This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
A twenty something year old, obsessed with all things design, organisation. want to learn more about me, click here.
Simi's fave resources
My Projects
TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION
CUSTOM WEBSITE
WEBSITE AUDIT
This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
A twenty something year old, obsessed with all things design, organisation. want to learn more about me, click here.
Simi's fave resources
My Projects
TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION
CUSTOM WEBSITE
WEBSITE AUDIT
This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
A twenty something year old, obsessed with all things design, organisation. want to learn more about me, click here.
Simi's fave resources
My Projects
TEMPLATE CUSTOMISATION
CUSTOM WEBSITE
WEBSITE AUDIT
This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
This post may contain affiliate links, which is where I will receive a small commission if you buy from the link. At no extra cost to you! For more information please read the full disclosure here.
The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
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The past few months have really given us time to really think and get trapped into our own thoughts. What else should I be doing? How can I achieve more in a day? What are my goals to achieve by the end of lockdown? After pondering on these questions, I came up with 8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown.
Trust me, these questions, as well as hundreds more, have been racing through my head non-stop. I always want to: better myself, do more, earn more. I believe that in order to answer these questions, one of the first things we should all be doing is improving our organisation methods.
As everything is beginning to go back to normal, here are 8 things you can easily do to get your life back on track!
8 ways to get your life back on track:
- Slow down
- Utilising Google Calendar
- Organising your notes app
- Prioritising and time blocking
- Set plan for second half of the year
- Clean and declutter space
- Clean out devices and inbox
- Get moving
1. Slow down
It can be so easy to get overwhelmed and stressed, now that everything is going back to normal. Do you feel like you have so much to do in so little time? Firstly, before tackling this list, take some time to yourself. Breathe, rest or even journal.
Once you feel centred and ready to go, you will be able to get your life back of track quicker.
2. Google Calendar is now your new best friend
I’m sure a lot of you have a Gmail account. I want you all to stop reading right now and download the Google Calendar app or find it attached to your google account.
Google calendar is so useful especially as a university student because I was able to easily time block and split my time equally.
What I love the best about Google Calendar is that it is so flexible. You can colour code, time block, organise the separate branches of life into different calendars so that you don’t get overwhelmed.
Here are some examples of how you can split up your calendar up.
Other calendars you can add are:
- Business
- Reading
- Wind down
- Religion
By making separate calendars, you can easily see what is taking up most of your time. This can be done by checking or unchecking the coloured tick boxes on the left-hand side. As a result, you can see how much time you spend doing each task. From there, you can easily shift and adjust how you are using your time.
If you find yourself forgetting birthdays, appointments or even your 9am lectures!! Now, you have no excuse.
3. Organising your notes app
Our phones are always nearby and I can only imagine that some people’s notes can be a dumping ground for to-do lists, shopping lists, passwords, things not to forget etc. It can be so overwhelming. Everything getting jumbled and lost, defeating the whole purpose of notes.
After many trials and errors, I came up with a way that helps me keep all my notes organised.
4. Prioritising and time-blocking
I’ve read a lot about different prioritising techniques, some didn’t work for me and some worked really well.
The two prioritising techniques I found extremely useful were a combination of top 3 and splitting my tasks into subheadings.
The first thing you need to do is write down 3-5 things you want to achieve during the day (don’t get too carried away otherwise you will get overwhelmed).
E.g.
- Clean out room
- Take out the bins
- Finish essay
- Wash hair
- Read chapter of a book
Now split each task into different subheadings. This subheading is a broader topic or an aspect of your life.
E.g.
- Clean out room (CHORES)
- Put out the bins (CHORES)
- Finish essay (WORK)
- Wash hair (CHORES)
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)
Finally, allocate how much time you think it would take to complete each task. Remember not to be too ambitious. It is easier to take away time than to add time, in other words, if there is any time leftover that time can be put towards the next task.
Now that you have your prioritised tasks, it’s time to allocate time to each task.
- Clean out room (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Put out the bins (CHORES)– 10 mins
- Finish essay (WORK)– 2.5 hours
- Wash hair (CHORES)– 1 hour
- Read chapter of book (ME TIME)– 1 hour
Any time not allocated is time lost.
Here is an example of a couple days in my life…
5. Plan the second half of the year
The first half of 2020 was a rollercoaster, unpredictable and very emotional. As we enter the second half of 2020, we have a lot of making up to do.
Start with writing 6 goals (1 goal a month). Next, under each goal, you should write smaller goals that you need to achieve to achieve a bigger goal. This will help the goals be more manageable.
Make sure to keep yourself accountable. You can set it as your wallpaper or set a reminder on your Google Calendar!
6. Clean and declutter space
Having clean surroundings is key to getting more things done. Keeping your space clear, helps you to focus on future goals and tasks ahead. During the past few months, we have spent a lot of time in bed.
Let’s start off with your bedroom.
Below are a few things that you can begin with:
- Turn the mattress over ( if your mattress is memory foam, you need to rotate it 180 degrees, so that your head is resting on the opposite side)
- Air mattress out during the day
- Change bed sheets
- Dust
- Donate/sell clothes
- Take out bins
If you are feeling a bit extra, you can buy a new plant or a bunch of flowers (my favorite past time).
7. Clean out devices & emails
Our devices get full and disorganised very quickly. Anything from our: inbox, photos, apps etc. It can be so hard to keep on top of everything. Here are some things you can start off with.
Photos
Deleting photos can be so hard, I for one don’t like to because I feel like I would look through them again one day. You can’t put a price on memories. I discovered a way to kill 2 birds with one stone. External hard drives. External hard drives are essential when keeping thousands of videos and photos in one place.
For someone who takes photos on a daily basis, my photo album gets extremely cluttered. Once my phone storage gets low, I will be investing in an external hard drive.
Emails
Our email inbox builds up very quickly. The next step is to unsubscribe to emails you have not opened in months. Don’t overthink it, if you haven’t opened it since the beginning of lockdown, it is very unlikely you are going to read them.
Start clicking!
Apps
Do you find yourself downloading random apps out of boredom? I hope I am not the only one. Now is the time to delete apps you haven’t opened or used in a long time. If you are not sure, there is a place in settings that shows you (SETTINGS>BATTERY).
Once you have cleared out your devices, I suggest creating a schedule a couple of hours a month dedicated to maintaining an organised device.
8. Get moving
I’m sure this is not the first time you are hearing this. Little movement during the day really does decrease productivity levels. You don’t need to go crazy, movement can be anything from stretching to a long walk.
As long as you are taking some time to yourself, off of your devices, you will feel so much better within yourself.
And that’s it!
8 ways to get your life back on track after lockdown. I hope you were able to gain some new ways to organise yourself and your space! Wishing you a productive and blessed second half of 2020.
You may also be interested in:
