Control Your Belongings And Needs With Lists

We’ve heard a few times now about “to do” lists and the “shopping lists”.

Lately, I have been trying to control what I buy in order to stop accumulating useless items that I own. On the other side, I truly love spending hours online, simply checking clothing shops, reading reviews about tech products, stationery pieces, etc. I just add the products that catch my eye to a folder on my Bookmarks Bar, called “wish list”.

The result is simple, every time I want to take a look at the items in this folder, I run into hundreds of bookmarks. Some of them are clothes, some are cosmetics, some are tech, and some are products that I already have in four different brands, sizes, and colours.

And that’s how I came up with the idea of listing my belongings.

Of course, you don’t need to list ALL of them, but the ones you think you always end up bringing home. Those ones with a higher possibility of pressing the “Buy Now” button on your website.

The list should start with the type of product that you want to sell, ex: Shampoo. Under the said name, you will start writing the products that you have at home that fall under that type. In my case, under shampoo, I should write “Pantene”, “Lush”, “Keims” and “Elvive”. This way, anytime I walk through the shampoo section of the drugstore, I will remember the long list of shampoos that I still need to finish before getting a new one.

Now, under the name of all the shampoos I already own, I write “WANT” with a different pen colour. I write the ones that I want to try just after I have already finished the ones I have.

This tip is particularly helpful for those who, like me, feel the need to buy something every time is discounted or comes with a juicy offer. Now, I make myself wait until I have finished at least two of the shampoos, and will allow myself to buy the shampoo that I want.

And the fact that it’s already written on the list, avoids me from lose myself on the wide sea of my Bookmarks bar. You can do the same with your tech products, clothes, and any other items you suspect you are piling up.

And finally, now that you are done with the products you already have, and those that will replace them in the future, it’s time to continue with a “FAVOURITES” list!

In this one, you will keep the record of those products that changed our life. Those ones that are very useful and always make you go back to them.

Because let’s be honest, trying new products is fun and sometimes necessary in order to stay innovative, but we all like to come back to those “made by an angel” items that simply get the job done

Let me show you an incomplete part of my list:

What do you think? Do you believe it’s going to be an absolute waste of time? I will update you on the list and let you know if it has been useful to me. Let me know if you think there are better ways of controlling your belongings?

I want to know about your experience!