I don’t know about you but I have often written out a to-do list in hopes of getting it all done. I have this fantasy in my head where like a productive machine I go through my day with my handy dandy to-do list, crossing each item off, accomplishing every last thing. All because I had a to-do list. But, fantasies aside, when I have barely finished half of my list at the end of a day, the harsh reality hits me: it just doesn’t work that way. The alternative I have found is to set blocks of time in my schedule, not for individual tasks, but for particular activities. 2 hours a day for working out, 2 hours a day for marketing my business, 3 hours a day for client work, and so on. Dividing my day into blocks allows me to focus on whole concepts or projects at a time. At the end of the day, I feel a sense of accomplishment I never used to experience when working off to-do lists. This sense of accomplishment keep me energized.However, I tend to expand the hours working on tasks I prefer, and eventually minimize the time for the other activities. Finally, I try to put a priority to the tasks I deteste, just for keeping a balance.
How do you plan your activities and what kind of obstacles you encounter?
