Day 15/100 Days Of Productivity

my annotations for the starless sea so far🥰🧡 definitely much more of a slower paced book, but i’m enjoying every minute of it🧡 something about the starless sea is so nostalgic✨ . what are you all currently reading?☺️ (at Perth, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B32FGzDHgSG/?igshid=f1tgivnhpqmh

What's the first thing that you would once the quarantine is over??

Ooh well I think absolute number 1 would be organising a sleepover with my friends so we could decorate cupcakes and hug a lot to make up for lost time. Thank you for this lovely ask! ☺️ ✨ 🍃🌸

Aesthetics board for @charlie-ughh 💫🌻

Based on their gorgeous blog ☺️😍🍯

I hope this is alright! ✨🌞

September is the month when I’ll hopefully get back to being organised and productive before uni next month and I started it by making a bujo spread which came out very pretty imo 🌻🌻🌻

What's your favourite musicals?

Aw probably Be More Chill and Heathers 😅 I like a ton more but those are my favourites 🥰

Day 34/100 days of productivity

Today’s Achievements:

Started an online forensic psychology course

Deep cleaned my room

Helped my dad sort and rearrange the office

Cleared out all my old GCSE notes that’s aren’t needed next year

Planned out other things I need to do the next six months

Hand made a Mother’s Day card (forgot to ask a friend to grab one for me and I’m isolated ahah)

Face timed other family members who are quarantined

Had a good day! It’s nice being off because I can get so much done :)

“Make it happen”✨

Ah 😍 ask me some if you like! ☺️✨

book worm asks 📓

lord of the rings: houseplants or wildflowers?

donna tartt: favorite spring tradition?

the catcher in the rye: bath time with the rising sun, or late in the moonlight?

lord byron: succulents or dried herbs?

david copperfield: go out with friends or stay home with books?

wordsworth: study at a desk or in bed?

mansfield park: favorite music artist/band?

huck finn: dogs or cats? 

agatha christie: favorite form of exercise?

alexa chung’s “it”: dealbreakers in relationships?

rainbow rowell: sunlight or rainy day?

the life-changing magic of tidying up: sunflowers or tulips?

to all the boys I’ve loved before: favorite classic book?

brontë sisters: bike ride or hiking?

robert frost: minimal style or romantic?

How to Create a Life Organizational System (when everything’s a mess)

• 1/14/20 • 11:30 am •

The other day I helped my friend through this process since she had basically no organizational system and it was getting really difficult to get things done on time and for her to take care of herself on top of schoolwork and a job. I thought some of you would benefit from this considering some of the comments and messages I get, so here you go! No shame here, I just want to help and share what I’ve helped several people to do and it seems to be pretty effective!

The first step is to have a desire to change things. The first step to making a substantial change is to acknowledge that there’s a problem in the first place. You need to have a system for managing your life, and if you don’t currently have one then you need to develop one and try to stick to it (you can always change it up later if it’s not working! These are designed to help you and make life easier, not harder!)

Write a list of all your commitments. This can include things like work, school, a hobby, a club, and taking care of yourself, or any other categories that are relevant to your life! Be as specific as possible to write down all of your recurring commitments, this will help you later in the process.

Figure out what isn’t working the most. What’s the biggest problem? Do you keep missing important things because you don’t remember when things are scheduled for? Is your email inbox overflowing? Do you start every day by scrambling around in the morning, unsure of what to do first? Do you keep turning in assignments late? All of the above? Figure out your most important problem to fix and make that your top priority for now. We can also address other issues, but this will be your main focus.

Brainstorm solutions to your main issue. Do you need to set up a calendar system? Need to sort through your email and create a system moving forward so it stays manageable? Do you need to set a specific morning routine? Need a planner or other time management system? Think of some solutions to your main issues and some reasonable, actionable steps that you can take to do it.

Take the first step towards tackling this issue. This can be a small step or a big step, whatever you have time for! If you need to set up a calendar system, for example, you could start by inputting important commitments for the upcoming week. If you need to figure out your email system, you could start by making a couple of folders to organize things. It’s totally up to you!

Once you’ve started to tackle your main issue, now it’s time to focus on how you want to be spending your days. Make a list of any habits you want to incorporate into your life on a regular basis (whether that’s daily, weekly, or monthly), and determine what specific days (and times, if applicable) you want to do each habit. If they are time-specific, put them into your calendar as a recurring event! These habits aren’t permanent, you can change them up as you go if you find they’re too much or not a right fit, so try not to put too much pressure on yourself! Also try to just focus on doing 2-5 things on a regular basis, since I’ve found doing any more than that can get overwhelming and frustrating.  Start smaller, and you can always add more as you like.

Now for another list, this time it’s our short-term to do’s! What do you need to get done in the next week, or next few days? I find it helpful to sort tasks by categories based on my recurring commitment list, as well as a miscellaneous list for anything that doesn’t fit in the other categories. Write down the due dates next to each task, if they have one. Then, write down what day you want to work on each task, and try to estimate how much time each task will take. No worries if a task is going to take more than one day, just write it down for all of those days that you think it might take to complete it!

Then, write down a list of long-term to do’s! Not everyone will have stuff in this category, but this is for bigger tasks like essays or projects that need to be broken up into smaller steps. Write down any longer-term projects you have, and then below them write down some smaller steps that you need to do to build up to the completion of the project. Be as specific as possible! Then, write down “due dates” for each sub-task so that it’ll help to pace out the project over time instead of just doing everything at the last minute.

Look at your lists and ask yourself if all of them are entirely necessary. It’s ok if they’re all important, but taking time to consider if there’s anything you can cut down on to make your life a little easier can really pay off in the long term.

Make one last list for the next week (or next couple of days), sorting through your habits, short-term to do’s, and long-term to do’s lists and order tasks based on what day they need to get done. For example, on Monday you might have to do laundry, to do a homework assignment, and to create an outline for your essay. If you have an overwhelming amount of stuff all on one day, try to re-allocate some of the tasks to other days if possible. Otherwise, at least you know ahead of time that it’s going to be a busy day and you can plan accordingly!

If you aren’t sure you’ll remember to check your list (which you can totally write into a planner or other system if you don’t want to just use the plain ol’ list, it can be a great start to using a planner or bullet journal if you aren’t already using one!), I’d recommend setting a reminder on your phone to check it every day. (I’d also recommend taking a photo of your lists if you’re the kind of person who loses things!)

The last step is to continue! Keep working on tackling your main issue and follow your list(s) to the best of your ability! Once you feel like you have a handle on things, then you can work towards getting a hold on another issue that you have with your organizational system! It’s totally ok to continuously revise your system, if anything it’s even better to keep improving it since continual progress is amazing!

Okay Ik I don’t have too many followers but if you see this PLEASE go follow @honey_threadds on Instagram. They post the cUTEST posts and has this gorgeous aesthetic. Please go show them some love 💕✨