I have always liked having a to-do list, I just got a new planner (I was using a free one they gave Chris for school) but it finished up in June so it has been awhile since I have used one. I have also noticed I have not been as good about "getting stuff done" the last little while and I attribute it to not having it written down or being accountable for what I am doing. A friend from our ward started a "perfect month of accountability" blog where she is has made a list of all the things she wants to get done every day and while she doesn't get them all done because life happens she still reports to herself if nothing else what she did and didn't do. So with that brief introduction I'll introduce my new blog about learning to be accountable to myself if nothing else. I have created an excel spread sheet of what I am going to do and made it easy to access from my phone (because lets be real) I spend way to much time on that thing anyways so by having this list in place I will hopefully be a little more motivated to at least "check off" what I have or have not done.
Oh and about the scripture- I once had an old leadership adviser talk about writing down tasks and schedules and how she always included stuff she was doing with/for her family. At least for me, I often exclude those things because it just made the page/list fill up faster but her point was "where your treasure is there will your heart be also." If I am only looking and thinking about a list of things that NEED to get done but that list doesn't include all the stuff I am doing for my family, my heart can't be in the right place. Love is spelled time, and I better be giving myself credit on my lists for all the stuff I am doing for my own family even if that love is shown by changing diapers for a total of almost an hour in a 24 hour period. Plus I have found when I include that stuff on my list I get a lot less frustrated at myself throughout the day because I know at some point I will be asked to stop and read books or play trains or whatever it is.
So here it is-my perfect day of the stuff I haven't mastered well enough on my own (I haven't watched a tv show in almost 3 months woot, woot).
***disclaimer-I also, for the first time in awhile, am not being physically exhausted by anybody but myself-no nursing, no newborn, no pregnancy so this is my ideal because I don't have as many outside pressures-I am also no longer a student or nannying twice a week so my schedule is truly at my command give or take my little munchkins. :)***
Wake up before kids and exercise (Ideally 5:30)
Eat Breakfast
Drink 100 oz of water
Play with Nate one on one
Play with David one on one
Outside Playtime
Set Timer on phone and Read Scriptures
Organize or reorganize something
Make a to-do for the next day
Call or Email a Family Member
Not Bake something
Take Vitamins/oils
Read part of a Book
Follow a schedule with the boys
Have Dinner done when Chris is home
Have a Date Night
Plan/Prep/or have Family Home Evening
Family Scripture Study and Prayer
Brush the boys teeth morning and night
Prepare Lesson for Sunday
Listen to a Conference Talk
Write in Journal
Only check phone for non text/intentional things 3x a day
Bed by 9:30 (10 at latest)
Some of these I won't be doing daily but this is my ideal so I am at least thinking about them and not having to crunch last minute.
Now to undertake my big project of reorganizing the kids clothes bins....
I loved this entry and can't wait to follow this blog. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. I could copy your list word-for-word and use it for myself exactly as is (that's how similar our goals are!). My perfect month just ended, so this is good timing to motivate me to keep it going even though I've met the original goal. I love reading about friends' goals and progress, so thank you for writing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks can- I am obviously not asleep by 9:30 but hey we do what we can. Ps I go to the YMCA as well (I put my pass on hold till October once it gets colder but I would love to go with you or exercise other times.
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