Getting organized

Don't we all wish it was so simple?  "I'm going to get organized!" we proclaim to ourselves, our friends and family.  And it lasts maybe a day.  A week if we're lucky.  

I recently had the opportunity to join a continuing ed course on time management with Steve Schleupner, a fellow Certified Divorce Coach.  He spoke prolifically about the value of morning and evening rhythms and routines.  At the end I was motivated and inspired to take action.

I generally am a morning person but COVID changed that for me a bit.  I tend to be more tired and have valued sleep and rest more. I'm not sure why, perhaps its a slower pace of life but nevertheless, it has impeded on my early riser style.  

I began this week by setting my alarm at 5:30 and NOT hitting the 'snooze' button! As my friend, Molly Pflederer says, "hitting snooze is your first failure of the day!"  It's a hard truth to hear but she is so right!  So, I'm trying. Is it weird that Molly is the first person I think of now each day when my alarm goes off?  She's right there in my head telling me to not fail and just Get. Out. Of. Bed!

I also picked up a new planner.  Not just ANY planner.  But a Goal planner....and it's GOOD. I've linked to it below. It comes in all sorts of beautiful colors; I chose the blue one for myself and brown for Ben. It has space for yearly, quarterly, monthly and weekly goals.  There is space for a (small) vision board.  It even has a life map to help determine what I most want and how to get there!  I've just started working on it this week. I want to be thoughtful so I'm doing this after my morning pages (more on those later) but before I meditate (more on that later too.)  

Do you have a planner you love?  What do you look for in a planner?  Leave a comment below and let me know!  What are your favorite tricks to get organized and STAY organized?

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