Taking one hour to organizing your week makes the single biggest impact on your results. Pausing to look from a big picture perspective, you can elevate your experience in the ways that are most meaningful to you. Create a blueprint for your week by thinking about your goals and the next best step forward, prioritizing your to do list so that you are highly focused, while making sure to carve time for things that fill your cup.
A weekly organization session carves out space to review, reconnect, and readjust, where necessary. Prioritizing goals and aligning them with actions helps take large strides forward consistently. This allows you to see and develop opportunities that you otherwise wouldn't have. It also makes sure that taking care of yourself is truly a priority. Having a structure that guides you through the details creates a natural ease and therefore more presence in your daily being.
Weekly Organization Session:
Steps
Pick one day per week and set up a recurring appointment with yourself in your electronic calendar (with a reminder) for your weekly organization session. Carve out an hour or so to align, sync, refresh, and renew. I recommend doing this on Friday or Sunday for the upcoming week. That way on Monday morning, you can dig right in and feel well prepared.
Integrate life into your schedule
Schedule the “rocks”: appointments and things that can't move around
Add in time for goals: timeboxes for key priorities
Add in time for relationships: setup memorable moments
Review your current items
Connect with everything that is going on: check your 'inboxes' and make decisions to clear the clutter
Schedule time for tasks: block out time for items that need focus this week
Wrap up: close out, let go, or delegate items
Be flexible
Be open to move things around: if things pop up, adjust your time blocks a needed
Be sure to fill your cup: regularly fit in time for activities that re-energize you
Don’t overdo it: leave plenty of room for preparing your day and typical things that pop up
There have been many times where I have entered my organization session feeling fragmented and chaotic. By the time I finish, I feel relieved to know that everything I want to get done has time carved out and will get done in an optimal way. I feel more grounded, clear, and ready. Being selective helps ensure we experience our ideal levels of fun, growth, and accomplishment.
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