Yor life can always be pulled apar and is never 100% finished. I have not been in your situation. But I have learnt to be autistic as I got my diagnosis late.

First about storage, I would either start by trying to sort the stuff, I mean, boxes are a type of storage as well. Go for rough categories in size and location / type.

• Kitchen stuff, big
• Kitchen stuff, small
• gardening
• medical / health
• etc

The other thing you can do is to just go to a second hand store and find a bookcase you like with fairly big and deep shelves. A big plus if you can move the shelfs as well. Often you can find them in sets of two or three. If you are creative you can sand and paint it to make it more your own.

About routines, you probably have some sort of routine, try to build on that. And you don’t necessarily need a super rigid routine. We eat around 12 and 18. I exercise some days after dinner. At 22 I clean a bit in the kitchen and go to beed to read until I can sleep. I do laundry on the same day every week etc.

That is a good step in the right direction

It also makes it harder to even accept help because you have been doing okay so far. It’s almost like, if you accept too much or certain types of help, you feel like a lesser person. It’s not true, of course. It’s just hard to ask for help for things you thought where okay.

Same! One day I want to travel there and look at it in person

In sweden we have a statue of an old lady using her handbag as a weapon