Write Out Your Ideal Week

Alright, New Year’s resolution-ers and goal-setters. Grab that list of goals. Put it in front of you. Now, open your calendar. 

Write out your ideal week. 

Map out blocks of time to work on your goals. Goals and resolutions are achievable, but you have to spend time doing them. Calendars help you find time for your goals. I like using Google Calendar, because it’s easy to make color coded blocks of time for each project. 

You might feel resistance to writing out your ideal week. What if something comes up? What if you can’t stick to it? That’s ok. Even completing only 50% of your ideal week will likely leave you more productive than you are now. It also gives you insights on where distractions and roadblocks emerged, and how to avoid them in the future. In this case, failure is helpful.

If you’re feeling suffocated by the idea of scheduling every hour, don’t be. It’s all in your head. Your days are already entirely accounted for, whether they’re mapped to a calendar or not. A calendar is merely a tool you can choose to use–it’s not a contract saying you can’t spontaneously get lunch with a friend when they call.

Each day we stack a few small bricks on the city of our dreams–that could never be built otherwise. 

Good luck this year.