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Goldilocks? Huh? Has she lost her mind? Well maybe…but bear with me for just a little bit.
When thinking about a structure, schedule or routine for your day, your week, your business or your life, think like Goldilocks. Not too hot, not too cold. Not too hard, not too soft.
Try not too rigid, not too flexible.
What you’re going for here is a structure that keeps you on track and focused without stifling your creativity and flexibility.
Some ideas to try:
- Determine a focus for each day, hour, week or specific time block.
- Allot a specific amount of time for projects, calls, errands or type of work you’re doing.
- Set aside a certain time during the day or week to return voicemail, do the laundry, file or whatever.
- Decide what is “good enough” for your day. Only you can know what that is. It might be 3 articles, 20 sales calls, 5 meetings, 3 top tasks, some progress on several projects. It will vary widely.
I discovered this when I was trying to adhere too strictly to writing every day and spreading clients out, only doing marketing, networking or research during specific blocks each week. I tend toward the rigid end of the spectrum, but I find I actually do better with a bit more flexibility. For instance, I might write 5 or 10 posts or articles in one day and then only speak with clients or do marketing another. It all sort of works better that way rather than be controlled by a straitjacket of a schedule.
Just make sure you don’t go too far the other way… Everyone I have worked with does better with some form of routine, so the trick is to try for a happy medium.
Question everything, move forward, enjoy the journey.
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