Sticking to a regular eating routine can help with food and mood concerns like unstable blood sugars.
Following a basic daily routine can help with
- Stress
- Family management
- Self Care
- Fatigue and chronic pain Self management tools like pacing
- Managing neurodivergence traits (including time blindness).
It is however important to build some flexibility into your routine, and to avoid over scheduling (a common perfectionist trait).
Simplifying daily life can help to simplify your routine.
Sticking to a routine is not always easy, as unexpected things do come up. Build some time for this into your routine.
TIP: Simply do the best you can, in the time that you have in balance with other things, and use your assertiveness skills if others are frequently disrupting your routine and self care.
Links
How Routines can positively affect your mental health https://thiswayup.org.au/how-routines-can-positively-affect-your-mental-health/
Family Routine https://raisingchildren.net.au/grown-ups/family-life/routines-rituals-relationships/family-routines
How Consistency May Help You Avoid Migraines https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/migraine-consistency-help
Routines, reminders and rules https://treatcfsfm.org/submnu-Routine,-Reminders,-Rules-103.html
Importance of routine in ADHD, https://www.donefirst.com/blog/the-importance-of-routine-for-individuals-with-adhd