Stability Fit Community Tips
to-do List Tip
On paper make a brain-dump list. Write down all the tasks you have on your mind as part of your to-do list and things you are likely to forget.
After a minute or two of listing, take a look at what you've written and pick 3 to 5 of your top priority items. Number them by importance and start with #1. Check the boxes or cross off the tasks as you accomplish them. This doesn't limit you to those tasks only, but certainly helps to get the process started and momentum going.
Often the hardest part is getting going.
This helps me greatly to relieve the "I'm forgetting something" feeling and keeps me more organized. I utilize this list approach daily or weekly for time-management and accountability.
I prefer the tangible quality of a pad of paper and pen, but you can use what will work best for you, like the notepad app on a smartphone. The use of paper has an added benefit of not leading to distraction, so give it a try! -SL (30s homemaker/mother/housewife)
how long does it really take?
Some simple tasks are put off or dreaded because in our mind they take longer than they actually do to get done. Have you ever noticed that? Even simple everyday responsibilities can seem like a difficult part of our lives, but I think timing how long some of these truly take can help tremendously in the moments when we feel overwhelmed. The surprising thing is that even five minutes is often enough to get a noticeable chunk of a task done. Fifteen minutes is a sweet-spot for tackling small, and sometimes not-so-small tasks. A sink full of dishes cluttering up your kitchen? A weeks worth of emails to respond to? ...taking the trash out, going on that walk, opening the mail, decluttering the paper pile, returning the phone call, making a healthy lunch... The tasks will of course be unique to each of us, but I hope you will give this change of mindset a try! Next time you set out to complete one of the tasks that you sometimes put off, track the time while you do it without interruption. You will be surprised and encouraged too by how much you can do in short bursts of dedicated time. -SL
“Good stories entertain us; they teach us; they engage our imagination and creativity.”
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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Peaceful Acres is open seasonally for Harvest Hosts guests by booking a reservation with Nanci Beyerl. Through Harvest Hosts Peaceful Acres Horses is discovered by people from near and far, sometimes very far! -SL
