During my weekly planning sessions, I try to make sure I’m measuring new tasks against that focus, that way I can make sure I’m making time for it.įor example, November is deep cleaning month for me. This allows me to sort of keep that in mind when I’m scheduling things and making plans for the month. Each section was chosen carefully to make sure that we’re not tempted to overextend ourselves in our planning.Įach month I like to choose an area I want or need to focus on. Even if you haven’t been following along with this series, these planners will still go a long way to help you take back or keep control of your time. I really wanted to design something that would be a useful tool for you when it comes to planning your time. These monthly planners are not a calendar. That’s where the monthly planner printables are going to really help. Just like I said to limit your daily and weekly focus to just three things to start with so we could build those foundation routines well, our plans need limits. To make our plans effective they have to have limits. Oh, we can totally give ourselves bonus points for doing extra, but if we choose to stop when our plans are done that’s great too because we completed what we set out to do. We craft a plan for our time using our priorities and work through that plan, and then we’re done! What Planning Give UsĪ plan sets boundaries and parameters for how we’re going to spend our time and, essentially, gives us permission to not get everything done. But it’s the one thing that can help us tackle that list and take back our time so we’re not always feeling behind or like we’ve lost a whole day and don’t know what we did with those hours. It is just one more thing we’re adding to our to-do list. I know it can be hard to see the reason for planning. When we’re buried under mile-long lists of things we need to do or twist-turned around trying to find the time for everything and anything we think needs our attention, a plan will show us the way out. Planning takes the guesswork out of what we’re going to do and when we’re going to do it. making time for a weekly planning session was planning to put a plan in placeĮach and every step, in its own way, has been a plan.setting our priorities was planning what to spend our time on.our three item daily and weekly to do lists were our plans for what to do each day and week to keep that area running smoothly.choosing an area in our life to focus on was planning where to spend our energy.Each of the steps we’ve taken has been its own sort of plan. Little step by little step we’re slowly starting to take back our time and reclaim our lives from the chaos. One of the biggest problems we face when we’re feeling scattered is how to find that calm space.
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