Those lists

My mind space has gotten better on the whole anxious vibrations front, but I feel like it’s hard to keep straight what I want to get done and also (more importantly) what I NEED to get done. I mentioned a couple days ago that I’ve started making lists in my calendar and I’m at the point that I don’t know how I got by without them.

If we’re being truthful in this place, the way I got by without them was that I wasn’t doing very much except laying around pretending to be a useful member of society.

But as I’m getting better, I’ve been keeping lists. I write them daily, and it’s usually a short list of what I didn’t get done the day before plus new things that have come up. I also havea post-it with things to get at the store (i.e., if “Target” is on my list, there’s a post-it to add things that I need from there). I also have a post-it of weekly more time sensitive needs that I can mark off directly from that list or if I’m having trouble getting them done, I can designate into my daily list too. The result looks like this:

(there’s usually also a post-it with work-related tasks but I removed it for the picture for obvious reasons.)

I also keep the monthly overview updated and add things as needed, with more detail on the weekly if needed.

(I DO NOT understand why that photo will not turn.)

This seems to make it so I have to rely less on my brain to keep things straight (which I was always good about in the past) and makes me more outwardly organized. I try to keep remembering, but in the event that I can’t, I don’t’ have to beat myself up about it.

I know bullet journaling works for a lot of people, but apparently I need more structure than that.