To-Do Lists: How They Changed My Way Of Life

I've always been an inherently unorganised person, with literally every part of my life. I honestly don't know how I've survived so long living like this; my lunches would always be made in the morning before work, I would be late to almost everything and I would forget to bring essential items out with me such as my phone or my card. In the last month or so however all that has changed, partially because I haven't really been leaving my house.

I bought this set of cute pink sticky notepads on one of my countless overspending days that included little post-its with positive messages on and an A5 to-do list section. This was an attempt to motivate myself to actually do things, to no avail. That is until I was cleaning out my stationary drawer and found the set. I was adamant that this was going to be my brand new start and started using them to help me complete mundane tasks such as making my bed or tidying up. I found that it worked really well to help motivate me to get through tasks that I would normally just put-off until my mother yelled at me and I had a breakdown about it.

I then started applying the to-do list method to my work life. This integration was very smooth and I suddenly became dependant on writing things down in fear that I would forget and mess up my routine. I found that overall the method of writing things down before doing them made it so much easier to get my head around my day and not get overwhelmed, like I more often than not do.

Windows did a survey in the US that found out 73% of the people they asked said that the act of simply writing down their daily tasks helped them manage their stress and kept them calm.

Great retailers for to-do list templates/resources:

• Etsy has some really cute designs and is super affordable (Plus a lot of the templates are available for digital download meaning you get to save some trees)!

• Asana is an online tool that can help you organise your work life! If you're not so worried about aesthetics then this is the one for you.

• Paperchase is great for practical but cute stationary and their to-do list selection is pretty impressive and affordable!

I really hope this can help you in your daily life, if it does then be sure to send me a message via the contact section on the website or find me on socials. I've also recently started using a 12-week planner so I'll let you guys know how that goes!