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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s what I did:

1. Made a list of everything that has to get done each week - kids, myself, house, general life stuff
2. Laid out the calendar for work and school, sports, etc
3. Assigned tasks from No. 1 to each day of the week around the time schedules
4. Put all of that into the reminder app in my phone and set reminders to go off at midnight (silently, but I see them first thing when I wake up)
5. Tick the boxes once the task is complete. The task gets done that day t some point, regardless of how I feel about it. 
6. Repeat No. 1 with the occasional things - changing the hvac air filter, oil changes, updating monthly Amazon/target subscriptions - then add to reminder app with proper frequency.

This works because it makes things mindless. I don’t feel like picking up dog poop in the yard today but if I don’t, it stays on my to do list for tomorrow and eventually the undone tasks snowball. Only having to worry about fixed tasks each day makes them manageable and almost motivating because I can often complete them relatively quickly once I put the mind/action to it. [/quote]

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