Daily planning must be simple. If it isn’t, it will not be sustainable. Complexity is priorities. Due dates. Recurring reminders. Labels. Tags. Flags. Simplicity is a list. That’s it. Because it’s simple. You don’t need fancy tools. You don’t need complicated reminders. You don’t need hierarchical tasks. You just need a habit. Plan your day.
When we don’t trust ourselves, our lives become more crowded, chaotic, and complicated. When we don’t trust ourselves we say yes to things we should say no to. We think, “I should do that, I think.” By not saying no, we take on too much, and those things crowd out the core aspects of our […]
Beginning with the long term end in mind just doesn’t work. Not until you have momentum. And “long term” is relative. Some people have so little momentum that thinking or planning something more than a week away is just wasted effort. I have some family members that make it hard to plan get togethers because […]
Let’s dig a little deeper into yesterday’s thoughts. I outlined why you should first focus on building momentum, before worrying about your direction. This is actually what you’ve been doing most of your life. Barring major disabilities, all people learn to walk and talk, eat food and throw balls, just in the first few years […]
“I cannot plan my day, because I don’t know what I want to do with my life.” Yeah, I’m embarrassed to admit that I once believed that. Maybe you do too. For me, I think I picked it up after reading 7 Habits. It’s a great book, with some deeply true principles. The second habit […]
I’m the turtle, my wife is the hare. Spoiler alert: sometimes the hare wins. You see, the story of the turtle and the hare is great at emphasizing the importance of consistent, steady progress. It’s the way I like to work. Set up some simple habits, preferably daily, and then make sure to do them. […]
Literally, Cue is “Cue Cards 4 Life!” It’s an app that gets you writing cue cards for your life. It’s an app that gives you those same cue cards to help you remember what’s most important. Sounds pretty simple, and it is. But it works. First, it works because you have to write the cue […]
Have you planned today? If you did, how do you feel? Are you calm and energized? If you did not, how do you feel? Harried, distracted, or lethargic? Obviously, you can have a good day without planning the day. Story time. I remember one of my favorite days in elementary school was field day. We […]
A life that follows the natural cycles is one that is in harmony. The first natural cycle our bodies figure out is the feeding cycle. We eat, we sleep, we poop, we eat again. Over time, that cycle grows to include some wake time. And, after a year or so, most of us have a […]
Tickler files have a horrible name. I get the association between tickling and remembering: “I had an idea tickling my brain”. And I get that physical file folders were once a thing. But neither of those concepts really works well. Like the idea of saving documents. It had to be done at one point. And […]