Get Your Life Shit Together

Katherine Monet

Do you feel you drag your priorities, everything is a mess, and working less? It’s important to have a structured routine, and organized helps you to be happy with your life.

In this post, I’ll offer my best tips on how to get your shit together to help you live your happiest life.

#1: List Your Goals

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In a blank notebook, start by writing a list of your goals. There are a few different categories of your goals. They are: Personal, Work, Priorities, and Self – Care.

Example of Personal Goals:

Trips
Socialize with friends or family members outings
Try a new hobby
Read a book
Monthly Movie Nights
Organize your desk and closet
Learn how to drive
Find a job
Do a 30 day challenge
Keep a journal or blog for thoughts
Learn a new language
Start practicing yoga

Example of Work Goals

Plan your business idea
Write blog post
Create a course
Write an Ebook
Print blog post template
Design your service site
Start a business Instagram account
Create products on Canva
Plot a book
Plan a video game
Write a script for a movie or play
Set up your online shop
Paint mugs to sell

Examples of Priorities Goals:

Clean room
Do laundry
Keep track of your finances
Make your bed
Meal prep
Deep clean bathrooms
Declutter your closet and drawers
Wipe clean surfaces
Clean your fridge
Turn on dishwasher
Cook breakfast or dinner
Make your lunch
Organize the house

Examples of Self – Care Goals:

Skin routine
Shower
Practice mindfulness
Work out
Journaling
Treat yourself to cookies, ice cream, etc.
Spa day
Go out for dinner with your family
Spend time with your parents
Go out on a date
Swimming
Watching a TV show

In addition, you can create your own categories in your list of goals that you would like to work on.

#2: Fill In Monthly Calendar

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Take your long list of goals, and then apply them to The Eisenhower Matrix. Next, add it to your calendar.

Prioritize your goals in the matrix by urgency, important, delegate, and not important. This way, you’ll know what to work on first. Then, create a color code system and fill your calendar to identify each category, it can be extremely helpful.

#3: Schedule Weekly Plan

It’s time to plan your week. Transfer your important tasks you have to get done in your week and prioritize them. Here’s an example of my weekly calendar:

#4: Monthly Budget

Your monthly budget is equally important, but even more so for your stream of income.

Write your total amount you get a month. Then, create a list of what needs to get paid for. And then, fill in the amount of your savings, work expenses, and left over spending money.

Total Amount:

Pay For:

Savings:

Work Expenses:

Left – Over Spending Money:

#5: Morning and Night Routine

The Morning Routine:

You need to start your day right if you want to be productive throughout your day. For some people, it’s best to put a puzzle on your phone to open it as soon as you wake up, because most of the time, everyone uses their phone as their alarms to wake up in the morning. Even though everyone is different, the breakdown applies to everybody.

Alarm:

Wake Up:

Alarm Disabled:

Turn On Room Light or Lamp:

Get Dressed And On the Go:

The Night Routine:

Before you go to bed, it’s vital to make sure you have a set time to stop using your devices. When you do that, you’ll have enough time between when you stopped and fall asleep. It’s best to be disconnected in a two – hour time frame. The night is just as significant as the morning. What you do at night will affect how you will wake up. Here’s a basic breakdown of a night routine.

Stop Using Your Devices At 8:00 pm:

Do Something Else:

Dress Into Pajamas:

Sleep At 10:00 pm:

#6: Start Your Week Right

Lastly, the final step is to get your week right

The first day of the week is Sunday. Like I mentioned before, on how you start your day is the same thing for your week, except the fact your setting yourself up to plan the rest of the week in advance. To do this, you’ll need your weekly breakdown of tasks:

Sunday:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Saturday: