Comments on: Pre-Planning Your Week For Efficiency http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html The Blog of Leader, Pastor, and Church Planter Ron Edmondson Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:24:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How to Double Your Productivity | Ron Edmondson http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html#comment-23314 How to Double Your Productivity | Ron Edmondson Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:03:46 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=3336#comment-23314 [...] I suggest to people all the time that they should schedule everything. For years people have asked how I accomplish as much as I do. One “secret” is that I schedule my week. If you want more specifics, I wrote about it HERE. [...] [...] I suggest to people all the time that they should schedule everything. For years people have asked how I accomplish as much as I do. One “secret” is that I schedule my week. If you want more specifics, I wrote about it HERE. [...]

]]> By: One Secret to Having a More Productive Week | Ron Edmondson http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html#comment-22081 One Secret to Having a More Productive Week | Ron Edmondson Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:18:06 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=3336#comment-22081 [...] a more detailed listing of how I do this, click HERE. Print This [...] [...] a more detailed listing of how I do this, click HERE. Print This [...]

]]> By: Teri http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html#comment-3500 Teri Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:03:40 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=3336#comment-3500 I make a rough list of what I want to accomplish in the week on Sunday night (if I worked outside the home it would be on Monday AM). Then each morning I take about 5-10 minutes while sipping my hot tea to plan out what will actually happen that day. Doing it this way allows me the flexibility to flow with what happened earlier...or make room for unexpected opportunities. I make a rough list of what I want to accomplish in the week on Sunday night (if I worked outside the home it would be on Monday AM).

Then each morning I take about 5-10 minutes while sipping my hot tea to plan out what will actually happen that day. Doing it this way allows me the flexibility to flow with what happened earlier…or make room for unexpected opportunities.

]]> By: Ron http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html#comment-3492 Ron Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:48:42 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=3336#comment-3492 Faye, it sounds like you need more of a life plan than help with a weekly schedule. I am totally talking from experience and to myself here as well, but being the multi-tasking woman working two careers person that you are, my guess is that like me you have too many tasks on your plate and so you feel not only tired, but also like you are spinning your wheels at time. You probably need to step back and get a bigger life picture, not just a weekly planning picture. I have written some about that process here: http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/01/10-ways-to-create-time-margin.html http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/further-thoughts-on-having-a-life-plan.html http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/3-questions-to-help-formulate-a-life-plan.html I would also recommend some of the work of Mike Hyatt: http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/08/priority-management-and-life-balance.html http://michaelhyatt.com/2008/06/creating-a-life-plan.html http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/08/before-you-create-a-to-do-list.html Praying for you to find that balance. Ron Faye, it sounds like you need more of a life plan than help with a weekly schedule. I am totally talking from experience and to myself here as well, but being the multi-tasking woman working two careers person that you are, my guess is that like me you have too many tasks on your plate and so you feel not only tired, but also like you are spinning your wheels at time. You probably need to step back and get a bigger life picture, not just a weekly planning picture.

I have written some about that process here:
http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/01/10-ways-to-create-time-margin.html

http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/further-thoughts-on-having-a-life-plan.html

http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/3-questions-to-help-formulate-a-life-plan.html

I would also recommend some of the work of Mike Hyatt:

http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/08/priority-management-and-life-balance.html

http://michaelhyatt.com/2008/06/creating-a-life-plan.html

http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/08/before-you-create-a-to-do-list.html

Praying for you to find that balance.

Ron

]]> By: Faye http://www.ronedmondson.com/2009/08/pre-planning-your-week-for-efficiency.html#comment-3491 Faye Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:37:02 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=3336#comment-3491 I can do all this planning and it looks SO good on paper or screen, then reality hits (along with the ADD) and it's skewed before I get started! What tools/thoughts do you have for an ADD multi-tasking woman working two careers and writing from her home each day -- how to I stay on task, because I live really tired. I love them all, but I do need to figure out a balance. .-= Faye´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FayeBryant/~3/LAW1n4_vyfs/heroes.html" rel="nofollow">Heroes?</a> =-. I can do all this planning and it looks SO good on paper or screen, then reality hits (along with the ADD) and it’s skewed before I get started!

What tools/thoughts do you have for an ADD multi-tasking woman working two careers and writing from her home each day — how to I stay on task, because I live really tired. I love them all, but I do need to figure out a balance.
.-= Faye´s last blog ..Heroes? =-.

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