20 Lists To Make To Declutter Your Brain

When your brain is starting to feel overwhelmed and scattered, these 20 lists will help you declutter your thoughts and get clear on what’s important.

Have you ever felt like your brain has 30 tabs open and you have no idea which one to even look at? Wait, you feel like that almost every day of your life? Me too! As a busy working mama, I know you are going non-stop from the time your eyes open in the morning until the time you fall asleep on the couch with your hand still in the popcorn bowl. But what if I told you I had a solution to help you declutter your brain and focus on just one thing at a time? The secret…making one of these 20 lists.

Best Lists To Make To Clear Your Mind

1. Things you’re grateful for
2. Things you need to buy
3. Areas of your home you need to declutter
4. Things you started but haven’t finished
5. Tasks you’ve been avoiding
6. Things that make you smile
7. Things that give you anxiety
8. Things you need to clean
9. People you need to call or text
10. Books you want to read
11. Movies you want to watch with your family
12. Blogs you like to read
13. Bucket list for the next year
14. Rainy day crafts for your kids
15. Date night ideas
16. Wish list for ___
17. Restaurants to try
18. NOT to do list
19. Yard Sale/Thrift Store things to keep an eye out for
20. Measurements of rooms and storage furniture

Prioritize Your List

Now that you’ve made a list and emptied out your mind a little, don’t just close the notebook and let that list die in there. Prioritize anything you wrote that needs immediate attention, scheduling, or to be done. Then plug in those tasks into your calendar, making sure to allocate enough time for unexpected roadblocks. I love to use different colored pens and highlighters to color-coordinate tasks. This helps me organize tasks without rewriting them all.

After you’ve planned out when you’ll tackle the priorities, put a reminder in your phone to check back on your list in two weeks to find the next set of priorities. You’ll stay focused and on track when you have a small and manageable plan on paper versus a thousand to-dos floating around in your brainbox. Learn more about lists like these (I call them brain dumps) in this post.

Shop My Favorite Notebooks And Writing Tools

The new Erin Condren lined notebooks, pens, markers, and desk organizers just released yesterday and here are my absolute favorite items from the collection. I was able to get my hands on these early so I’ve been filling the pages up almost daily, and the bullet stamp markers are pretty much the best thing I’ve ever used for list-making. You can read the full review of the new Erin Condren notebook collection in this post.

1. Watercolor Meadow Notebook
2. Retro Sunrise Notebook
3. Metallic Flora Peony Vegan Leather Notebook
4. A5 Address Book
5. Dual Tip List Markers
6. Gem Dual Ink Markers
7. Pastel & Black Dual Tip Highlighter Pens
8. Ballpoint Click Pens
9. Metallic Click Pens
10. Metallic Markers
11. Pen Holder Clip
12. Sticky Note Roll
13. Weekly Priorities Deskpad Refill
14. Vegan Leather Stand Up Padfolio
15. Organizer Caddy With Adjustable Dividers
16. Acrylic Desk Organizer
17. Sticky Pockets
18. S’well Water Bottle