Note: The 2025 Declutter Calendar is ready! If you are on the Weekly Simplicity Tips list, you will already have gotten your calendar. If you aren’t, you can get your Declutter Calendar here:
https://www.mysimplerlife.com/declutter-calendar
One of the most annoying things about making changes, trying to declutter and simplify is often we only see what still needs to be done.
And, boy, it can feel overwhelming.
If there is so much to do, how can we ever get to our goal?
One way to counteract this feeling is to notice your progress daily. Allow yourself the feeling of satisfaction when you complete your tasks or habit. Pat yourself on the back. If you only criticize yourself for what doesn’t get done, you will have no motivation. You will no you won’t feel good about what you did, because you will only focus on what you didn’t do.
So this month, let’s turn that around. Let’s acknowledge the progress on our goals every day.
Some ideas for noticing progress:
- Check off your box on your declutter calendar.
- Whenever you finish a task, pause, look at what you did and smile.
- In the evening look at everything you completed on your to do list and add a few more than you finished. If you finished more than you didn’t it’s a win!
- Take before and after pictures.
- Concentrate on one area at a time until complete, rather than hopping all over.
- Make your expectations of how much you can do, be about a regular day, not an ideal day. If you never finish your list, put less on it each day.
- Use an app or program like HabitShare or Habitify.
- Track in a bullet journal.
- If you use Notion, there is a habit tracker template.
- Put a gold star on a calendar when you finish decluttering or finish a new habit you are trying.
How do you keep track of your progress?
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