Summer routine?

[Soror]

We finished school a month ago and I've been flailing around like I do every summer. I've gotten some things done but don't feel I'm using my time all that wisely. I teach online in the morning, have breakfast and workout but then it is a hodge podge of a day after that. How do you keep on track to get things done you want to do done? I feel I struggle without a schedule of some sort although I'm loath to have one so I need some other ideas.

[HomeAgain]

Can you just make a to-do list and set aside time for some of it each day?  Like, after lunch you will look at the list and take care of a few items.

I go to a me-centered routine in the summer.  I make time for ds, but I get into my own groove of doing things for myself and then work in housework here and there.

[Carrie12345]

I’m a list maker.
I *want my lists to be straight out of Getting Things Done, but I’ve never been able to sustain all the pieces.  I basically keep a running master list of all the things, and then I write a daily list each morning or the night before of what I want to get done that day.

Personally, I overreach.  I know that if I complete my list with plenty of time to spare, I won’t refer back and find something else productive to do, lol.  I also like to have a few flexible options to choose from depending on my mood and energy level, so having some extras on there helps with that.

The top of my list has my must-dos.  So, yesterday was taking the trash out, picking up groceries, and printing some paperwork.  Today is getting out to vote and preparing for a meeting that’s later this week.  Feeding the dog is always toward the top, too, because he doesn’t give reminders like normal dogs!  I put some normal daily stuff on there too, just so I can check it off. Then the rest is stuff that needs to get done, but isn’t tied to a particular day.

I don’t use a time schedule unless I’ve got multiple time sensitive things going on, which hasn’t been the case in ages.   I tend to put evening things toward the bottom of the list as a visual clue, but that’s as close as I get to a “schedule” when it isn’t really needed.

I’ve tried block scheduling as an in-between list and schedule system, but I found even that to be too restrictive for my free spirit. 😂 

[SKL]

I too do better with lists.  I really have zero responsibility (for myself) without accountability.

(I also tend to keep a pretty busy schedule all year long.  But that isn't for everyone.)