Series Intro: 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management

Hey everyone!! I know I've been gone for a while but if you follow me on Instagram and YouTube you will know why. I started reading The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management by Hyrum W. Smith and decided to do a video series on what I am learning from it. I will be using the 7 Habits Inserts from Franklin Covey as my new planning system for 2017 so this was good background research. I won't go into too much here on the blog but I will create a post to embed my video for those of you who are not following me on YouTube (which you should be!!)

I really hope you enjoy this series. Please join the conversation in the comments of my YouTube channel and let me know if you have any questions.

How I Plan: Monthly Planning Process with DIYFish vCarie

Here is the 3rd installment of my How I Plan series.

Totally Off My Game

Some days I amaze myself with how productive I am. Some days. Most days I have an average level of productivity, and I'm neither upset nor amazed. Then there are those days that I am totally off my game.

This was one of those days.

I did absolutely nothing from my to do list. I didn't go grocery shopping, which led to me scrambling to put dinner together for two days. And...I missed my son's appointment for his flu shot. I was able to reschedule it for a more convenient time, but I'm lucky they didn't charge me for missing the appointment.

I definitely can't let a day like this happen again.

How I Plan: Project Planning w/ DIYFish vCarie and v2.2b

This is my first post that I have a corresponding YouTube video, but it definitely won't be the last. Please scroll to the bottom of this post if you would like to see the video instead of reading the post.

I am currently using DIYFish vCarie and v2.2b. (As of the writing of this post the DIYFish shop is on vacation until September 13). You can find links to these specific inserts in my detailed set up post here.

The video is very detailed so I will just post a few up close shots here. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below.

3 Day Weekends Are Not All Fun

Now don't get me wrong, I love a 3 day weekend as much as the next person. I love the extra days to hang out with my family and just kind of chill.

What I don't like is the day after a 3 day weekend.

I actually had pretty high hopes of being productive on Labor Day. Not necessarily the brightest idea, but hey I can dream right. My preggo belly and my fiance had other plans in mind. Both of them thought I was working too hard and doing too much and I needed to rest. So rest I did.

Then came time to plan out the day after.

Now I have this ridiculous to-do list that pretty much all has to get done on this day.  If they don't, every day after just becomes a ridiculously long to-do list because of it.

I did manage to schedule a nap/rest time into this day. Maybe next time I should schedule a whole day of rest.