A random thought about deadlines...

Are deadlines moving closer together or am I becoming more scattered the older I become? Whichever it is, it's freaking me out! Have I fooled others and even myself all these years into believing that I'm organized? Someone recently told me that you can't be creative and keep to a routine. I certainly know I have trouble with routine, so does that make me creative? Or am I simply disorganized? How does one declutter one's brain? Just a random thought squeezing through the very congested lanes of my gray matter.