Summer Prep: List-Making Made Easy

The weather is warming up and your summer holiday list is coming along nicely:

Bathing suits ✔

Road trip plans ✔

Beach reservations ✔

Hanging up new hammock ✔

After all, summer is about having fun. Nevertheless, before you can make it to summer, you must first make it through May. Be it school or work stresses, you have to keep your eye on the prize. The following tips can help you compile a to-do list to make it down the homestretch.

What are the dos?

Grab a Paper Mate InkJoy Gel Pen and some paper – you have to start somewhere. Brainstorm all that needs to be done before the summer holidays. Make sure to focus on quality, not quantity – and be strategic. Do your best not to get caught up with tasks you’re going to do anyway.

Prioritise and Organise

Once you have a workable list, move on to prioritising and organising it. Use different coloured Paper Mate InkJoy Gel Pens to denote priority items or to sort to-dos into categories. Take the time to order the items by difficulty, importance or deadline. Certain challenging tasks may take days to complete. Those deserve their own category! Group smaller tasks and commit to completing them in a sequence (daily or weekly).

Post It – and Do It

Half the battle with to-do lists is doing them. If you shove your list in a drawer or leave it in a notebook, you will never get anything accomplished. Set a goal of completion and hold yourself accountable. Stay productive. Checking things off the list provides a sense of accomplishment – and gets you a step closer to summer!