![]() I don’t want to say that these areas were stagnant, but many of my goals for some areas of my life remained unchanged form year to year, simply because I had no way to see and measure any progress, or to be reminded to take the next actions steps in each of those areas. This planner has helped me to move forward in so many areas of my life that weren’t moving so well before. I have never felt so organized and “on task” before. The Full Focus Planner allows me to summarize each of these, identify the next action steps to move them along, and to incorporate those action steps into my weekly and daily plans. I have determined these goals from my Life Plan Reviews, and they are things that I want to accomplish in both my personal life and my professional life. These contain my goals for the coming months, maybe even years. This has been a game changer for me, allowing me to see what steps need to be taken for my goals to be achieved.Īnd that’s probably the biggest change for me due to using the Full Focus Planner. In a like fashion, the end of each week contains a Weekly Preview, where I can review the past week, plan for the coming week, and identify a Weekly Big Three. But each day also contains a Daily Big Three, three things that must be done that day to move my work and my goals ahead. Having only three months to view at a time helps me see the timing for things much more clearly.Īnd, for those longer range items, there are a few pages that hold “rolling quarters.” These are quick glances at the next four quarters, and they can hold the big items that need to stay on my radar that may be coming up.Įach day contains a timeline for my appointments and time blocks, and it contains a task list for the day, which I populate from my Todoist list. ![]() Or I think I have so much time, I can procrastinate. Viewing my year as a whole often discourages me, because there is much to do, and the time frame is harder to visualize. But I have come to realize that this is actually a great benefit, because it allows me to focus on what is immediate and high priority. As I started using it initially, that seemed to be a drawback, only having three months handy at a time. It has been amazingly effective for achieving my goals, keeping my priorities centered, and making sure I not only get things done, but get the right things done.įirst off, it’s a quarterly planner. I have been utilizing this planner in sort of a hybrid fashion, in tandem with Google Calendar and Todoist. The planner I am talking about is the Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt. Finally, I decided to pick one up and try it out. I found others who used it, and looked over how they implemented it. Several months ago, I discovered a new planner, a paper planner, and a full-feature planner. ![]() I just forced myself to use it, because what other option did I have?Īnd while Google does a great job of keeping my appointments, it doesn’t help much at all with my tasks or goals. While Google calendar was effective, I still struggled to use it. I love writing, especially using pens, and specifically, using vintage fountain pens. This seemed to be much more effective, but I had one small problem. I started using the calendars on those devices, eventually settling on Google Calendar, which synced across all my devices. When I got my first BlackBerry, and then later moved to an iPhone, I thought my problems were solved. I never had it with me when I needed to check something. Those seemed to work for a while, but I ran into the same problem. I moved to jotting things onto a wall calendar, hanging by my desk, and then to a deskpad type calendar. It was a good system, but I struggled to keep it with me, and found that when I needed it, it was either at home or at the office… wherever I wasn’t. But eventually I “upgraded” to the Desk size, and purchased a few different leather covers to go with it over the years. I initially used the small, pocket sized planners. I started off in college by using the DayTimer system. It has just seemed to be an area where I could not maintain any continuity, and every system I tried failed. I have always seemed to struggle with keeping a calendar consistently.
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