Start a habit tracker The main goal is to keep track of certain things in your life that you want and should do. For example, mine tracks sleep quality, mood, daily tasks and basic hygiene, time I wake up at, medicine use. I fill it in every night when I go to bed, when something is bugging me I attach a journal entry to get stuff off my chest. The goal is to be aware of your habits and daily routine. It gives you the insight you need to make small positive changes to your daily life. Don't use it to track huge goals, start small and basic.
Track everything you do for a week (I did it for a month)
When I woke up, I would write down what things I needed to do today (with my habit tracker as a guide) and then estimate the time I would spend on it. Then I would do those things and write down the time those tasks actually took. After I while, you get a good feel for how long stuff takes. It doesn't matter if you are way off. It's a tool to become aware of how you spend your time and how long things actually take. Do this until you feel it's pointless.
Those two were enough for me to make one small change after the other and improve my life substantially. And whenever I relapse into being a mess (which does sometimes happen), I have my habit tracker as a basic guide to get me back on my feet.
Thus is a great idea, I've been thinking of doing something similar. If it actually helped you a lot then that is encouraging, might actually get around to starting it then
I use notion because it's free, and you have a lot of control over how you want stuff to work. But heck, excel, google sheets, some open source spreadsheet software or even paper could do the trick.
What helped me a lot is doing these two things:
Start a habit tracker The main goal is to keep track of certain things in your life that you want and should do. For example, mine tracks sleep quality, mood, daily tasks and basic hygiene, time I wake up at, medicine use. I fill it in every night when I go to bed, when something is bugging me I attach a journal entry to get stuff off my chest. The goal is to be aware of your habits and daily routine. It gives you the insight you need to make small positive changes to your daily life. Don't use it to track huge goals, start small and basic.
Track everything you do for a week (I did it for a month) When I woke up, I would write down what things I needed to do today (with my habit tracker as a guide) and then estimate the time I would spend on it. Then I would do those things and write down the time those tasks actually took. After I while, you get a good feel for how long stuff takes. It doesn't matter if you are way off. It's a tool to become aware of how you spend your time and how long things actually take. Do this until you feel it's pointless.
Those two were enough for me to make one small change after the other and improve my life substantially. And whenever I relapse into being a mess (which does sometimes happen), I have my habit tracker as a basic guide to get me back on my feet.
Thus is a great idea, I've been thinking of doing something similar. If it actually helped you a lot then that is encouraging, might actually get around to starting it then
Do you use a computer/app for that or just journal it all?
I use notion because it's free, and you have a lot of control over how you want stuff to work. But heck, excel, google sheets, some open source spreadsheet software or even paper could do the trick.