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I Need ALL the Binders
Apr. 18th, 2017 11:22 amHeh. Not really. But I have been thinking about my life and how to make it more productive, more organized.
Maybe that desire for organization is linked to my (recovering) perfectionism. But I figure it couldn't hurt. 'Control the things I can control' and all that.
So this week, I've been doing just a few simple things to reconnect with my own thinking process.
1. Writing notes longhand. I always have notebooks near at hand, and I find that writing something down, more than just copying and pasting it into a Word doc, or even typing it up somewhere, helps me to remember whatever the information is, and also cements it as a plan a little more, maybe because I remember it better.
2. Drawing a line on social media, especially Twitter. It's so easy to spend the day scrolling through and refreshing Twitter when I'm on my laptop, but eventually, I need to draw the line and say, "Okay, I'm getting offline/off the computer now." And then follow through. Yesterday I did that and got some work organizing my bedroom space in the afternoon. Today, my plan is to wrap p with the social media stuff then switch to writing. But saying it and putting it out there helps hold me accountable. Because even if I turn on my phone and check the Twitter app there, I am less inclined to RT and tweet a bunch.
The real trick is maintaining the habits that are most useful.
Maybe that desire for organization is linked to my (recovering) perfectionism. But I figure it couldn't hurt. 'Control the things I can control' and all that.
So this week, I've been doing just a few simple things to reconnect with my own thinking process.
1. Writing notes longhand. I always have notebooks near at hand, and I find that writing something down, more than just copying and pasting it into a Word doc, or even typing it up somewhere, helps me to remember whatever the information is, and also cements it as a plan a little more, maybe because I remember it better.
2. Drawing a line on social media, especially Twitter. It's so easy to spend the day scrolling through and refreshing Twitter when I'm on my laptop, but eventually, I need to draw the line and say, "Okay, I'm getting offline/off the computer now." And then follow through. Yesterday I did that and got some work organizing my bedroom space in the afternoon. Today, my plan is to wrap p with the social media stuff then switch to writing. But saying it and putting it out there helps hold me accountable. Because even if I turn on my phone and check the Twitter app there, I am less inclined to RT and tweet a bunch.
The real trick is maintaining the habits that are most useful.
