Start with:

1. Sleeping/Waking Up
2. Eating

If you can manage to do just these 2 things **at the same time every day** (give or take an hour, shit happens obv) then you're HUGELY on track already. You will see your life change positively, I promise. 

A sort of caveat though is that you have to be serious about prioritizing these things no matter what. Your boss can eat shit if they're mad you can't work late or whatever. If you have to sleep at 10 every night then you do, NO exceptions -- cause be real with yourself, you're going to be even less productive for who knows how long if you're in a bad state because your sleep has been disturbed. One night of tucking in early and missing a single deadline or party, VS. possibly weeks of mania/depression/mixed states with much vaster consequences? 

It's obviously easier said than done, we are often subject to impulsive thoughts and actions. That's part of why I suggest starting with *only* these 2 things, don't ever bite off more than you can chew because that increases your chances of abandoning it all in a state of overwhelm. Start simple, take time, and forgive yourself if you fuck up.

It can be a huge lifestyle adjustment depending on the person, and you have to remember it's not like a fad diet or whatever. You aren't gonna do this for 2 months, get 'better', and then live however for the rest of your life. The point is to morph these scheduled events into literal habits, and that's the other main reason I suggest starting with these 2 things. They are easier habits to form because of how our bodies can be sort of trained or conditioned. If you buckle down and spend a month or so sleeping and eating similar amounts at the same times every day, eventually your body WILL start to get hungry and tired at those same times, and it will cue you before your written reminders or alarms do. Eventually there is no more mental burden of trying to remember, it's just something you feel and do.

I have issues with executive dysfunction big time, simple things like brushing my teeth and showering is like, a fight with myself to even give a shit. If you can relate, or there's really anything you want/need to make a habit of, you can start to work them in one by one. Once sleeping and eating are habitual, anchor new parts of the routine onto them to start off easy. Tell yourself when bedtime is approaching and you start feeling tired, that's when you brush your teeth now. Keep working it in until it's habit.

Hope this helps someone, anyone. Maybe I'm just dumb af and this is obvious information lol! But it really took me like 5 years of struggling and therapy to crack this code for myself. I was always trying to do way too much. Change my life and habits all at once and always inevitably failing, because honestly, I don't think *anyone* is really capable of doing that much at once. Much love to yall.