Planning and Organizing
This tool helps you list and track tasks you need to finish during the day.
What is a checklist?
This type of timer helps you work for 25 minutes and take a short break.
What is a Pomodoro timer?
This device or phone feature helps remind you when to start something.
What is an alarm or reminder?
You use this to check in with yourself and adjust your actions.
What is self-monitoring?
You keep forgetting to take your medicine in the morning. Name a strategy that could help.
What is setting a daily alarm or placing it near something you use every morning (like your toothbrush)?
You write down appointments and due dates in this item to help you stay organized.
What is a calendar or a planner?
Before you start a task, you might do this to calm your body and focus your mind.
What is deep breathing or mindfulness?
When you do your hardest task first, it’s called this.
What is "eating the frog"?
When something unexpected happens, this skill helps you change your plan.
What is flexibility?
Your boss asks you to complete a form, but it looks long and confusing. You don’t know where to start.
What is breaking the form into sections and doing one part at a time?
Breaking a large task into smaller pieces is called this.
What is chunking or task breakdown?
This kind of "if–then" statement helps you plan exactly when you’ll take action.
What is an implementation intention?
Not knowing how long something takes is called poor what?
What is time awareness or time perception?
Thinking about your own thinking is called this.
What is metacognition?
You often lose track of time when watching TV or scrolling your phone, and you're late for appointments.
What is using a visual timer or setting phone alarms to remind you when to stop?
This strategy helps you estimate how long tasks will take.
What is time blocking or time estimation?
Doing one small part of a task to get started is called this.
What is a starter task or momentum strategy?
The habit of waiting until the last minute is known as this.
What is procrastination?
When you notice you’re stuck and try a new way, you're doing this.
What is problem solving or adapting?
You're planning to go to the grocery store, but you always forget items you need.
What is making a checklist or shopping list ahead of time?
You can use this visual tool to organize priorities by urgency and importance.
What is an Eisenhower matrix?
A person who reminds you or does a task with you is called this.
What is an accountability partner?
This visual tool shows your available time for the day.
What is a time map or daily schedule?
This type of thinking helps you stop and think before acting.
What is reflective thinking or impulse control?
You get frustrated when your routine changes and have trouble focusing afterward.
What is using a coping strategy like deep breathing, and reviewing your backup plan or visual schedule?