Procrastination behavior in planning planning
I still don’t find planning the most fun work there is. Rather, I engage in creative work or dopamine chores. Even though rationally I know that good planning brings freedom. What has made planning much easier for me is that I’ve created a fixed week setup. In the fixed week setup, all the work I need to do each week has a fixed day. The goal is not to become rigid, but rather to create freedom because I no longer have to think about when I am going to do something. In fact, that very thinking about when I am going to do something costs me a lot of unnecessary energy.
Weekly
Making a weekly setup can be tackled organically.
- Think about what work you need to do each week.
- For me, these are
- Administration (1h on Monday)
- Blog writing (1h on Wednesdays)
- Week end (1h on Friday)
- Schedule (30 min on Sunday)
- For me, these are
- Schedule these fixed blocks with a return pattern in the calendar
- In your task manager, create folders with #administration, #blog, #week end and #plans so you can collect tasks that fit that block in the calendar throughout the week
- Stay flexible with the blocks and slide them if another day/time is a little more convenient
- Make this weekly setup a little better each week during the week end by adjusting the return pattern
Conflict between the planner and the doer
The underlying cause that makes planning often fall by the wayside is that there is a conflict between the planner and the doer in your brain. Often the doer wins, so it seems faster to just get started. But time and again it turns out that this seemingly attractive choice results in hard work on the wrong things. Looking for more background on weekly planning? Then check out Björn’s tips in this podcast. Help yourself and make planning easy!
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