07/11/2021
New week, who dis?! 🗓 What a great weekend it was doing close to nothing 😆. In all seriousness, the last 6 weeks have been pretty busy with lots of travel time including 4 different trips! As much as I enjoy the travel life, I’m a low key homebody at heart (sometimes 🙃).
Sundays are one of my favorite days of the week. I’m a creature of habit & I love to keep organized and plan my days out ahead of time!
If you’re like me and are finding yourself racking up a long list of “to-do’s”, this is the time when I like to sit down get everything planned out for the week/weeks ahead.
Now, if life were that easy, I’d be crossing items off my list no problem and be ready to kick my sneakers off and relax by the end of the week, right? 🙄 I wish! I am notorious for not finishing everything I need to get done! I find it insanely difficult to get EVERYTHING done by the end of the week, especially when I always want to prioritize a workout each weekday! If this is you, here’s my take on trying to minimize some of this chaos👇🏻:
1. ✏️ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝗼𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬! A simple list to create a visual aid is incredibly helpful to see the task(s) at hand (and ensure you don’t leave anything behind).
2. 🕰 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝗼 “𝐬𝗺𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫“ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫“ - essentially the shorter vs. longer tasks from a time perspective. What are the things you can knock out quick and which will be more time consuming?
3. 📋𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝗼𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲! Knowing which are higher priority items and pushing those to the top can be a huge stress reliever - especially if any are tied to deadlines.
4. ✅ 𝐂𝗼𝗺𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝗼𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝗼𝗺 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝗼𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲 - from a time perspective, getting one small and one large item done each day is a manageable expectation.
5. 🧘🏼♀️ 𝐁𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞! Things will usually never go as planned, but knowing that you can adjust when/where it’s needed allows you to breathe easy and also adjust to ensure everything gets done!
This has been a big help for me each week as I plan around workouts, meal prep, etc. Comment below what’s on your to do list this week?! 📒