By SREEKUMAR RAGHAVAN
Most often when we wake up in the morning we get anxious thinking of the number of activities to be done over the course of the day. It can overwhelm you and sometimes you may not get started at all with all the important things to do.
If you are this anxious type, I can suggest a small piece of yellow paper that can be helpful for you. They are called stick-it notes. They come in small bunches and can be easily taken off one paper at a time. This 10 x 7.5 cm bits of paper are still useful even in this digital and smart technology age.
Write whatever activities have to be done in short sentences or words and preferably in the order of importance. You can also note the time - if there is a scheduled time to submit some report or need to do a purchase or online remittance before a particular deadline.
You can have separate slips for posting working related activities and home related activities. Today, I had two sets of papers for the day. One, for work that had mainly three activities-making a proposal for digital marketing, writing web research snippets for a publication and doing some keyword research. The first two activities were completed before evening while the third one was pending even at 8 pm in the night. But nothing worrying there is still time or I can carry it to the next day. However, I can always be happy about finishing the first two tasks which were also important.
The second slip was related to home related activities such as some urgent purchases-replacement of an LED tube, fund transfer abroad for son, hair cut for daughter enjoying her school vacation and also a long due dental checkup for myself. Except one or two small items in the schedule everything was completed by the end of the day and even a few activities not mentioned in the slips were also done.
How Does Yellow Stick It Notes Make a Difference
1) Yellow Stick It notes makes it convenient to list the activities you have to do in a day. And then you start doing it. In the evening I took off the first two notes prepared in the morning and striked off the activities I had completed. Then prepared the next list of activities for late evening which included writing a blog on how to use Yellow Stick It notes! There is no miracle about how Yellow Stick It works- you are self-motivated to start doing activities one by one. If out of five activities you finish only three by the end of the day, you are still happy.
2)It breaks down a mountain of activity into smaller components. Some half-finished work can still be completed when there is more time. You become aware of the deadline as you constantly see the Stick It Notes in front of you.
3) It helps you get more organised and methodical in your day-to-day activities whether it is work related or home related or health related.
4) Stick It notes are convenient- It can be pasted in anywhere- on the desktop, lap top, shelf, on the wall or just about any place within your eye sight distance. It doesnt distract nor does it make the surface dirty with marks of gum or glue.
Start scheduling with these small yellow Post It Notes and keep anxieties and nervousness at bay. Have a great day!
