How to Plan Your Week Effectively

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This is a very clear and concise explanation of using a bullet journal. I've been told I'm too old to start organizing and managing time and money. My usual response is, "I'm still standing." Thank you for the encouragement.

Tip 1 - Take a mental inventory. Write down all the tasks to avoid decision fatigue you'll gain distance from the pile of choices. Stepping back makes it easier to evaluate what's important and what to prioritize. Tip 2 - Time blocking. Give tasks a start and end time. This adds structure and urgency. Tip 3 - Morning reflection. Spend a few minutes to go over the task list for the day to kickstart your day. Imagine what it looks like to finish each of the tasks. Tip 4 - Evening reflection. Go over your task list, consider how it went. Set your focus right and clarify what is important to you. Plan accordingly. Helps you feel like the day is "complete". Tip 5 - Celebrate the completion of each task. Trains you to identify positive moments. Last tip - Make sure your system works. It should not be over-complicated or hindering you in doing your tasks.

Instead of time blocking(it normally doesn't work for me) what I usually do is whenever I write a task i write the time taken to complete in minutes. In my case it motivates me to complete the task. For example mopping one room 5 minutes. This will ensure i am still doing that

Notes: 1. Build mental inventory: Write down everything you want to accomplish in the coming week on Friday. 2. Mark them by importance (vital) to sort out the top priority tasks 3. Block the time for each task. This adds structure and urgency to the task. 4. Reflect on the tasks scheduled for the day every morning for 10-15 mins. (Why am I doing this task?) 5. Use evening reflection to unwind by marking the completed tasks and regrouping the incomplete jobs for the next day. APPRECIATE YOUR PROGRESS! 6. Celebrate by rewarding yourself for each successful task (e.g., dance, high-five)

Sent this to my children and grandchildren. They are all working either in their careers or going to school. This is so helpful. I hope they use it to improve their productivity. I’m retired but the need to be productive is really important so I too, may utilize this technique to increase the things I need to do and journal my daily thoughts and activities.

I'm reading the book now for the first time though I did Bullet Journaling on and off several years. I just read his suggestion on allowing extra time for task and celebrating if those take less time than planned as well. I'm also imply the ease of the "5 4 3 2 1" goal setting suggestion as I struggle with setting goals sometimes on a time line. Jot down a list of want to do then place them in categories: 5 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 1 hour. You may also just write those categories then place goals under each. 😊 thanks for making this!!

I just taught a workshop on this Friday and am immediately motivated to restructure it for the next group. Very concise, potent and articulate

I'm 50 years old, and still benefited from this. Thank you.

So awesome!!!! My friend tried to explain bullet journals the other day, but I was like 🙄. Now I understand!!! Thank you!!!😁

I think taking a mental inventory has really been helpful to me. Being able to prioritize my goals has really helped me move forward. Thank you!

As a resident, keeping a bullet journal has been tremendously helpful in helping me keep my life organized - thank you for sharing this video

O WOW I love this video sooo much. I am trying to finish writing by book. I am on the very last section of my book but I haven't touched it for the last few days. I let everything else take priority. This video was extremely helpful and these tips are perfect. Thank You.

I was searching for it and you upload it. What an miracle!

How to plan your week more effectively (art of improvement) 1. take a mental inventory Write down everything you wanna do to avoid decision fatigue( dk how to spend your time) then consider the priority of those tasks 2. time blocking set the time limit for your tasks, eg. 1 hour for essay set deadline for urself 3. morning reflection 5-15 mins, review what u wanna do, read your to do list think about why u wanna do those tasks imagine u have finished those tasks, giv some motivaiton 4. evening reflection help unwind your mind consider tasks u have completed, consider why u have finished those tasks, whats the priority mark the end of the day and appreciate yourself 5. celebrate

This is a great system! I have been using this type of planning more or less without knowing about the "bullet journal". One thing I really need to improve on is Celebrating small wins.

Struggle with my personal management and am a terrible note taker/user of notes. This is great. Concise, simple, perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

I'm already using notion to build my weekly task list, mostly because I like to have those things on digital to better organize and edit later, But it does not work properly if I don't write on paper before starting them. Feels so good to strikeout the task after competition. So I think I already have done 1.Mental Inventory, 3.Morning Reflection and 5.Celebrate. I'm trying to implement time blocking, but didn't knew about Evening Reflection. Thanks for sharing that, is good to know I'm going to the right direction. Life feels so good when things are organized.

Makes total sense - what I have been suggesting to those I mentor and what I know I need to be doing diligently.

This video was both encouraging and inspiring. Thank you! 🙏🏾