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Short pages on the bottom with lined columns for time-blocking and list-making.
Short pages on the bottom with lined columns for time-blocking and list-making.
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Narrow, lined columns on the middle short pages - best for time-blocking and long lists.
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Dec 2022
Task Management Tips
Okay, so, task management. Let's talk about it. From one anxious, overachieving, control freak to another, nothing overwhelms me more than a giant task list. But nothing brings me more comfort than jotting alllllllllll of those tasks onto one, big brain dump and then assigning them a time, a day, a week, or a month to get done. This giant brain dump automatically takes me down 12,000 freak out notches. And those 12,000 notches make going through the crazy, giant, sometimes scary task list part worth it.
Because, the tasks need a home that is not my brain. Ya know?
We got this.
Some people assign each day of the week a theme - ie: "I do admin on Mondays, creative on Tuesdays, writing on Wednesdays, etc." Some people assign each hour of the day a task - ie: "I check emails at 9am, 12pm, and 4pm and I do creative work from 10-1" This sort of planning doesn't work for me. I'm creative, I cannot tell myself to do admin when I'm in that juicy, creative flow. And when I'm in an admin flow (it happens...sometimes), I cannot tell myself to be in the creative flow.
What I do is live by my lists and it's the heart behind my planner designs. I have a list system combined with a few "must get done today" tasks that helps me manage to get all of the things done and run my business and create new products while also being a (mostly) present mama to two little ones and get them from school and volunteer at their school? And all of the things? [insert deep breath] Well, sometimes I break down and lose it. But, mostly, I just live by my lists.
The truth is that, for a creative project, if you aren't in the zone on a Tuesday, you CANNOT make yourself do the write/create work on a Tuesday just because it's scheduled then. Sometimes, sure, you just have to make yourself do it - Listen, I've been there and you can tell from the design, but at least it got my draft one done? But, it doesn't always have to be forced. You need something with more flexibility like a few lists that have enough hard edges to know that, no matter what, even if you aren't in the zone, have to get done that week or month, but they also have enough flexibility that you can get them done at some point each week or month.
And let's settle this fear right now: As a creative person, you are never ever going to have a full week where you don't have at least one day where you are in the zone. As a task-oriented person who is gifted in administration, you are never ever going to have a full week where you don't have a least one day where you are in the zone. Don't let that toxic scarcity and fear-based thinking creep in. Live by your lists and intuitively follow what your brain and heart at up to each day.
Want to know my lists?
Each and every day, I am adding to my lists, assigning them days, and crossing things off. There are so many ways to arrange your lists - by categories, weekly/monthly/daily, etc. Just so many ways. Like, hi, TED Talker managers, I could speak on this at length (obviously).
For some video details on task and time management check out our Time Management YouTube video. She's fun, I promise.
xo, Laurel
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