Once again I am feeling overwhelmed by all my clutter even though I have sworn to do better. Habits are hard to change, especially bad ones. I’ve been scrolling through the world wide web for help and inspirations. Remembering the phrase A place for everything and everything in its place, I found a book by that name. It has some good reviews, too. The good thing is, it is in our library. I don’t have to buy it. Still, I couldn’t stop looking for more help. I started feeling bad about myself. I was procrastinating. I should at least sort and rid a few things instead of wasting time.

And so I did. I didn’t feel good doing it. At first I just shuffle bits and pieces of paper around. My head certainly is not in a space to handle financial papers. So I gathered those together for later dealings. Some items were definitely marked for trash. Then I found an index card named 21 Tiny Habits. They are quite helpful reminders to do but somehow I lost sight of them under all my clutter. Here they are if I haven’t posted about them already. I think they are meant to be done daily

1. List 3 things you are grateful for.
2. Yes no once.
3. Exercise for one minute upon waking.
4. Invest in experiences.
5. Organize your home.
6. Throw things away.
7. Manage your anxiety.
8. Stand up every hour.
9. Follow this proverb. When we don’t have head, we have legs. What does it mean? Check it out here.
10. Ask open-ended questions. It keeps the communications open.
11. Turn off notifications.
12. Prepare your clothes.
13. Watch the news less.
14. Drink more water.
15. Discover one thing a month.
16. Make your bed.
17. Spend a minute/day with yourself.
18. Ask yourself whether what you’re doing is worth it.
19. If a task takes 2 minutes, do it right away.
20. Take care of your posture.
21. Read for 15 minutes a day.

I have many of these habits already but if I do them all daily, I would be that much ahead. I should keep the list where I can see it every day so I’m reminded to do them.