The Most Amazing & Lazy Girl-Approved Get Your Life Together Checklist Ever!
Last Updated on 10/29/2025 by Nicky
Progress Over Perfection for Busy Women
Do you feel like you should be taking steps to get your life together, but you’re too busy to make it work?
I completely understand that feeling. There’s a lot to do, so many unfinished tasks, but you struggle to stay motivated, and you don’t even have enough energy to do it all.
This sounds like a lot of women in their late 30s who need to put their lives together, but they don’t have the time or energy to follow the lengthy process they found on Google or in a book.
This is where the Lazy Girl’s Get Your Life Together checklist comes in.
To correct this situation, I designed some low-effort life improvement strategies to help you get your life together with very minimal effort. These tiny, “lazy girl” steps can create a lasting change in your life without stress.
With this checklist, you don’t need to worry about doing everything right. These tiny, brain-dead, low-effort actions will add up daily, until even you will be surprised by how much progress you’ve made.
Take a deep breath and let’s get started.
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* Brain-Dead Life Life Reset Ideas *
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Here are your lazy-girl-approved low-effort life improvement ideas to get started on.
- Grab healthy meals from the deli section
Forget about the meal preps and the calorie counting. Instead, go to the deli section of your favorite supermarket and grab healthy meals like pre-cooked veggies, chicken, or ready-made salads.
With zero stress, you’ll still eat healthy. Make a list of simple and healthy meals in your Meal planner and grab some for every meal.
Result? You’ll begin to lose weight if you grab healthy meals and eat in a caloric deficit!
Need some additional super easy meal prepping ideas? Check out this blog post I wrote called: 7 Lazy & Low-Effort Meal Prep Tips For Weight Loss For Women With No Energy!
- Do chair workouts or 5-minute movement sessions
No time or energy to go to the gym? No problem. In 5 minutes, you can get your body moving every day. Just go on a walk, do simple stretches and squats while on a call or watching TV. You’ll find a lot of chair exercises online as well.
Result: You’ll get your blood pumping without any stress on your joints. You’ll lower your blood sugar, especially if you move after you eat. And you’ll begin to get stronger and leaner.
- Drink more water
This zero-dollar tip will save both your money and your health. Replace energy drinks, coffee, or alcohol with glasses of water, and you’ll experience improved energy, mental clarity, and have your kidneys thank you for it. Get you a cute tumbler in your favorite color and fill her up with cool refreshing water twice a day.
Result: Your skin will get clearer and you’ll be less likely to snack because your stomach will be full from the water.
- Listen to audiobooks or podcasts while doing chores
Those self-improvement books you never get around to reading because of your busy schedule are also available in audio formats.
Listen to a Christian podcast to learn Christian life-hacks, or an audiobook while doing the dishes, and learn from a financial expert’s podcast while folding the laundry.
Result: You’ll gain knowledge and inspiration without needing to set aside extra time. And once you start taking action on what you’ve learned, your life is sure to change!
- Listen to the Bible if reading feels impossible
It is easy to fall behind on reading the bible when life gets so busy, but audio Bibles are there to help you stay on track.
Listen to scriptures daily, while you’re on the road or carrying out tasks. Write your reflections in a Faith Journal and note your prayer topics in a prayer journal. You can connect with God even when your energy is low.
- Use pre-planned routines with your planner
Say goodbye to decision fatigue and burnout from trying to do everything at once. Pre-plan your daily or weekly routine with a planner, so you know what to do at every time.
From your morning coffee to prayer and bible study time, and exercise, note everything down in a simple flow and follow it to build consistency. What you can do is plan your day the night before.
That way you will already know what you plan on doing when you wake up and you can start the day being productive.
Result: You’ll check more important items off of your to do list which will motivate you to keep going!
- Batch small tasks
Handle simple tasks together in batches that are easy to handle. For instance, instead of trying to clean the entire kitchen which might be overwhelming, just empty all of the trash cans in the house and spray them with air freshener. Or instead of cleaning the whole house, clear all of the surfaces in your house.
I have pretty fabric baskets in almost every room in my house. If I don’t feel like cleaning but I don’t want to see the clutter, I throw it in that basket and it makes the house look cleaner than it really is. Sometimes looking the part is all I care about at that moment.
Result: Your house will look and smell cleaner with very little effort!
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- Mini gratitude/prayer sessions
Staying grateful and prayerful is very important, no matter how busy life gets. Take 2 to 3 minutes to pray for yourself, your kids, spouse, career/business, and note everything you’re thankful for.
A prayer journal helps you build this habit and gain spiritual momentum. Just be consistent.
Result: Your relationship with God and your faith in Him will grow stronger and stronger which is a blessing within itself.
- Declutter one small surface per day
I believe I speak for a lot of us when I say decluttering is a massive challenge for many women, especially if you have a family. There’s just so much stuff, and organizing everything seems daunting.
The lazy girl strategy is to ditch long hours of decluttering. Focus on clearing a table or a desk every day. Ensure they remain clear while you move to another tiny space.
Result: In a few weeks, you’ll be shocked at what you’ve achieved and how much cleaner and more peaceful your house is.
- Set one simple weekly goal
Sometimes, having too many goals is the quickest way to not achieve any of them.
Set at least one goal for every week, and not more than three. The goal could be to exercise daily, eat healthily, or pray every day.
Use a habit tracker to track your progress and try to be consistent. Result: You’ll begin to build permanent long lasting habits that vastly improve your life!
Note: Change will be slower with these low-effort life improvement checklists, but with consistent steps, the slow progress will yield visible results.
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The Lazy girl’s approach to getting your life together works because it helps you make changes without feeling pressured or overwhelmed.
Plus, because they are so easy to do, you don’t need to wait for a burst of energy or consistent motivation.
Every simple step you take might not overhaul your life, but it will add up consistently until it becomes a mighty change. Like they say, little drops of water can become a mighty ocean.
* What Life Changing Habits Are You Going To Try? *
Cheers to you for deciding to take these lazy girl steps. I’m super proud of you, and I know you’ll do great.
Choose 1–3 ideas and get started on them this week. Go at your own pace. Don’t compare your progress to others. It’s okay to go slow, provided you get there.
Use planners or journals such as the meal planner, faith journal, or personal growth planner, to track your progress and little wins. Even minimal effort feels rewarding when you see it tracked in your planner.
I’m cheering you on, and I pray that these easy personal growth tips will turn your life around for good.
