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Lists are not the end all and be all of organizing your life, well they can be for some people. For me they help me prioritize the important things that I want to do.
I confess I have probably 5-6 different coil note books, they are light and pretty durable. I have one for brilliant come to me in the night or in the shower ideas. I have one that I have used for teleclasses, keeping notes and such. The most important one is my Dream Big one. It is my vision for the future.
My partner, he uses lists too, but his are all on the computer. He uses software feature to categorize and prioritize his tasks.
I use my lists for one very important function, so I don’t have to remember… if I had to remember every little detail of every little task I might serious have my head explode. Writing things down, allows for my head to forget about that thing until the right time.
I have several goals that I am working on accomplishing this year. I have taken the time to write those down and I have created some milestones along the way to make sure I am keep moving in the right direction.
But I have read about a difference strategy for doing the day to day tasks that may assist with reaching the goals faster. I am going to be trying this out through the next few months to see if the strategy works well for me.
Let me explain: Instead of writing tasks, you write next actions.
Example: Passport required. This seems like a reasonable task, but what is all involved in this. well, picking up the application, filling out the paper work, getting your picture, getting it signed by your guarantee, taking it to the govt office, waiting for it to arrive. Two things can happen with such a generic task, first you could become overwhelmed with all the things that you need to do, that you never actually start it. Second you might actually miss tasks that need to be done, so it takes you much longer to go back and do then correctly.
Next Actions, or what I like to say Inspired Actions.
Example: Take passport application to the Gov’t Office to file and pay the fee.
This is easier and simple. You know exactly what to do, with very little thinking, you already did that already. The Step before this, you should have gathered the address and hours they are open. So you are ready to go.
Can you see how small change could have a Big impact on how you do things. Each step is very small and simple and would take only a few minutes. And if you take one action a day you will be at the end and completed the goal long before you even realize how much stress you eliminated from your life by changing this small thing.
Try it!
Let me know how this strategy works out for you. Post a Comment!
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