The kind of person that really doesn't go for goals but realizes they're probably a good thing for some things.
The kind of person that maybe lives a little too much in the present; and maybe gets lost in clicking on the next video a bit too often.
... and maybe leaves the dishes for a day or two but maybe can get something, anything done.
ALL TASKS = CHARMS: just keep loading them on from this page to the next; then pick the ones for the day - prioritized or scheduled if you want - or NOT.
GOALS = QUESTS: From just getting out of bed on some days to hard core regimented - it's all good - whatever works for you right now.
DAY and Date: Circle the day, write in the year, month, and day. When the day is over, check it off.
WEATHER: Check out the weather on your phone/TV/radio and circle what the forecast is - or record what actually happened. Can be helpful for planning outdoor activities some days.
BLANK LINE - to right of WEATHER: for whatever you want such as All-day events like birthdays, what you are grateful for that day, and affirmation perhaps, or an animal from Medicine Cards (David Carson).
DAILY MUSTS: You've got your BASIC T C (Tidy and Clean), your EXTRA T C - if you get around to it, EXERCISE, a blank line for something else - you choose - but something that you do almost everyday, and planning for TOMORROW. The check boxes to the right are wide so you can mark in how much you actually achieved - a quarter, a half, three quarters - all or whatever.
TODAY'S PRIORITIES: Some days, there are things that really must get done. You've got room for two things. To the left of each you can put in a time, or maybe a "role" (see SEVEN ROLES below), or draw a face showing how much you are gonna like doing it.
TODAY'S TASKS: Room for 5, check box for done, and again, blank space to the left for a time or face or role.
A blank square for doodles, notes, counting your blessings, and so forth.
PERSPECTIVE - PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE: jot down a few words that will help give you perspective, give you direction, keep you on track, remind you what it's all about.
WEEK PRIORITIES: the seven days of the week with a little line for the date so you know where you are relative to the other days in this set of four days. Jot down the important or scheduled things.
Room at the bottom to list your "Seven Roles" - which I developed for myself years ago from reading that Stephen R. Covey book about habits and it still seems quite a popular thing to do. Things like: learner or student, family member, citizen, job position, etc. Two of my roles are a little philosophical, encompass multiple aspects of life: Personal - Outside (friends, family, citizen) Personal - Inside (self development, appreciation, mental health, learning). You can note which role each task fulfills.
But again, I don't like schedules! I like spontaneity I guess, but just to a certain degree. It's HARD to maintain a balance!
Oh, and about procrastination. Here is my latest list of how to bust it:
BUST PROCRASTINATION
- Schedule down time / treats
- Set good goals
- specific
- concrete
- doable
- meaningful
- Break down big projects
- Create routines
- time and place
- purge bad cues
- add good cues
- tidy workspace
- designate activity space
- Make good tasks frictionless
... which I got from a CBC interview with Piers Steele about his book "The Procrastination Equation" - which I haven't read but the interview was very good with details. But, I really don't get around to doing goals much - maybe someday.
Also, I sometimes practice "The 20 Second Rule" - don't feel like doing anything? Just pick something and tell yourself you only have to do it for 20 seconds. If you go longer, good, if not, that's fine (usually). I must have heard about this Shawn Anchor trick via somewhere. Sometimes it works.
And the part about TOMORROW - in the DAILY MUSTS section - that's from The Ivy Lee Method. Yeah, planning something for tomorrow can be a good thing some days. You can always change it - depending on the weather or whatever.
Anyway, print off, double sided, punch it with holes, and put the pages in a 3 ring binder. Yes, it's too big to carry around probably - who wants to do that anyway? I'm not the kind of person that carries around a little planner either. I have my phone for when I'm not at home and can just transfer everything to the planner whenever.
Available as a pdf.
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