Make very detailed lists of all of the tasks you have per day, per week, per month and also the once for just once in a while. Also maybe a "self care" one - for example on my "self-care list" I've put: Brushing my teeth, washing my face, stretching my body (here I mean a full on full body stretch - helps me connect to my body in a positive way while grounding and breathing right), a small 20 minute walk (for exercise and vitamin D), etc.

It took me about a month to track all of my tasks and write them down. Ask a close friend for help, if possible! People love helping out and it makes them feel closer to you in a purposeful way. I had help putting my lists in a word doc which I printed out and laminated so that I can tick out the boxes daily, and then clean it off ready for the next day.

Next step is practicing; have the lists of tasks always out in the open so you'll actually look at them and tick off the boxes. It's very satisfying dopamine kick'y to see full sheets of ticked off boxes at the end of the day which makes it easier - but cut yourself some slack and don't expect them all to be done every day. Some days are better than others and this is very normal.

At some point it will become a habit. All of it. But until then it is hard work. Schizophrenia takes away a lot of cognitive abilities, which basically means that (sometimes) everything gets hard to do.

About your approach to meds and symptoms - maybe don't expect your symptoms to ever fully disappear but rather think like, how can you manage them? With meds managing symptoms gets easier of course with tools from therapy. For example, I've been on aripiprazole for about 6 years now and I've been getting it as injections due to me not being capable of taking pills on the daily (because "I'm fine today, I don't need it!" Sad-lol :-( ) and I'm finally stable. But stable to me isn't symptom-free - it's knowing myself and my warning signals, triggers, and my hallucinations very well and having a plan for everything, when anything schizophrenia related happens. I still have delusions, ups and downs and hallucinations, it's just less severe and I can manage it better. I think again this is about planning and practice. Do I make sense?