Up until I made the move to Hobart, I had a lot of trouble staying organised. In any aspect, my university assignments, blog posting, trying to keep my apartment organised/tidy. 

I made a pact with myself that once I moved I would do all that I could to keep my life organised to save myself from anxiety attacks related to organisational stress :) 

Here's a few tips I have to start getting organised: 

1. Declutter; cut the crap out of your life that you don't want/use. I took about 6 or 7 garbage bags of clothing to one of the charity bins before I moved down and it meant that the clothes I was no longer wearing weren't being wasted when someone else could get good use out of them. I've cut my wardrobe down to a few pairs of jeans, shirts, dresses and coats instead of millions of unworn clothes. It made me immediately feel more organised! 

2. Write stuff down; I like to use both the Calendar app/icon on my iPhone and computer as well as a diary. Using the calendar app on my phone means that it syncs to my laptop and desktop as well so no matter where I am I will get notifications, but I also write in down in a diary so I'm not always relying on technology. 

3. Don't procrastinate; don't tell yourself that you'll do it later or tomorrow. I was known for saying I'll do it tomorrow and of course, then I never did it. As soon as I think of doing something (an assignment, cleaning, etc.) I do it. That way if I had a really good idea for an assignment I don't forget it or it doesn't come to a month later and I have vacuumed my flat :) 

4. Have a spot for everything; once you've done the initial declutter/organisation of your stuff remember where everything goes and always return it to there when you aren't using it. I always used to take my laptop with me in different places of my apartment and just leave it there until I needed it again. I now have a particular draw that it goes in beside my bed for when it isn't being used that way it's not just lying around looking messing and I always know where it is.

5. Set yourself deadlines; what I like to is it write down and plan as if the assignment is due a few days to a week before it actually is (if the assignment is due August 20th, I'll write in my diary that it is due August 15th [as well as putting the actual date in my diary so I don't forget to submit it:)]); that way I have the assignment done before it's due, giving me time to re-read and edit and not be stressed the night before. 

This was actually asked by someone on Tumblr so I hope this helped a little :)