Every couple of months I open a text file, insert headers denoting the coming months, and write down things I have to accomplish under those headers. Whenever I

Every couple of months I open a text file, insert headers denoting the coming months, and write down things I have to accomplish under those headers. Whenever I progress an objective, I jot down the task that helped me progress in the past tense. For instance, under January I could add "Spend time with family" and under that I would include "Went snow boarding with siblings". I do this because I'm not prescient; I don't know how unforeseen circumstances might affect my ability to complete my objectives. By only writing down things that I have completed, I'm not discouraging myself if/when I can't finish something. Here is an example of what I mean: # January # Work on personal projects # Study Graph Theory # Algorithms - Implemented Dijkstra's algorithm # Books - Read "Introduction to Graph Theory" by Richard J Trudeau In short, I just organize my ideas into broad categories and then when I think I've progressed, I further categorize it.