568 - Planned Neglect - Enjoy the Holidays!
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
I've been talking a lot about planning lately - an obscene amount honestly, but that's ok. Ironically, today is Workbox Planning Day! We're starting off the month getting those purple projects completed and ready for more GREEN in 2024!
In today's episode I talk about how this week I'd love for you to come up with a list of planned neglect. It's been a long time since I've talked about planned neglect. I remember the first time I ever heard about this concept at a Creative Memories conference. I want you to think about all of the things that you've done for the past 11 months of this year. Out of all those things, what are the things that you are NOT going to do in order to create more margin, more bandwidth, more breathing room for you to actually enjoy the holidays and enjoy the end of this year? Really, honestly think about it - what are the things that you are going to purposefully put off from right now until the end of January?
Just like right now with getting my PhD, I know I'm neglecting a lot of things in my life for the next 2 years (I'm almost done with year 1!) This doesn't mean I'll never do those things again, just not right now. Figure out what you can do, when you can do it, and how long it is going to take. What are all the roles and responsibilities that you have inside of your life and what are things you can do to make those easier?
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| 0:00.0 | Today's mail bag comes to us from Megan. Because of my work schedule, I don't run my errands until Fridays. |
| 0:08.0 | But Sundays are when I take the time to go through my Sunday basket and make my plan for the week. By writing everything down that needs to get |
| 0:15.8 | done this week on my Sunday basket worksheet, it helps ensure that by the time Friday |
| 0:21.2 | rolls around and I am running my personal errands, I won't forget anything. |
| 0:26.2 | This habit has saved me countless times. |
| 0:29.2 | Prior to the Sunday basket, I would start my Fridays trying to figure out what I needed to do and it would be later in the weekend or the following week before I would realize all the potentially important things that I missed because I hadn't properly planned my time. |
| 0:44.7 | Doing my Sunday basket regularly, which for me is during club time on Sunday afternoons, |
| 0:50.7 | has been such a brain saver for me. It gives me time to process my thoughts in a relaxed format, so I am much less |
| 0:58.1 | likely to drop any balls. |
| 1:02.0 | Do you have an Organized 365 success story? If so, we would love to hear about it. |
| 1:08.6 | Please send us an email at Customer Service at Organized 365 and tell us how you have taken back your home, your paper, and your life with |
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| 1:28.0 | Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. |
| 1:31.2 | I'm your host, professional organizer, productivity expert, and motivational speaker Lisa Woodruff. |
| 1:38.0 | This podcast will help you embrace progress over perfection and create lasting functional organizing in your home. |
| 1:46.0 | I have so much to share with you, so let's get started. |
| 1:50.3 | I have been talking a lot about planning lately I mean an obscene amount about |
| 1:59.2 | planning but that's okay I'm not gonna stop I'm not gonna stop except for |
| 2:02.4 | this podcast I'm gonna be back next week and I'm not going to stop except for this podcast I'm going to be back next week and I'm |
| 2:04.7 | really going to ramp it up on the planning but this week this week it is the |
| 2:10.0 | beginning of December actually I'm doing Workbox Planning Day today, |
| 2:14.6 | so I hope you're joining me for that |
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