How can I be better organised with paperwork/to do lists?

[cheeseisthebest]

I'm quite tidy, meal plan each week, do online food shop, etc but I constantly have scraps of paper with notes/to do lists.
Some are things that never get done, some are urgent, some are work related, some things I need to buy.
I work full time from home, 2 kids at different schools, have a puppy. Life can get overwhelming and I really need a decent system to help me be less chaotic!
TIA

My mum got me a little wrendale diary for Christmas 2021 (I'll try attach a link)

Wrendale Designs Flexi Diary 2022 - Mouse on Toadstool https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y75FW23/ref=cmswwrcppapiglcciBHYV0C1RKV92SG1T3K20??encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I'm sure if you click the link you can see, but at the start of each week there is a shopping list, meal planner, things to do list, budget list section and I find this so helpful! I like writing things down and this keeps it all in one place!

Oh I love that diary!

@cheeseisthebest it's really good! At the start of the diary there is an overview of each month too which is perfect for birthdays/events etc!

I might get it! It's so pretty!

Look up mums office diaries. They are brilliant if you are going paperbased.

Lists and reminders on phone.
Related paperwork in 1-31 concertina file. Set aside time for admin if possible

I have everything on my phone and duplicated on laptop!

My memory is shit these days so I need the reminders and I lose bits of paper!

I mainly use notes app on phone and have different folders for different areas. Reminders and alarms for crucial stuff

Alexa also very handy! (Or indeed similar devices) I seem to come up with my best ideas or realise things I need reminders for when I'm up to my elbows in dishes or something! So I just yell at Alexa to "remind me at (time when I know I won't be up to my elbows) to do x to call y to put z on my notes/shopping list"

Oops, need to add. For stuff to buy, if its a shop I don't go to regularly e.g. Ikea I have a list of its own in the notebook 'To buy from Ikea'.

Yes I do this too but on the phone - a separate note for each rarely bought from place so when I next am buying from there I know the other things I wanted to get

I also note here if I have money off vouchers/codes to use - I also put this info in calendar if they have a use by point

Also, take photos of receipts, paperwork etc and make albums