair at night, and that helps somewhat, but I don't feel quite clean enough when I leave the house, and that sets me on edge. Crap. Am I really this OCD? Or is it ADD? Or both?
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