Throughout my life, I have been told that I needed to take my time when doing things. For most of my life I have rushed to do things because my mind is always running in overdrive. It has often been in fear of something more drastic happening to me, whether it would be being left, forgotten, rushed or pressured.

When things are rushed, there is more of a chance for mistakes or additional consequences to happen. Without slowing down, there is an inability to fully understand things fully so everything that is being told to you can be understood. One of my biggest struggles is not speaking clearly. What I am saying can be misconstrued by similar words and I often to repeat what I have said and doing this continuously can become frustrating.

As a result of not slowing down to do tasks whether it is cooking, toileting or whatever it may be, it cause the need for additional things to be done to rectify the consequences of not taking the time to do them in the way that they need to be done and this actually increases the amount of time that has elapsed when if I just slow down and do what I need to do, things will go more smoothly.

Lately, I have been more cognizant of the need to take my time and do what is needed to be done to make things less consequential for me. I am also working towards acquiring better routines for myself and striving to make them more of a habit so I can be an even better person than I am now.

Often my mind skips thoughts or processes that can make things challenging for me. I am finding ways to better address this in a more conventional way. This includes allowing myself to move towards modern techniques that were around when I was younger and learning the things that I needed to learn to be independent or allow myself to have a better quality of life,

It is not that I have not been equipped with tools to be able to manage myself. There is now a reality that I must be able to advocate more on my own as services will soon not be in existence, therefore it is important to understand expectations and how to appropriately and effectively advocate for myself to have my needs met. A central part of this is recognizing the necessity of slowing down the speed at which I do things along with doing what is necessary to remain independent and mentally stable and not feel shame or judgment when doing so. I am confident that starting the process of slowing down and learning more effective ways of being able to do things that will allow me to succeed is key to keeping things going the way they are while incorporating slight changes in the process.