Micro Tasks: An Easy way to Reach Those Goals

This is my desk after tidying. I can see my little foxy and I get more light.

A big goal I have set myself is to have a tidy sewing room in just over three months. The reward was there - space to work in and things in their place - but I didn't know where to fit the cleaning task time.

I thought about which habits are very strong now and here to stay. My morning routine is a series of tasks that are now like one big habit. I spent 3 months putting them in place. So what better way to create a 'room tidy habit' than to stack it inside my morning routine.

This is the journal desk before. The things I don't use every day went onto the book shelf
and I feel a lot less cramped.

I decided on just 30 mins a day and I have placed it directly after my morning walk and before my morning meditation. This has been working really well. Gentle tidying after my walk lets me cool down and the meditation after lets me relax after intense focusing.

I know exactly what has to be done. These free printables are from
the Business Bakery. I am keeping to track. The two I missed are
for the third wardrobe insert that I can't afford yet.

I broke every section of the room into micro tasks. I had to make them
even smaller to fit into the 30 mins. I spend 3 days at least on each task in this list.

I am doing the room tidy as a 100 days goal with some support from The Business Bakery. We are up to day 40 as I write this and I haven't missed a day. There is no pressure to work for hours making huge changes.

This second insert space had three boxes in it like the next space.

These are the boxes all emptied out. Well, they were all empty until I went to
Spotlight and bought several metres of fur. That box is stored under my desk now.

The second insert is in and starting to fill up.

I know that I will get pretty close to a perfect result at the end of the 100 days if I just stick to my 30 mins a day. Because I am not hurrying I take time to ponder where things need to be stored so I don't have to move them again.

I posted about my cutting table on Facebook. It is so nice to nearly have it back.

You can see that the top of the desk is my focus for now. The underneath is
a later task.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4. Emptied some drawers and put the stationery bits in little boxes in the wardrobe unit.

This is where I will keep the patterns I am working on instead of on the table.

This is a big job but I feel quite relaxed about it because it just seems easy to do a little bit at a time. I am so pleased with how the room is looking and I feel much better too.

I hope my successes will inspire you to do a big project a tiny bit at a time. It doesn't matter how long it takes, you just need to get started and do a bit at a time. You don't need fancy work sheets. Just get a lined pad and start writing tasks down.
What areas in your house could benefit from this type of makeover? Let me know in the comments.

Cheers,
Val

100 Days Journal: Being 100% Committed to the Process

I am developing an instant download called 100 days journal: 1 goal at a time.

Failing is just a challenge

Several times I have attempted doing something for 100 days. I can't even remember if I finished the 100 days those times.
I have been doing a lot of reading in order to work out what I need to do to get the result I want at the end of the 100 days.

Keep your eye on the process

What I have learned is that I lost my way and failed to keep up the process. I am now 4 days into the 100 days process that will get the result I am after. I have not had a perfect run so far but I am 100% committed to the process. Just because my commitment slips one day doesn't mean the process is not working.

Affirmation Everyday

Everyday I read aloud my affirmation that I am 100% committed to doing what I have to in order to become the person I want to be.
Everyday I write in my 100 day journal that I am 100% committed to the journey.
I trust that the journey will lead to the desired result.

Slowly building a habit

By making my affirmation everyday I am gradually building up my resistance to my old habits. By writing about my resolve in my 100 day journal everyday I am learning a new way to behave.
On the backs of the pages I write about my resolve, my self discipline. I write in more detail about the temptations, why I gave in and how I can break the old habits.

Take Immediate Action to Change Something in Your Life?

• I have been reading The Miracle Morning and even though I know of most of the ideas in the book I find that reading them printed in a book makes them more real to me. The order and structure of the book help me get all my ideas in an order that makes them workable.

• I have also been reading 168 Hours. This book is way above any time organising I need for my part time business and my retired lifestyle but I have found the week master plan perfect for enabling me to move forward with my business goals and my Life Vision goals regarding health, family and social life.

• I am just about at the end of my second Goal Journal from Kikki-K. I have found this simple month by month journal perfect for getting my mind set in the right place. I am now ready to focus my mind on 1 goal for a set amount of time. Be it a week or a month.
  
  I know that being 100% committed while I am 100% focused will get me the results I desire. Working through the goal journal allows you to easily get into the habit of setting goals by asking you to focus on 4 goals a month.
  
  I took some of my long term goals and broke then down into monthly sections and put these as my monthly goals. Some goals where just month long short term goals for small projects I wanted to finish.
  
  The main thing is - I was getting in the habit of setting goals and following through for the month. I used the notes page to make weekly updates and reviews.

I am developing a set of 100 day journal pages to sell as a digital download. They will be formatted for A5 paper and fit perfectly on Kikki-K personal planner pages.

Leave a comment if you would like to know when it is available.

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Stay Organised,
Val