2020 preparation: the schedules thing

the schedules thing

2020 preparation

                      

planning

I am that somewhat anal person who likes to plan. Overplan actually. yet, ironically, I also can and do drop my plans when I get an unexpected text or phone call, to spend time with someone who matters: friends and family. 

So, this is what I have been doing for years. I'm not the person to load up my phone nor computer calendar with to-dos, so I just use my same old system:

• wall calendar for blocking out important full days and, well, just pre planning. Such things as deadlines and working a full day at a friend's crystal fair. Oh, and if I actually go on a holiday. Maybe I don't actually need a wall calendar, however I always get given a nice one given to me at Christmas. I can truthfully say that The Fireman one was perhaps the most visually interesting (!)
• small diary for weekly and daily stuff, birthdays and such. I'm quite religious with this, it's my organisational lifeline. I transfer from my wall calendar to this as well
• monday mornings or sunday evenings have been my planning dates for some years, now. Into the diary for the week coming
• if I'm say, going shopping, I make a note of this and anything else that I want to remember when I'm shopping such as "return library books"' and I put them into a carry bag right then and then 
• if I'm out and about and make arrangements to do something, I write it into my notes file in my phone, and transfer it when I get home
• shopping lists are kept in my notes file in my phone

my reasons for schedules

I've done my best to make it all just all so easy peasy. Now, why am I so organised to do all of this? It's because I forget to do things, go places, and so on, if I don't. And then I just simply waste my time. I want a life well lived, not wasted!

And another nerdy reason: I read years ago that one of the Alberts (Einstein or Schweitzer, I forget which one), said that they always wrote down their phone number, so they didn't have to remember it. I can't recall word for word, but the gist of it was that he preferred to use his memory for more important things. And I took this on board. If it's good enough for one of the Alberts, then it's good enough for me! Also, I don't want to waste my memory recall on "things" that I actually don't need to carry in my head.

daily stuff

I'm a firm believer in so much of life being about habits. And I include bad habits in this! 

And that if things aren't working out in an area, continuing doing those things the same way, will always produce the same results. Not rocket science, but sometimes I do need to remind myself of this. Well okay, often I need to remember it.

So, because I work from home, I've had to re-examine my daily life routines:

• fitness. If I can't get it done in the morning, which is my preferred time, then I can slot it into another time that day. Because I've structured it this way. And if I have to miss a day, it's okay, because that same structure means it's easy to get back into the next day
• diet: what we eat and when. I did the same for this. It's not perfect, but at certain times, I'm aiming to eat and drink certain things. And, make sure that I've got everything that I need at home
• work: the at-home stuff. I worked out my best times for being creative, and also for logical thought. To make it all easier. I write, and I do yoga routines for people. I also do healing and sometimes readings, at home, and if I have a schedule in place, again, it's not the end of the world if I put it aside to do a healing
• moi time. I get bored really easily. And I'm really good at just blobbing out and forgetting to do things. This includes moi stuff. Some things I'm excellent at, though, like removing my small amount of make-up each evening, and getting out my clothes for the following day. So, yep, I've been put into le schedule too
• study. I do pick something like, for example, how to ask particular questions and how to answer them. Then I just keep going with it until it's firmly ensconced into my brain

I truly want this to be a great year, so this is another reason for some schedules for daily life. Fit in what I need to do so that I have time to also do all of the other "stuff" that I love to do.

What about you?