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Note: Save Your Mind.

2010/11/15 11:41:00 38

There are many things in your work and life that are "routines": you have to repeat them in a specific cycle. If this repetition is "everyday", it's easy to become a habit and not easy to forget every day, but the monthly (or even annual) cycle has a relatively large "forget" possibility.

Maybe you can be proud of it.

Declare

I have never forgotten anything.

Thing

But this shows that you are using quite a part of your mental power in the "memory" of these miscellaneous matters. Frankly speaking, this is a mental waste.

On the question of "past events", Xiaobian advocates that "good memory is worse than bad writing". Our suggestion is also the same for routine items, including "future events" that will happen on a specific date: write them down.

As a matter of fact, we know that you've been doing this for a long time: carrying notepad with a reminder on your cell phone, but if that's the case, it's not enough.

Because, according to the habits of most people, what you write down must be very important, such as deadline meetings that can not be missed or projects. This is precisely the wrong area: what really wastes a lot of mental power is not them, but trivial, messy, annoying "little things", such as:

In a few days, I'll pump the car up.

Some of the daily necessities of the family are running out.

want

backups

Their work materials;

Send your coat to the dry cleaners before the weekend.

These are the little things you do not despise to remember, which wastes most mental power. At the same time, they are also the main factors causing people's boredom: "I have to rely on, and have to buy things..."

After such a long time, I hope I have already made a point of efficiency. In order to save brain power and improve efficiency, you should set up a "routine" table for these "minor" things, such as:

Check the daily necessities for 1 and 15 every month, and purchase them according to the missing items.

Every evening, prepare the articles that you must take for second days, and put them in a special box (or table, see you like).

Every Saturday to supply all the pportation facilities at home: Car refueling, bicycle cheer;

When you think of these plans, you may think more about them. For example, what are the daily necessities that need to be checked and how often they are replenish? This may require some special time for you to carry out, but the advantage is that you will not have to worry about such things for a long time to come. You just need to get a good list to run to the supermarket when purchasing day comes, and it will all be OK.

This is what we advocate "think twice, do a lot".

Also, don't forget, you may need to write them out or print them out in a prominent position so that you can remind yourself to execute them.

Try to develop your own routines, so that they can work well, lighten their psychological burden, reduce boredom, and provide strong support for you to do "great things" better.