How do you keep your schedule?

[SimplyWandering]

30 years into my life and I AM trying to stick to a written check off list everyday, it's a real struggle.

If only I could have figured this out earlier lols

 

[DCA]

I keep my schedule all in my head. I have a routine when I get home from work: Dinner, dinner clean-up, watch TV/help kids, work on hobby stuff, read, bed. Weekends are more open but fairly structured. If I can keep to a schedule it helps me stay productive during the day, allows me to focus when I need it, & helps keep depression away. I often put stuff in my smartphone calendar too, to plan around. Definitely helps too...

 

[Nervous Rex]

30 years into my life and I AM trying to stick to a written check off list everyday, it's a real struggle.

I make things routine one at a time. That is, I didn't start by writing a brand new schedule and then trying to follow everything in it all at once. I set my get-up-shower-shave routine first. When I got that down, I worked on breakfast. And so on - one change at a time. I'm currently working on trying to make sure I get exercise and get to bed on time.

If only I could have figured this out earlier lols

I'm almost 50, and still trying to figure things out. Good for you for starting.

 

[LearnedCoward]

30 years into my life and I AM trying to stick to a written check off list everyday, it's a real struggle.

My last girlfriend, who was one of those crazy organized Type A personalities, was appalled that I only had a pencil and paper checklist, which I keep on whatever scrap paper happens to be in my pocket. She insisted that I needed a Google Calendar for this, another Google Calendar for that, and that I had to synch mine with hers, and do all this crazy shiznit just so I could remember what to do. If I had to wing it with no lists and no calendars, I'd be horrifically disorganized and never get anything done, but if I had a million and one calendars and reminders, I'd be overwhelmed and never get anything done either. I prefer my pencil and paper method. It's been used for centuries, and been used by me for decades, and it hasn't failed me yet.

For work, I keep my personal to-do list in a text file. Yeah, super high tech, I know. Although the structure of said text file is loosely modeled on a JIRA board

I keep my schedule all in my head. I have a routine when I get home from work: Dinner, dinner clean-up, watch TV/help kids, work on hobby stuff, read, bed. Weekends are more open but fairly structured. If I can keep to a schedule it helps me stay productive during the day, allows me to focus when I need it, & helps keep depression away. I often put stuff in my smartphone calendar too, to plan around. Definitely helps too...

Having a regular routine also helps a lot. I don't have to think about the small stuff, and only note the deviations from my routine.

This also means I carry a messenger bag with me everywhere, because I never know what I'm going to need, even though it's probably only one little thing that's in that big bag.

 

[the_tortoise]

With immense difficulty.

And with the use of visual-spatial layouts and pictures instead of writing, objects as visual cues, routine ways of doing things, alarms and timers and the stopwatch and "occasion" function on my watch.

That is, if I manage to create schedules at all.

 

[Mr Allen]

With the help of carers and my Parents.

Like I'm hoping this week I'll have at least 1 job interview, as I applied for Millie's Cookies in Meadowhall this morning, took a CV and cover letter to the Store. and last week I applied to Holland and Barrett, a health food Store, and a mobile phone sales and repair shop in Town.

And I know that in the unlikely event I get any interviews, I'll need help to get ready, I can't just turn up to an interview in joggers and a t shirt,

 

[SimplyWandering]

I go 3 days a week having a schedule and then give up mid week. It's a lot of work lols.
The problem is though that I was working 60 hours a week before it really filled in my schedule nicely and now I AM feeling a lot more empty and hard to fill those time slots.