How to organize a day?

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This was a question from a busy professional.

So I have an opportunity to stay home and I have a lot of projects in mind starting with weight loss to setting up a business but I don’t know how to organise my day and I wake up and waste half a day coming up with activity. How to organise a day?Laura Lee Rose·1m ago

Many people work best with a structured routine or schedule. When you shift your work environment from corporate (or at office) to own business (or working from home) – your structured routine is altered (or thrown out the window).

This only means that instead of someone else providing you with the structured routine – you need to create it yourself.

Here are some steps:

  • Create a list of imperatives (things you want to be, do or have – that if everything else were to disappear, you would still be happy and fullfilled)
    • Examples would be Healthy Lifestyle, great family/friend relationships, professional achievement/development/advancement, community service, religious or spiritual growth, etc
  • Outline specific tasks (SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound) to achieve each of those imperative items
  • Explicitly schedule (block time on your calendar) the time to do those things and stick to that schedule. Think about combining items that accomplishes multiple imperatives
    • Want to improve relationship with family – schedule time every night for evening bike-rides or walks with family
    • Want to get more exercise – schedule time with friends and family to go to gym, walk, play, bike, etc every M-W-F (put it on the calendar and stick to it)
    • Join professional associations or attain a new certification for job advancement. Devote 2 nights a week for career improvement activities.
    • Volunteer at a community event twice a month (mark out explicit day that you are doing these things
  • Create project plans, schedules and deadlines for your personal projects and mark those on your calendar
    • Create your New Business – Business and Marketing Plan by xx date
    • Work with a business coach or mentor on your new business on yy dates
    • have your new business road-map completed by zz date
    • work on your new business 3 nights a week for x hours.
  • Allow the every-day items that pop-up fill in the gaps in your calendar (instead of those items being things that takes most of your time)

If it’s important to you – then it should be on your calendar. Stick to your imperative appointments and you will lead a happy and fulling life.

I have written several articles on the topic HERE: http://www.lauraleerose.com/Articles.pdf