One Day at a Time

Off topic: I just experienced a tiny bit of anxiety about the capitalisation scheme I should use for post headings. I both like and dislike that about myself. The duality of human nature I guess.

I prioritised some short, medium and long-term goals yesterday, a mixture of projects and habits. I enjoyed a really awesome day in nature with friends and family today but once I arrived home this post weighed heavily on my mind. Yesterday I committed to writing a follow-up post today that provided more detail on how I was planning on implementing my prioritised list.

Up until an hour ago I was still not happy with my approach to reaching my goals so I put off writing the post. My plan was heading towards the 'too traditional', it was too similar to the way corporates would plan a project... and then beautiful inspiration struck. There's a famous AA slogan that suddenly popped into my head: "One day at a time". Everything else clicked into place after that.

There's a lot on my list that needs to get done and I know from experience that my circumstances change constantly. Planning a month ahead is pointless at this juncture, especially considering the sheer number of goals I want to take on at once. Instead I'm simply going to plan for Monday, see how it goes, and make adjustments for Tuesday. Perhaps I'll eventually have enough insight to plan more than a day ahead of time but at the moment there are just way too many unknown variables. Even trying to plan a week ahead would be a waste of time right now.

Jeez, I was hoping this post would be short and to the point...

Why plan for Monday when tomorrow is Sunday? Sunday is probably one of my most regimented and busiest days of the week. It's a day spent with family and friends amongst other things. I'd like to put aside some time tomorrow to start working on that outstanding documentation I mentioned yesterday but that might not happen with everything else on the go. I have to be realistic about it so I'll stick to planning Monday. Here's what I hope to achieve on Monday:

5:45 Wake up. Quiet time (thanks to Ram for giving me the idea for this)

6:15 Normal morning routine. Get dressed. Prepare some bullet-proof coffee (my version of it)

6:45 Drive to gym

7:00 Exercise (Crossfit)

7:45 Hit the showers. Get dressed

8:00 Drive to work

8:30 - 16:30 Work (Consists of providing feedback on Friday meeting, planning, documentation, investigating and answering some Q/A queries, answering a question I received via e-mail regarding a script I wrote and dealing with whatever else comes up, drive home)

17:00 - 19:30 Arrive at home. Spend time with the family. Eat (healthy food of course). Get my daughter bathed (if you have kids you know how much work this involves). Get my daughter ready for bed

19:30 - 21:30 Work on outstanding documentation

21:30 - 22:00 Relax before bed. Write post for Tuesday if I don't get to it earlier in the day

So that's the plan for Monday. I touches on goals one though six in my master plan I shared yesterday. My next post will be sometime during Monday. I'll be brutally honest about how well it worked out.

Thanks for reading!