Quest Board VS To-Do Lists
I made some tiktoks of my process as I was making my Quest Board and a lot of people liked the idea so I thought I'd share it here:
I like lists but they tend to overwhelm me with information that I already know and stress over. Lists also make me feel like I need to complete the tasks on them in order, regardless of if I consciously realize I don't have to or not. Completing tasks on a list out of order makes me feel disordered/disorganized.
Why can't there be a way to have a visual of all the tasks I want to complete without it being a list? How can I make doing the things I have to do more enjoyable?
QUEST BOARD!!!
A quest board allows you to choose when and what you want to do. When you have the time/energy, head over to your quest board and pick a quest! It's your choice of what to accomplish next! One of the best things about quest listings is that there are rewards! You can choose a reward for completing your quest/task! Could be anything: a piece of candy, an extra chapter of your book, that special tea in the back of the cupboard. Not all tasks are the same level of difficulty, you could color code the tasks with bigger rewards for completion of the bigger tasks!
I used a $10 cork board and $1 wooden sign decorated with cooking twine and paint markers for mine, but really all you need for a functional quest board is some sticky notes and a designated area! You can tape off an area on your wall, use a door, use a piece of paper, or even a mirror. You could use tape and paper if you don't have access to sticky notes, or you could write it all on a whiteboard if that works better for you.
I Can't Think of Any Rewards/The Rewards Aren't Enticing...
You could have life be even more like a game for a moment and assign skill points to each task. You can have wherever kind of skills or stats you want! Cleaned the kitchen? +5 Cleanliness Swept the floor? +2 Agility Got out of bed? +1 Motivation You can keep a notebook or log of all the points you earn and stats you've raised. There could be thresholds or requirements to "level up" in which maybe you get an even bigger reward like a day off or you get to purchase something you've been putting off.
There is so much you can do with a quest board. I'm so excited to have come up with this idea and share it with others!
