Okay, so I finally tried that Stacy Lange method everyone’s buzzing about. Figured I’d share exactly how it went down, step by step.
Day One: Total Chaos Mode
First thing Monday morning, I grabbed that old notebook collecting dust in my drawer. Stacy says write three things you’re gonna do before noon – simple stuff. My list looked like:
- Actually eat breakfast
- Water the dying plants
- Reply to Sarah’s text from last week
But then my kid spilled cereal everywhere, the dog started barking at squirrels, and I completely forgot the list existed until 3PM. Epic fail.
The Turning Point
Next morning, I slapped sticky notes EVERYWHERE. One on the coffee maker saying “EAT SOMETHING”, another on my laptop saying “PLANTS FIRST YOU DUMBASS”. Stacy’s method says make your tasks visible, and damn she’s right. Watered those crispy ferns before my coffee even finished brewing. Small victory.
Finding My Groove
Started noticing patterns by Thursday. Turns out I always ignore emails between 10-11AM when I’m in work hell. So I moved my “reply to people” task to right after lunch. Stacy’s big on watching your natural rhythm instead of fighting it. Felt like cheating but worked like magic.
The kicker? Her “done box” trick. Took an Amazon box, slapped “DONE” in sharpie on it. Every finished task note goes in there. End of day, just seeing that box full of sticky notes gave me weird satisfaction. Even when my boss dumped extra work on me Friday afternoon.
One Week Later
It ain’t perfect – still missed watering plants twice this week. But my kitchen counter isn’t buried in dirty coffee mugs anymore, and I finally called my mom back. Not earth-shattering, just… less daily chaos.
Real talk: Stacy’s method feels stupidly obvious, but actually doing her visible reminders and the done box? That’s what made my dumb brain cooperate. Still hate sticky notes though – they keep falling off my monitor.
