DAILY PRACTICE
Set aside time each morning, or at the end of each day, to set up your list for the day ahead.
1. Select 4-5 Post It tasks that must be done today (You read it right, no more than 4-5 items). Place these in the column: 'Today' 'Must Do'.
2. Select 2-3 tasks that you would like to get done if time permits. Place these in the column: Today, Nice to do
3. The rest go in the Not Today column and stay there until you re-do your list tomorrow morning.
Repeat daily.
HELPFUL TIPS
● Each time you complete a task, rip off the Post It note and throw it out - feel the dopamine hit of satisfaction!
● At first, everything may seem vital! That’s normal. Stick with it; the backlog does clear.
● Over time you may notice that some items seem to remain on the Not Today list. This could be a sign that: a) You are avoiding or procrastinating, or b) The task is not that important, and you can take it off the list.
● Put YOU on the list. What fills you up? Is it time to read/exercise/meditate? Put it on your list. Make time for it. Honour it. One teacher I know has 15 minutes of reading for pleasure on her list every day, and it’s the first task she ticks off each morning.
● Make it a habit to roughly calculate how long it will take to complete all the tasks on your 'Today, Must Do List' and then check in: Is there time to complete it all or are you expecting too much of yourself?
TIME TO PLAY
What is one thing in this article that you could play around with in the next week, to help you bring more balance to your daily life?
KATRINA BOURKE
Life & Leadership Coach, Staff Wellbeing Teacher
Katrina coaches caring professionals out of overwhelm and stress into balance and flow. Strangely, for a language lover, Katrina sums herself up in numbers:
● 3 decades of constant busyness, self-judgement, comparison, and feeling never-quite-good-enough
● 17 years of learning to accept and manage all of the above
● 25 years in education and leadership
● 3 years of coaching real women to achieve life-changing results.
● 2 rabbits, 2 dogs and 1 cat
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