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Keeping life organized often
Keeping life organized often feels like a juggling act. Just as swiftly as you move to catch one ball, the next one is hurtling towards you.
Sometimes you’d spend weeks failing to prioritize sleep, fast food instead of meal prep, and procrastinating instead of focusing on deep work.
By following simple rules and applying them consistently, you’ll organize your life in a way that adds calm to your days and order to your weeks.
Develop habits and build
Develop habits and build a routine
Good habits set us up for long-term success and make us feel good. Bad habits rob us of our time, health, happiness, and money.
Look at the habits in your life to see what’s working, what needs to go, and what new habits would help you reach your goals.
Once you have the habits you want in your life, assemble them in a daily routine that keeps you productive.
Declutter and simplifyIt’s hard
Declutter and simplify
It’s hard to feel organized when your mind is in shambles and your office space and house are too. Always be on the lookout for opportunities to make space –physically, digitally, and mentally.
Measure your progress
Whether your goals are big or small, it’s important to measure your progress. Allocate more time in your life for activities that are helping you reach your goals. Cut out the things that are failing to make an impact for you.
Plan aheadPlan and schedule
Plan ahead
- Plan and schedule in the small things – they add up! (laundry or cleaning)
- Dedicate an hour a week to planning your week friday afternoon, monday morning)
- Overestimate how long a task will take you
- Try time blocking your day
Automate or outsourceHabits automate
Automate or outsource
Habits automate for your decision-making. Technology can automate your repetitive tasks.
Organize your life by setting up automations that remove active effort and free up your time and energy.
Experiment
Try new things and seek out novel experiences. Sometimes things aren’t working out. Other times they’ve gone stale.
These are the best times to introduce novelty to our lives to break out of periods of plateau.
Embrace your natural inclinationsTo
Embrace your natural inclinations
To organize your life, opt for habits that fit with your natural inclinations. Be realistic about yourself and embrace what you can conceivably commit to for the long haul.
Consistency over perfection
Unrealistic plans set us up for a spiral of shame and regret when we ultimately fall short of our goal. Make consistency a part of your life and get used to imperfection.
Find balance and prioritize
Find balance and prioritize appropriately
In our attempt to do it all and organize our lives perfectly, balance is often a casualty.
While this strategy can work in the short-term, the long-term impacts eventually rear: stress, burnout, and lethargy.
Prioritization is a key tool to organize your life. Doing it all is impossible; prioritizing what’s crucial is within reach. Decline what doesn’t serve your highest goals, to give your laser focus to what matters.
