Details. Details. Details.
Do you find yourself writing notes on yellow stickies and scraps of paper fished from the trash can? Do you have flashes of brilliance while in the shower or driving? Do you tell yourself “don’t let me forget. Don’t let me forget.” But stuff falls through the cracks anyway? Then here’s a great way to drop aggravation and stress and boost your accomplishment. Set up a Great Ideas folder.
It’s beautifully simple. Label a file folder “Great Ideas.” And when you have something you want to do but now’s NOT the time to do it, simply write it down and drop it in your folder. Your Great Ideas folder is your central repository for details you’ll want to remember for the future. The way to make it work for you is to take a look through it every day just before you make your daily To Do list. Stuff whose time has come gets transferred out of the folder and onto your to do list. Personally, I keep a paper folder, but if you want to do this on the computer, that works, too.
Be sure to date your ideas and don’t be hesitant to throw out old ones. Not every idea is worth your time and energy.
You’ll find the Great Ideas folder is a smart way to stay in control of your ideas.
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