Using phone as an organisational dashboard
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I have tried many, many ways to stay organised and to capture my thoughts. One
of my main issues is getting myself to actually look at what I’ve written down.
I have a tendency to let things disappear into the background and click off
reminders without even realising. I also love s physical notebook but it takes a
lot to get into the habit of checking it daily. One of the things I am trying is
making my phone itself a dashboard for organisation using widgets. On my front
page here I have a todoist widget and a small view of calendar. On the next
homepage I have just one big Google keep note widget which I’m using as a brain
dump for when I get random stressy thoughts in my head/ things I need to
remember and deal with later. I also have a full monthly view of calendar as
another widget on another home screen. I really like it, especially the calendar
but it is not foolproof. I am finding that im already ignoring the todoist list
and still going back to Google keep which is one of my favourite apps for
thought capturing.
Book recc "How to Keep House While Drowning"
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Book: How to Keep House While Drowning by K C Davis Style: Informal, personal,
short chapters, advice Content: Advice on routines and methods for keeping your
house tidy and functional when you are struggling either due to neurodivergence,
disability or mental illness. Some practical tips but a lot of advice on how to
reframe self-talk and how you think about your house work tasks. Why I
recommend: It’s a very quick read and not packed full of how-tos and practical
advice but what it does do is extremely effective in my opinion. The emphasis on
reframing your thoughts has been very effective for me. The takeaways from the
book were things I could easily implement without feeling like I now had a long
overwhelming to do list. Some key things off the top of my head: - Tidiness or
untidiness is morally neutral. Don’t assign morality to how good you are at
keeping a tidy house. - Think of tidying a room as resetting it. When a room is
no longer serving its purpose then it just needs a little reset. - Accept that
some days you can’t do very much at all. That’s okay. You can plan for it,
however. Davis, as I recall recommends having closing tasks (end of day, before
going to bed). She has two versions: the ideal and the survivables. I’m not sure
how she actually words this but that’s what I’m calling it. Basically, what is
the bare minimum you can get away with doing before going to bed? - Frame things
as being kind to myself. How can I be kind to myself today? Washing the dishes
would be kind to future me as I won’t have to wakw up to dirty dishes, for
example. - Use unconventional methods if they help. Make your house make sense
to you and make it work for your purposes. Your house should serve you not the
other way round. If you want a dustpan and brush/ hoover/ laundry basket/
general dumping basket/ whatever in every room then go for it.
