Useful Tip: Keep Track with Notecards

If you are anything like me, you probably have about 100 thoughts going through your mind at any given time, especially before you go to sleep.  “How can I be more efficient in this area?  Did I remember to email everyone about Saturday?  Are there any chores that I didn’t complete?”  Well, I’ve found a good solution to such thoughts.

I recently bought a 500 pack of blank notecards and decided that I would use them as my “notes to self.”  Surprisingly, the concept worked out and I have been a notecard fanatic ever since.  I keep my notecards in various places so I can always write my idea or thought down when I need to.  I have a stack at the office, a stack near my home computer, and some placed in my car.  No matter where I am, there is a stack of notecards a pen.

This slight change in my note-taking system has helped me accomplish more, focus my attention on certain tasks, and have more free time.  I no longer have to sit around and wonder what I should be doing.  I have a list and an agenda to guide my thoughts and actions.