170. Planning the Day (reactive vs proactive, tools and approaches I use)
Description
Planning the day can be an overwhelming chore that you are constantly behind in. Sticking to that plan can be frustrating and seem impossible. I want to share a few ways that I keep myself on track and having a proactive day, rather than a reactive day.
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In this episode I discuss:
The crafty form of planning, bullet journaling
How to get started bullet journalling
The three planners that I found worked the best
Moleskin Weekly Planner
Passion Planner
Ban.Do Planner
The crown jewel of planning apps, Google Calendar, and how I use it to plan effectively
How to organize and use your To-Do list to check things off
How I prioritize my To-Do list, shiting from a should-do to a could-do mindset
Planning a proactive day rather than having a reactive day, especially with chores
Cognitive distortions and how to get out of that All-or-nothing thinking
Meal prepping
All the fun links you might enjoy
How to get started bullet journalling
Planning the day for moms
The freedom you can gain from planning your day
Procrastination tips for moms
Does your to-do list overwhelm you?
Do you trust yourself to show up for you?
How to move from ambivalent to ambitious
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TRANSCRIPT
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Hello friends welcome back to the simple on purpose podcast. My name is Shawna, you guys know me as your nerdy girlfriend and life coach and counselor. And if you are new here, if you found the podcast over the summer, welcome, I'm so glad you are here. At simple on purpose, we talk about ways to simplify, simplify your home, your heart, your life, and do things on purpose, do life on purpose, turn off the autopilot, turn off the default mode, that we're just living in life reactively to life and letting things happen, like letting life happen at us and moving into an intentional space, being really proactive with who we are, how we want to show up our lives and what we want to get out of our life. So that's the premise of what we talk about here. I'm really glad you're here. I let you know earlier that I had taken the summer off, I was finishing up my schooling to become a registered professional counselor. And now I'm on the other side of that I've gone through certification, I am working on my supervision hours with my supervisor. And I just really had no idea what I would come back to in terms of what simple on purpose was going to look like. I think I still don't know,
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