Getting your life together is something that most of us strive for. Yet we rarely know where to start with this important journey. This is why today we are going to chat about what you can do to get your life together and in order. To help you this is organised into an actionable checklist that you can use.
- Set specific and measurable goals: Write down your short-term and long-term goals. Ensure that they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. CHECK OUT: Goal Setting Rules
- Develop a routine: Establish a daily routine that allows you to prioritise your time, energy, and attention. Schedule your tasks, activities, and responsibilities, including work, exercise, leisure, and self-care. CHECK OUT: Journaling Prompts for when Establishing a Daily Routine
- Improve your health: Eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, get enough sleep, and avoid harmful substances such as alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. CHECK OUT: The Whole-Life Health Lifestyle
- Manage your finances: Create a budget, track your expenses, pay your bills on time, save money, and invest in your future. CHECK OUT: Some of my Favourite Money Saving Tips
- Build strong relationships: Cultivate positive relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. Learn to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts, and express gratitude.
- Learn new skills: Invest in your personal and professional development by acquiring new knowledge, skills, and competencies. CHECK OUT: Try something new
- Organise your space: Declutter your home and workspace, organise your belongings, and create a clean and functional environment that supports your productivity and creativity. CHECK OUT: List Ideas To Get You Organised
- Manage your time effectively: Prioritise your tasks, avoid distractions, and use time management techniques such as the Pomodoro method or time-blocking. CHECK OUT: Create More Time & Energy & My top time-management tips
- Cultivate a positive mindset: Develop a growth mindset, practice self-compassion, gratitude, and mindfulness, and learn to manage your thoughts and emotions effectively. CHECK OUT: How do you get into a positive mindset?
- Pursue your passions: Identify your passions and interests, and pursue them through hobbies, volunteer work, or side projects. CHECK OUT: Unlocking Your Passion & Find your passions & talents and embrace them
Remember, these are general guidelines, and everyone’s journey is unique. Customise this checklist to fit your specific needs and goals, and enjoy the process of getting your life together!
LISTS TO MAKE TO ELEVATE YOUR MINDSET
YOUR GOALS
- life goals
- countries you would like to visit
- things you would like to do
- stories you would like to write about
- adventures you would like to live
- dreams for the future
- where you would like to live
- what you will be doing in the next few years
- things you would like to get
- skills you would like to learn
- wish list
YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS
- your favourite songs
- funniest jokes
- favourite movies
- favourite TV shows
- favourite books
- favourite places to visit
- favourite food and restaurants
- favourite parks to visit
- favourite quotes
- favourite podcasts
YOUR PEOPLE
- people you love
- how do you meet your favourite people
- people you would like to meet
- what you like to do with your friends
- who you would like to connect with
List Ideas To Get You Organised
Daily to-do list
A running daily to-do list is probably the most helpful list that you can use to help keep organised. There are lots of different to-do list ideas you can do but daily is my favourite type!
Weekly to-do list
A weekly to-do list can be a life-changing tool to keep (and stay) organised. I have a whole post on creating a productive and helpful weekly to-do list including a free digital list.
Goals list
Both short-term and long-term lists of your goals are very helpful for keeping your dreams and priorities in mind.
Fitness progress list
Keep track of your gym activities and progress. This isn’t just the scale/measurements but also how far you ran each day or how much you lifted. These lists will help keep you on track with your fitness goals and also will help keep you organised.
Stores/Shopping list
This is for stores and items besides groceries.
Meal planning list
Keeping a running list of what your meals will be for the next 5-7 days is so helpful for staying organised. It ensures you can avoid the fighting over what to eat and that you know what groceries you need to buy.
Budget list
This will depend on your individual family finances and what your preference is but I have found a general list tracking my incoming money and outgoing money helps me largely keep my finances in check.
Spending list
Similar to your budget list a spending list is a more detailed list of what you are spending money on. This list helps you get a much better idea for budgeting on what areas you are spending money on and a good idea of where you could be saving money.
Running Grocery list
A running grocery list is great because you’re more likely to remember things if you write them down when you realise you need them rather than hoping to remember on the 1 day a week you normally write up your grocery list.
Emails to send
This is more so a list for me at work but it’s so important for me to jot down the emails I need to send.
Events to attend
I like to keep this list running as ideas of events I want to attend and fun things to do! I love checking out the local events on Facebook and then keeping a running list of them.
Cleaning lists
The best way in my experience is to break this up into daily, weekly, and monthly. It helps keep track of not only what needs to be cleaned but when the last time something was cleaned.
Books you want to read/ shows to watch lists
This is pretty self-explanatory but when you see a TV show you want to watch or hear about a book you want to read then jot it down.
Birthday & Anniversary list
Make this list so you never forget the birthdays and anniversaries of your loved ones.
Areas/items to declutter list
Keeping a list of what needs organized or decluttered is so helpful that when you get the opportunity to declutter then you already have a great list to start with. This is super helpful when you get the time to work on organising your home.
Usernames and password lists
A notebook page that does not travel with you with your username and passwords can be super helpful. Remember – it’s much more secure to have random and un-associated passwords for each account you have.
Restaurants to try list
Keep a running list of restaurants you hear about or that are opening soon that you want to try. This is incredibly helpful when you are debating with your family/significant other about where you want to go to dinner.
Professional accomplishments lists
This is the last of the lists to make to get organised but it is so helpful! It’s actually very easy to forget about professional accomplishments such as the name of an award you won or the dates of certification.
Other lists to make
- Books you’re reading
- Habit tracker
- Things to improve/elevate in your life
- Dishes to cook
- Workouts schedule
- Weekly and monthly budget
- Plants you have
- Favourite items
- Gift ideas
- Progress of your skills
- Playlist
- Best memories
- Gratitude
- Things that make you happy
- Favourite movies
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