How I am going to get organized

So last year I tried this daily sheet, I would prep the sheet the night before of what I was going to do the next day and what needed to be done. I laminated it so I could easily do the wipe off method. This worked for, oh lets say a few weeks. I found when I would think of things I need to do the sheet wasn't around and then when I did have the sheet I couldn't remember what it is I wanted to do. Mommy brain!

Well this year I am going to try something new. Because I need to get organized and get things done in the house. We finally got the rooms done for the girls, I will share later. So I want to keep things tidy and organized. But simple daily chores I sometimes forget. I don't know how but I get side tracked with this or that and it doesn't end up getting done.

So while cleaning up my phone of photos and videos from 2013 I noticed the task app. I played around with it for a bit and then it hit me. Why not use this as my daily/weekly/monthly check list. So I got busy adding in my daily chores and have it set to repeat, then I added my weekly, monthly. I even added some projects I want to get done. As I think of things I just keep adding to the list. Yes, the list looks big now, and to some maybe discouraging. But hey, I don't need to do everything on the list at once.

So now its been a week of trying this method out. I didn't do so well first few days and am still working on it. But a new thing I love about it is even if the deadline has past it stays there. So for example I have put load of laundry in for everyday. I was away for a few days where I couldn't. When I got home I started laundry and checked off completed for one load. My phone tells me this deadline has past, I say okay, then it appears on my list again. Which means if I have time, do another load that day. Which I do! This way the who thought of load a day I will keep up is still in play, sort of. I mean normally I would forget I was away and didn't do laundry those days and still just do one a day and then I look at my laundry room and am wondering how I feel behind.

Needless to say, I am loving this method so far. I don't feel overwhelmed that I need to sit down at night and write out a new list. I don't feel bad and discourage when I didn't complete everything I had written on the page that day. To me I am feeling less pressure therefor I feel I am getting more done. With the new baby coming I am sure this will change a bit but if I can get a head of things now I think it will make things all that much better then.

What do you do to stay organize?