Do you ever find yourself wondering where the day went, or feeling like you don’t have enough time to do the things that you want to do?
If you planned your day the night before, this would not happen.
Just 10-15 minutes of intentional thinking before you go to bed can transform the following day, and, if done regularly, your life.
Canfield, Hansen, and Hewitt present the idea of the daily blueprint in The Power of Focus. Mel Robbins has created a similar structure in her Five Second Journal.
They all agree that if you take a few minutes to plan out each day, prioritizing the tasks that you must accomplish and visualizing yourself doing everything smoothly and well, you will be more productive and you will steadily accomplish your goals.
Mel Robbins encourages people to do this at the start of each day, but the Power of Focus suggests that this process be done at night, before going to bed.
Try it and see what you think: before you go to sleep tonight, sit down with a pen and paper and think about what you need to do tomorrow. Write tomorrow’s date.
Then, make a handwritten plan for the day, including special notes where needed, and allotting plenty of time for each task.
This is a plan that pays attention to how energy flows. Some people may be at their best working out first thing in the morning, while others prefer an evening jog.
Just make sure to plan exercise, meals, and other downtime activities into your day.
This is different than making a to-do list, because it’s time-bound. In this process, you are intentionally mapping out your day. You are creating a blueprint that allows you to make solid use of your time.
As you do this, and immediately after, visualize your day.
See yourself doing everything in your blueprint smoothly and well: see yourself jogging effortlessly in the morning, eating a healthy breakfast, and making the sales call you’re planning with a smile on your face.
Mentally run through your whole day, seeing yourself accomplish your tasks with maximum impact, right up until the moment when you sit down to make the next day’s blueprint.
The following morning, get up and do what you’ve planned.
You’ll be amazed at how well this works.
Being intentional about your time helps to make you powerful. Setting goals, practicing visualization, and being specific about your time are necessary for success.
By handwriting a blueprint for each day the night before, seeing yourself flawlessly accomplishing each task, and then sleeping on it, you set yourself up to rise the next day with a sense of purpose, ready to take on all you’ve set forth for yourself.
This sense of readiness increases your confidence and your personal magnetism, drawing more to you as you go.
Try it and let me know what you think.
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