Only the 3rd day of the new year and I know that many people are probably excited to be getting their life organized! One of the ways that I have been planning out my days is by making a nice to do list. The to do lists work in many ways for many people. My lists are always lengthy, with knowing that I am not going to be able to cross everything off.
For me personally, I just like the feeling of seeing all that I have accomplished in the time I had. I will always be a to do list person. Whenever I have my to do list made, I do not feel overwhelmed or stressed. I am calm because I have in front of me all of the thoughts of things that can be done right in front of me. As I am crossing off the tasks that I have accomplished, I feel so happy! The above picture is my list from yesterday, which was a Sunday. My weekend lists are really long so don’t go thinking that they are normally like this. I will list even the small things that I need to get done because it helps to hold me accountable.
I am going to post the list again and this time it will be how it looked at the end of the night.
When something is completed on my list I will draw a line through it. If at the end of the night I am unable to complete what is left on the list I will just put x’s through them. I was pretty impressed with all that I got accomplished yesterday, especially since I had to work for 7 hours.
I hope that if you are feeling overwhelmed with all the tasks that you need to complete and remember, that you will try this method. Are you a list maker already? If so, then feel free to leave a comment with what all you do. I hope that you are continuing to have a great start of the new year and the month.