Although it will often take someone with ADHD longer to establish a routine (and they may struggle to stick to it), the complete absence of a routine will ambush organization in an ADHD home as thoroughly as it would in any home. We all need daily routines—looking at our calendar and to-do list first every morning, cleaning the kitchen after dinner every night, etc.—to keep us on track, as well as weekly routines—Laundry Day Saturday, Bill Paying Monday—to ground us in our week.
