I am a visual person. The only way I remember things is when I write them down. I could be anywhere, and I could never see it again, but I'll never forget once I've written it.
I've been keeping a journal for many years, and you can ask me anything about what happened in my life since I was 12 years old. I'll be able to tell you as if it happened yesterday. I just don't forget.
That's just how visual people work.
When I worked as a secretary, during my training period, I wrote down every single direction my boss gave me. When to check the mail, how to schedule a meeting and send it to all the people who worked there, or what to write in an e-mail for clients. I had to answer a lot of calls and send away messages to those who couldn't answer the phone. I had to remember the caller's name, the person he/she wanted to talk to, what was the subject and their contact information. It was a lot of things to remember, and if I didn't have a pen and paper to write on, I would quickly forget and my work wouldn't be effective.
On Tuesday at Institute, one of our classmates said she says "yes" to a lot of things. I am exactly like that. It's hard for me to say no to anyone, especially to those whom I care. Sometimes I say yes simply because I forget what I have to do. The other day, I had to take my road test, and I almost accidentally set up an appointment at CIBC. Dumb! If I hadn't set up a reminder on my phone, I would've to try to clone myself. Or I would totally forget about my road test and not even take it.
Our generation has the ability of multi-task. That is a fact. But that also brings us a lot of anxiety and stress because it's hard to focus and prioritize. I am speaking, in general. I know a lot of people can prioritize just perfectly. My sister is one example of that. She goes to the gym three times a week religiously. She knows that every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. she will be at the gym for 1:30 hours. And she doesn't miss one day, except for when she is REALLY sick or when she is out of town. Wish I was like that.
But don't feel hopeless. I am a living proof that we can learn how to prioritize. I am an anxious person, and I usually want to do everything. I even count how many seconds it will take me to do something. I time everything. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.
So over the years, I've come up with different organizing methods and the ones that worked best for me are schedules. I am able to see everything I have to do and set up a time for each task.
I was very excited playing around with inDesign that I ended up creating this schedule. It starts at 12 p.m. because I know I can't function in the morning. You have to be realistic when scheduling your day. Plus, I am usually at school in the mornings, and weekends are sacred, if I can, I will not set up an alarm for the next day. I ended it at 10 p.m. because I need to start sleeping 8 hours. I've been having 4:30-5 hours of sleep and this is killing me!
My friend gave me the idea of sharing this schedule with you guys, so here it goes! :) you can even edit it to be suitable for your life! Click here to download the file, and have fun!
I made one for CreCommers and other for real people! haha
I hope this helps you a lot, it's been helping me! And remember, TAKE IT EVERYWHERE YOU GO!
p.s.: always use a pencil to write on it, your priorities may change over the days. ;)
If you'd like to see more organizing tips, click here.
- Tell me how you organize your day and if this schedule was helpful in the comments!
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