impulse control is a challenge for us i had to teach myself to rely on routines to keep things from being chaotic i make a game to keep it interesting—how much i can accomplish in 5 minutes or how well i can perform something and i reward myself for getting stuff done i generally try to do things that i have to do first thing so that i can do what i want to do i try to “out smart myself “ by telling myself five minutes doing what needs to be done will reward me for what i want to do when i am in a pressure crunch i have to get something done in a certain time i put away distractions put my phone in my bedroom for an example and get it done i am way better at this than i was when i was younger things now have become automatic because of routine if i get up to use the bathroom i bus the area around me and out what i bus away before i go to the bathroom i generally wait almost to the last minute to use the bathroom so i’m in a hurry  executive functions are learned behaviors and the better we get at them the easier life gets i really wish i could go back in time to my late teens and early 20’s and learn executive functions then i probably could have been governor of my state by 30