![]() ![]() I’d use it for everything, including scheduling showers, eating, and sleep, to trick my brain into treating it as an appointment so that I wouldn’t get stuck in a task for 12 hours without doing things necessary for life, like eating, bathing, and sleeping. I used to live and die by my Franklin planner. With my Midori Traveler’s Notebooks, I’ve been able to take advantage of that part of my brain and turn it into giving myself rewards. The same goes for everything needing to be in an exact certain way. Living and dying by a schedule can lead to huge anxiety and internal meltdowns for simple things, like not being on time for an appointment-which actually means arriving 10 minutes early to be considered on-time. It also means OCD and everything must be in its right place and its own category. ![]() Having my autism spectrum brain means I live and die by a schedule. While the sources may be different, I have managed to find tools that work to reduce my anxiety regardless of the trigger. There are two sources for my anxiety: complex PTSD and I’m on the autism spectrum. It wasn’t until a friend showed me how she uses stickers as positive reinforcement that my brain exclaimed, “ I need this! This is the best thing, ever!” Three weeks into using my Midori Traveler’s Notebooks, my anxiety had been dramatically reduced, my overall mood is much better, and I’m falling asleep much faster at night knowing everything is done and not running lists upon lists through my head. I’m late to the world of the Midori Traveler’s Notebook. Deconstructed Midori Traveler’s Notebooks. ![]()
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