YOUR TO DO LIST
Make your initial draft of your to do list before you leave work each day so you can work on scheduling and juggling what you need to do. The next morning you will finalize the list, look forward in your calendar and add what needs to be squeezed in.
Mastering this discipline will help you become a master of spending your time where it counts most.
Try this for 30 days.
List everything you have to do today. In the beginning I want you to list everything, including your morning and evening routines, that includes meals, showering, praying/quiet time, getting dressed, driving to the day care, driving to work, going to the store or the cleaners plus work-related tasks…in other words if it takes time it belongs on the list.
Next examine everything on your list to see what you left out, and then look at your calendar for appointments or meetings for the next two weeks that you need to include or prepare for and add those.
Now, you determine when each item needs to be done. Each item on your list will have an A, B, C, or D to the right of it
A before noon
B afternoon
C evening
D delegate
Place a time estimate to the side of the alpha character you gave the task. Now, calculate how realistic your plan (to do list) is for the day. This discipline helps to eliminate over committing and underestimating your available time.
Now that you have the real picture on what you need/want to do and have set deadlines for each and calculated how much time it all will take you are ready to prioritize. Your next step is to number in sequence what you will do first, second and so on. And next, drumroll please, check off the item as you complete them.
Get real, stay real, reduce stress and accomplish what matters most. Let me know how this works for you.
Still learning,
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