Tag: functional planner
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End of the Year Planning Tip #15 – Purge Old Notes and Lists
Clutter increases stress levels, and that includes clutter in our planners. Old pages we don’t need and loose bits of paper can make it harder to use our planner. Planner clutter can distract us from focusing on our priorities, schedules and goals. It can make trying to use the planner frustrating. Keeping it current and…
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End of the Year Planning Tip #14 – Review Your Goals From Last Year
With Christa, the Christmas Elf with a Plan – 14 December Christa is all dressed up for End of the Year Tip #14. It must be something really important. And I think she’s right. It is important to review our goals from last year. We need to gain insight about not just how well we…
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End of the Year Planning Tip #13 – Create Wish Lists
Wish lists are an easy way to capture all those bits of information that we come across save them for when we need to remember them. It’s like handing a note to your personal assistant to hold on too until you ask for all the note with ideas about something in particular and they hand…
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End of the Year Planning Tip #12 – Select and Start Setting Up Your New Planner
Here it is Day 12 of Christa’s 24 End of the Year Planning Tips. I knew she’d be bringing this up soon. If you’ve not already selected a new planner for the coming year, it’s time to do so. She says don’t wait until the new year gets here to start setting everything up. Be…
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End of the Year Planning Tip #11 – Choose a Word or Theme for the Coming Year
Choose a word or theme for the year. A carefully chosen word (or theme) can act as a compass that keeps you true to your values and priorities. Your word can inspire positive change and personal growth. It can lift you up when you are feeling overwhelmed by reminding you of all you are accomplishing. …
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End of the Year Planning Tip #10 – Wrap Up Work Projects Before the Holidays
It important to make sure you’re on track with all the tasks that must be completed by the end of the year. It is also a good idea to document the current status of on-going projects that will continue into the new year. With many people taking extra time away leading up to Christmas and…
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End of the Year Planning Tip #9 – End Each Day With Time for Reflection
With Christa, the Christmas Elf with a Plan – 9 December Today’s End of the Year Planning Tip from Christa, is something I’ve been doing for several years. At the end of the day, I review the days events and how things did (or didn’t go) and then write down what I am grateful for…
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End of the Year Planning Tip # 8 – Establish Daily Routines That Include Planning
In order to be successful at anything we have to practice it. If we want to reap the benefits of functional planning we have to actually use the our planner. We can do this by developing habits than include the use of the planner and practicing them every day as part of our routines.
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End of the Year Planning Tip #7 – Make Self-care a Priority
Christa just keeps bringing her End of the Year Planning Tips. Tips #7 is another important one: Make self-care a priority – plan for it. I have to agree, the best way to give something priority it to put it in our plans.
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End of the Year Planning Tip #6 – Plan a Planner’s Get-Together With Like-Minded Friends
With Christa, the Christmas Elf with a Plan – 6 December On the 6th day with Christa, I discover her hanging out with her Peeps. I understood the scene she was setting when I read her End of the Year Planning Tip #6 – Plan a Planner’s Get-Together with like-minded friends. She can be so…