If you are a knit designer, you probably are working from home, and sometimes it’s hard to get organized. Maybe you’re new to the world of working at home, even if you were forcing to stay at home during the pandemic.
So you make your coffee, sit down and pull your laptop open, or take your knitting needles, and you know you have a million tasks that need to be done today, but you’re just not sure where to start.
This kind of paralysis hits many of us, even if we’re used to working from home. It is not like you to wake up automatically, knowing how to get organized during your day.
But a deliberate order is a crucial lever to ensure you are leading a productive work life.
Here’s how to get organized as a knit designer
Setting
Do you currently work on your couch? I know this spot is comfy, but it isn’t conducive to buckling down and getting the difficult work done. Define an area in your house as your workspace. Your back will be glad too in a few months.
And if you got easily distracted, get ready for work every morning like you are going to go into work physically. This puts you in a professional mindset and can assist you in ignoring distractions and endless home to-do lists.
Free of clutter
Make sure you have all the necessities. These might include yarns, needles, planners, notebooks, pencilsโฆ Place these items where they’re easy to locate.
If you have an entire room settled for work, it may inspire creativity decorating it to match your mentality and branding. Perhaps create a mood board, complete with your favorite colors, swatches, and prints in eye-catching frames.
Goals
Use past successes and failures to help guide you. Analyzing past behaviors and actions is useful when brainstorming new ideas and means you’re more likely to set realistic, attainable goals, which will cause you to be more successful later down the road. Setting yourself up for success often allows individuals to feel more successful as well.
Smart
If you are not organizing your time, you will feel overwhelmed.
Grab a planner, a calendar, or a blank notebook. Jot down the time you have to work on your business today. Be realistic!
Then, make a to-do list, with high-priority items at the top and low-priority tasks at the bottom. Estimate how much time each will take, and then map out your day completing the highest-priority tasks at the beginning of your day and leaving the lower-priority for the end of the day.
Breaks
Breaks can increase your energy and help you tackle all of those things you have to do at home anyway. Set some rules for yourself around break-taking, and you’ll breathe a lot easier when it comes time to get back to work.
You may decide to set a timer on your phone, so you’re breaking for a set amount of time. This allows you to know when it’s time to stop working and when it’s time to start working once more.
You may also want to schedule your time during breaks in the same way you plan your work time.
Once you’ve created some kind of routine, and start to get organized, keep at it. Precisely at the moments when you’re most frustrated or most overwhelmed, your work routine will save you.