It’s early, just 6:22am and I’m about to have my morning wake up Denise’s eyes coffee! Yes, an exclamation point to point out the wonderful properties of that hot brew. The house is cool, 76 degrees Fahrenheit, and it is already hot outside. We’re told it will a touch cooler today. It hit 101 on Monday. Even with all that the pool is calling my name!
Today, I have started revamping my schedule a bit. Instead of thinking I will get to the blog and schedule it for later, I’ve decided that early morning is best. Even before coffee my brain thinks…we’ll see how well…
Getting Your Schedule Manageable is today’s topic. Here’s why. Too often we write ourselves little notes and stick them wherever we think we might remember to actually accomplish those tasks. We know Johnny has to be at baseball, Mary needs to go to dance class, but suddenly when it is time to do those things we are involved in something that had absolutely no place on our schedule.
A planner, online scheduler, or just a plain old calendar is the best way to keep track of all the things we have to do.
For me, last night I had promised someone I would go to their networking event. Well, a meeting ran two hours longer than I had planned for, and I had a conference call an hour after the networking event was supposed to start. Too many obligations?
No!
Scheduling issues?
Yes!
So how do you do this?
The first step is in choosing your planner, or calendar. Is it one with lots of lines to write on, or is in a zip up case that can hold everything else too. I, personally, prefer Planner Pad, a company that has three sizes of a planner that has three sections on it and is broken down into weekly segments. I can see what is due all week long at one glance.
Some people prefer seeing the whole month at once.
The issue here is that you choose something. If the first one does not work for you, then choose another.
Secondly, start writing in the things that you have on your plate today, tomorrow and the rest of this week. Which is getting shorter by the minute!
Thirdly, take the time to put in your address book on your planner. If the phone is not your address book, then by all means put it here. You are to carry your planner with you wherever you go (purse, or pocket or briefcase). It will certainly save you time from rescheduling because you didn’t have it when you made an appointment with someone.
Once you see what it is that you have to manage getting done this week, without all those sticky notes, you will realize there may be a few minutes between appointments, games, hair dresser, and grocery shopping that will lend itself to some quiet time for you.
This was the whole point of this blog. To help you find time to slow down, listen to the birds, breathe the fresh (ocean) air, and relax.
Alright friends, it’s off for coffee, sitting on the patio, listening to the birds chatter, watching the squirrels run around the garden/yard and the fish jumping in the lake!
Have a great Wednesday!
Tags: timemanagement, self management, planners, schedules, relaxing
