Something to know about me is that I really love planning. I love planning in my head and I love planning in sticky notes. I really really want to love planning more and being organized. I have had high hopes in the past of using a planner as a central place for all of my planning. I've bought them in the past and after the first few day, it begins to collect dust and just goes to waste. I started to just believe that I'm just one of those people who can't go by a planner. But that's such a limiting belief. If I say I can't, then I guess I can't. But what if I changed it up and said, "I can"? I dream of a day where everything that's going on in my life in one place…. But that day is definitely not today. How the heck do I get all of this mess in one place?
My Day Job
My Travel Schedule
My health coaching business
Bills and budgeting
My son's school stuff
Etc etc etc
It's everywhere. And it's out of control. And when I had a dear friend of mine gift me with a planner for 2021 I saw it as an opportunity. I also saw it as an extension of my princessyness (that's not a word, I know. Just go with it.) It's pretty and pink and has leopard print so how can this not be something I'll use. Plus it has all these things in it that I can really use for things I've always intended to do that I haven't. It has a place for daily "I am..." statements and "I'm grateful for... " notes. It has a breakdown of what types of tasks I need to look at for my business which helps me prioritize. It has month at a glance and daily sheets with it all broken out for me so I don't have to create strategy. Did I mention it's pretty?
So back to the opportunity. I decided to take one part of my life and use it in my planner. The messiest part… my health coaching business. Now I'm not completely all over the place, I have my processes and clients organized, but I could never seem to start the day with a real solid plan of what I needed to do or what I wanted to accomplish. Every day I would scramble to get organized for my day…. But what if I already had a plan and just had to execute??? That alone would take off some stress. So I'm using it. Not only am I using it, it's a solid goal of mine for January to create a habit of using it first thing daily. So fast-forward to today. It's been a week, and I've used it every morning to set my intention for the day.
Let's just sit back for a second and actually celebrate that I'm actually using the darned thing. And I've used it every day for a week. Yay!
Here's the benefits so far….
I see the big stuff on my monthly at a glance which helps me look down the road so I’m not surprised
I wrote down monthly goals with set dates and made them non-negotiable… and I look at them every day
I know what I need to do in the day with noted priorities and a task list.
I LOVE CHECKING OFF TO-Dos
I get to work in something super pretty every day at the start of my day… I love that.
I'm not scrambling at the end of the day to remember what I did.. It's already there.
Can't wait to see what benefits I get from this by the end of the month!
Oh and if you wanna know where I got it.. www.thetribebox.com. They're not paying or supporting me in any way, but if you're in any type of network marketing business this product is really super cool… and did I mention pretty?
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