I guess that I should explain a little bit - and remember, this is the Helene Modified System - for any of you Tony Robbins purists out there. Every day when I think of something that I need to do I write it on a piece of paper or in my To Do book ... and then I forget about it. I work only from my current To Do list for the day and only will add to it if an appointment or emergency comes up. At the end / beginning of the week I take all of the written notes and add them to my electronic Running To Do list. I then print out that list (which includes specific daily, monthly, quarterly, yearly and misc recurring to dos) and my 2009 Goals list. From there I go to my daily templates and plan out my week. Each day's template already has many recurring items on it and I add from my Running To Do list and my overall Goals list. I try not to overload any one day because I want to "win" for my day but I also want to be productive. I know that it sounds like a lot of work, and it is, but it is only once per week and then my week is set. I don't have to ever wonder what I should be doing on any given day and I can relax without guilt when I have the list completed each day. And, if I don't get everything done for that day I can evaluate whether to add it to another day in the week or to wait for another week. When I was doing this early last year I made leaps and bounds through my goals. This year, and with this blog's help, I plan to keep it up all year.
Today's list was extra long because there is a lot of pre-week planning to do and it is the first time in a long time that I have RPMed.
Here is my To Do list for the day:
- Copy CDs to iTunes
- Get Andrew's room ready
- Create my blog entry - include What Am I Grateful for and What Were Some Magic Moments
- RPM my week
- Menu Plan for the week
- Do the dishes
- Work out at 24H (prior to picking up Andrew)
- Andrew pickup - Hobby 5:05pm
- ICA Schedule
- Send Card to Prince Charming - Russia
- Review who has a birthday coming up this week
- Telephone Edna
- Look up Project 365
- Investools - log in and research - 15 mins
- Library books - pickup & drop off
- Set up office to work on Mosaic
- Call Trainer Little John re Tuesday training appt
- Read the Brian Tracy newsletter
- Petco - buy Jack new collar, new lead, and Logan dry food
- Filing - 30 mins (optional)
I feel soooo efficient just looking at the list. In order to actually be efficient I am going to get at it but not before I answer my two questions. I have decided that there are 4 questions that I want to answer each week and where better to answer them but in this blog. The two Sunday questions are "What am I grateful for this week?" and "What were some magic moments this week?". (Magic moments are things or thoughts or images from the week that make you smile). So here goes:
What am I grateful for this week?
- I am grateful that my cold / flu didn't take too strong a hold and that I am better after just a few days.
- I am grateful that when I made the decision to get a Wii Console and Wii Fit that I could do so even in these bad economic times.
- I am grateful that I have a terrific husband that I love and that loves me too.
- I am grateful that I have a wonderful support system.
- I am grateful that I have reconnected with my sister-in-law.
- I am grateful that Logan is still hanging in there despite the bad fall that he took at Christmas.
- I am grateful that the weather has been pretty good this week.
- I am grateful that my house is getting more and more organized.
- I am grateful.
What are some magic moments from this week?
- When my sister-in-law told me that she had been losing 1 lb per week.
- When the girl from step class told me that she could really tell that I had been losing weight.
- When I came into the house after walking the dogs and noticed how beautifully clean and organized the storage area was.
- When I went to make the bed in the Sweet and thought about how happy I was with what we had created.
And with that I'm off ...
Have a wonderful day!
Ella
