Comments on: Diligence

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:38:00 +0000

Foxie & Elizabeth -- I created a short to-do list of things I want to accomplish every day and set aside specific time in my calendar to do them. Thanks for the suggestions. Two days in and so far I've accomplished the items listed. We'll see if I can keep it up a week from now.

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By: Anonymous

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:12:00 +0000

Oh .. to add to foxie’s point, another thing I’ve heard is to find a regular time for the activity .. if you have a time when you usually do it, it’s less apt to be forgotten or skipped, but if you just do it whenever you find time in a day, it’s more likely to be missed ..

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:10:00 +0000

I’m in the same boat .. but one thing I have heard is that it takes 30 days to create a habit. Perhaps if you made a list of the things you needed to do daily (or focused on one at a time – first month one thing, second month another ..), and used it the list to make sure they were done daily – then at the end of the 30 days some of them would stick?.

I should try this myself ..

By: Foxie

Foxie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:40:00 +0000

Not sure if it would work for you, but I find making myself a “to do” list works well. I write down all of what needs to be done, and throw a couple small, fun things on it as well. That way it doesn’t feel like it’s all work and I don’t get discouraged.

If you like crossing things out and feeling a sense of accomplishment, it might work. Of course, if you could do this until it becomes a habit, you wouldn’t always need lists reminding you to do what you need to. Find a place to work it into the routine you already have, and it might just stick around for a while.