Organize Your WAHM Life with Lists
January 31st, 2007
If I look at my life three years ago and compare it to my life today, I can see that I’m a lot more organized and not as stressed, even though I have a lot more responsibilities, including two children and an online business.
If I had to give one reason for this, I’d say it was my obsession with lists.
In my handy dandy day planner, I’ve started writing down daily, weekly and monthly lists.
I also have a whiteboard that I write down immediate things that need to be done. I don’t allow myself to erase anything until I’ve done it. And since I hate to have my entire whiteboard cluttered with things to do, I do them so I can erase them and see nice white space instead of black scribbles.
Not everybody is as anal-retentive as I am, so you may not need to have lists plastered all over you house on sticky notes, but I think it’s a good idea for anyone to have some sort of list with important tasks that need to be done.
It helps keep your life organized. And when your life is organized, you’re not as stressed. Stress is a very bad thing and has numerous unpleasant side effects. Being a work at home mom can create even more stress.
It’s important for your kids, your business and yourself to eliminate as much stress as possible. My solution is lists.
I write down everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, on my lists.
Pay bills, do laundry, write and distribute an article for my site, publish another blog post, phone the bank, etc.
By getting those things out of your head and onto paper (or a whiteboard), you’re eliminating the possibility that you’ll forget about it. Now you can clear your mind and focus on other things.
I have a system set up for each list and a separate place for each category. It’s working well for me, but everyone is different. I would suggest you set up what works for you. Maybe some post-it notes on your monitor will do the trick. Maybe you need to carry your day planner with you at all times. Just find out what works best for you and start making those lists!
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1. Clint Lenard | February 20th, 2007 at 2:59 am
I found it funny that you mentioned a white board because, I, too, have recently purchased one to “keep track” of my life.
Unfortunately my ideas of getting organized are not very logical and the dry erase board is filled with stuff I can’t erase because I’m either a) not sure if I’m done or B) not done!
2. Cassie | February 20th, 2007 at 3:07 am
I’m actually going to have to go out and buy a bigger board because mine is completely black now. I can’t squish anymore ‘to-do’ items on it until I do some of the things that are still on there.
I’m a huge procrastinator but I find that keeping my white board right beside me at my desk has really helped me get my ass in gear. I’ve got a lot more done each day since I got it.
But it doesn’t help when my son knocks it on the floor and pushes it around until all the marker erases off onto the carpet!
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