Hello! So Last week, I did a brainstorming session with you on my ideas for a personal curriculum for myself. I had talked about actual things I wanted to include, as well as next steps or goals that I would need to take in order to lay out a plan for myself.
Well, despite it being the start of the second week of July, I did in fact start to develop and write out a plan of attack. I decided to use one of my Cultivate What Matter 90 Day Goal Planners for this "project" and I turned the things I wanted to do into Goals.
So, the first thing that I notice whenever I want to add a new routine or habit to my lineup is that I just simply never do it. I either don't have time, I'm too busy and I have too many other things on the go. Worse, is that when I do skip it, I don't feel guilty about it because it's technically not a new habit yet so I don't feel any type of way towards it yet.
I figured if I'm creating goals out of these things, I would:
- write them down (this helps to keep me more accountable) - this might be writing them down as a goal, or maybe the task gets added to my habit tracker. Even then, sometimes I notice it's easy for me to skip tasks if I'm just checking them off.
- Take the time to check in every week/day to ensure that I'm double checking what I need to add to my daily task list and then ensure I'm reflecting weekly to make sure I'm aligned with the goal and making progress towards it.
Usually, I notice if I write a task down in my Franklin Planner on the daily task list, I always try to complete it. It's when I don't write it down that I forget about it. This is how I've managed to create habits and routine for myself - I will continue to write it down on my daily list until the item is implanted in my brain and I just do it manually.
My word for this project (or this next two to three months) is relax. Despite the fact that I will still be working, I want to destress and push away any anxiety. Since my kids are not in school, I still have anxiety (maybe more because they're all home and fighting), but we don't have to rush in the morning. Ideally, I envision my mornings as waking up at 6:00am, letting the kids sleep in and getting started with my day.
I don't have to worry about school stuff, or any homework and studying - I can simply focus more on family and myself.
Some of my goals are simple - like journaling nightly every day. I simply want to turn that into a habit - it doesn't have to take long, but I do want to do it daily (or nightly as the case may be).
The goal like up above is a little bit more involved. This one details my artist date with myself. I haven't quite ironed out all the details (like the exact things that may qualify as an artist date, or even which day I'll specifically tackle it during the week). I do know I want to conduct them weekly, and I also know that I want to keep it.
When I went through the book, The Artist's Way, that was one of the homework assignments - to complete an artist date and make it mandatory. Well, something always seemed to come up and I rarely ever created anything. I simply convinced myself I was too busy and I had no time.
I want this to change with this project I've set for myself. I want to be tough on myself and hold myself accountable. Again, the way that I'll do it is by writing the time down in my Franklin and making that time non-negotiable. I'm going to do it or else!
This is the first monthly calendar (there are three in this book - one for each of the three months of the 90 day timeline). As you can see, I've decorated it with my Coconut Cove themed stickers from Cocoa Daisy, but I have yet to fill out it.
My plan is to only add things from my personal curriculum project and nothing else. (My one year power sheets covers the rest for me). I will have to cross-reference my home calendar to make sure I don't schedule an artist date (for example) on a day that I have an appointment or errands that keep me out of the house for a large part of the day). I will fill up the days with the tasks, habits and mini-projects I want to complete within the scope of my personal curriculum.
As you can see, I have not filled out either of these two spreads. These follow the monthly calendar. The first one is the monthly reset page and tending list, but I want to refer to it as the weekly dashboard. This will be my "compass" for the week - the thing I'll refer to daily (as a habit checker as well) to start working on my tasks and projects).
The second one is really a weekly planner, but this is where I get to detail the actual things I want to do. I have room to make notes, schedule my tasks, projects and to-do's. I will probably highlight the items after I've completed them.
I think I will do a follow up blog and let you know how I did with this project. Make sure to follow me if you want to hear (and see) more!
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Thanks so much for reading and we'll see you next time!
Sandra 🧡
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