I've thought myself, what I think are valuable habits that are now second nature to me. I don't even have to think about them, they are ingrained into my routines. Some of mine are below, what are some of yours?
1) Placing keys, wallets, glasses, rings and other daily valuables into a single spot in my room, that way I never forget where they are.
2) Setting alarms (via iPhone) for various action items that are time based throughout the day. Some are not really hard-stop timelines, just reminders. i.e. call mom, find that music title, setup a board-game party, write that quora question, etc.
3) Writing everything down: Any action items I have or action items others owe back to me, I write it down. Either my daily calendar, notepad file, or sticky-notes, etc.
a) To see how I do this in practice, see my YouTube video on
"Excellent Organizational techniques at work" at http://youtu.be/HnwQX62gaes
4) If an important email came in, I color code / "flag" it. Until I get to it and resolve it, it stays that color for easy sorting.
5) Any login details I have or important URLs are saved into a single place on my desktop or off-line hand-written file. That way I can retrieve these crucial pieces of information immediately. I.e. I can always know where the passwords to my unitedairlines account, etc is.
6) Whenever I read a book, I bookmark the quotes, or other great thoughts. After I am done reading the book, I type them up and store for a lifetime of inspirations.
7) Always organize my desktop into folders. Photos from my camera immediately get archived. Project assets always have a special folder for immediate retrieval.
8) Whenever I sell items on ebay, craigslist, or Amazon, I always get a good result by posting photos of the item in working condition, as well as all the things the buyer will receive. I also search the Internet for a full description and features of the item and post those as well, along with my contact information and price.
9) Whenever a bill comes, I immediately note the due date, and in my personal daily calendar write down when I need to process bills. I usually process them in bulk, and pick a good common date - Usually 7 days before the bills are due to process them.
10) Whenever I buy something I always ask/keep the receipt. Then usually once every 3-4 days I record the spending into an excel chart. This way I track my spending, and what I have in all my accounts, that way I never have to worry about overdraft fees, etc.
11) I backup my computer files, every 2 weeks on a Sunday.
12) Whenever I see some cool products, that are somewhat good price, I buy it and put it into my "Present Box". Whenever it is someone's birthday, they get a gift from my cool gift box :-) I have some cool S#%$*t there now :-)
Remember it takes a bit of ritual and practice to follow your habits and make them life-long processes, but they are worth it if you are to achieve greatness. What about you? :-)
- Leon
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