Hello & Happy Sunday!
I just so happen to love Sundays. They used to be my lazy days and I have to say, getting a move on it early really makes the day so much better!
I thought I’d do a little advice post following my confessions. While I have my vices, there are lots of things that I’m quite good at.
On that note, do you ever find yourself wasting hours of time doing virtually nothing? Perhaps browsing the Internet, flipping through tv stations, or just sitting.
Ya, it happens without most people even noticing it. This is a problem I encountered with college. I found myself watching marathons of Grey’s Anatomy, surfing the web, and spending endless amounts of time on Facebook instead of actually doing anything substantial.
So how did I beat it? I started making lists and jotting down notes on post-its all over the place. I’m like the post-it queen and have them scattered all over the place.
These are just a few of the ones I have on my desk. I’m also planning of finding the Post-it labels this week. They just sound so fun!
Here are my tips for you:
- Either before you go to bed, or first thing in the morning, make a list of everything that you want to accomplish today [or tomorrow if you're doing this the night before]
- [Note: it helps to mark them by priority so you don't overwhelm yourself]
- Make a mental note of everything on the list and try to remind yourself of it often
- Put some of the tasks on post-its or small pieces of paper and place them in places you will see them frequently [I put mine on my mirrors, laptop, and all around my desk]. This way, you have little reminders around when you fall off track.
- Check off or cross out everything as you accomplish it. Trust me, it will feel good to check it off the list.
- At the end of the day go over the list. If there are things you didn’t get to, put them on the next list [this is where prioritizing helps, you want to make sure you do the high priority tasks on time]
- Finally, don’t stress over what you didn’t do, focus on what you did!
Do you make to-do lists regularly? Do they help you? If you don’t, would you try it?
This was just a little random post for the day. I plan on doing another one tonight after my yoga class. So long, enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
