Works-For-Me Wednesday

After doing some Blog Hopping I have found this website Rocks In My Dryer. It has postings of tons of people giving small snippets of advise on what works for them. I thought this was a GREAT idea. It also gives me something to post about on Wednesday's so that I don't have to think. Except, I guess I have to think about what works for me so never mind about the not thinking part. I may skip weeks, because lets face it... I don't have a lot of advise! HA!

This week I am going to talk about LISTS. I know, I know, the dreaded list. But I tell you what, whenever I am feeling SO overwhelmed about what needs to be done I make a list. Sometimes I feel like there is a million things to do around the house, or what errands I need to run, or both. Sometimes I lie awake at nights thinking about what I have to do tomorrow, or just something that I have to remember and I can't sleep. So I will find a little scrap paper and write down everything that I need to do. And as it turns out, the "MILLION" things that are bogging me down actually turn up to be only 4 or 5 things. It is much more manageable when it's written down for you to actually see. It's an anxiety saver, really. And I am the ANXIETY QUEEN! (I am also the list queen... just ask Jason!) Here is my last list that I just made. (yes, an actual list.)

• Clothes/ Laundry ***gather up clean clothes/ sort & wash dirty
• Dishes *** gather all and start dishwasher (yes, we have dishes in every room.)
• Gather up garbage's/ mail/ bills
• Toys/ Brendan's room
• Clean Bathrooms
• Clean out Living room mom actually helped me with this last weekend.
• Clean out Sewing room
• Master Bedroom

Now, here are some other lists that could be made...

Things that need to be done around the house.

Yard work that needs to be done.

Bills that need to be paid.

The all important Grocery List

I actually then break down those lists into sub-lists:

• Things that need to be done around the house:
• Gather Toys/ clean Brendan's room
• Gather Dishes/ load and start dishwasher
• Gather rouge laundry. Either start a load of laundry, or wait for a bigger load.
• Dust
• Vacuum

You get the idea. I know that this may seem extreme for some, but I have found it to be a life saver. Now, I never said that once I actually make the list that I DO it, but it makes me feel warm and fuzzy just to know that I have it written down. Just in case I get the urge.

For tons of over useful tips click you can go here: What Works for Me

Also, if you have other tips about lists that I haven't written down, please leave me a comment! I would love some advice!!