Like many people, I used to commute to my place of work and did this for many years. However, once I became a carer for my late Mum, I needed to change to a work from home job as her health quickly declined. When I was working in my previous role, there was an obvious end to the work day when I left the building and walked home. However, now that my work computer is at home, I realised that it would be helpful to put something in place to transition away from the work day and create a habit to help my brain switch off.
Once I'm done for the day, I make myself a drink and go into our spare bedroom and shut the door:
- I meditate regularly, but I'd like to do it on a daily basis as I've gotten out of the habit of this. So, each day, I just see what I'd like to do, maybe a breathing exercise or a guided meditation from an app, or one that I regularly do.
- Once I've meditated, I have some of my tea and open up my Filofax to see what needs looking at. This daily Filofax time is working really well for me as it's not only keeping it up to date, but it's also inspiring me to think about different ways I could do things, or make decisions on methods I've been considering. And I'm sure that it will result in some more posts for Philofaxy!
Do you set some regular time aside like this to update and tidy up your organiser, and what do you find works well for you?
And as always on Fridays, please feel free to discuss anything organiser related. I hope that you have a great weekend.
I used to use a bullet journal notebook as my main planner. When I did that I used to spend about 10-15 minutes last thing before I went to bed to review the past day and the next day. I'd rewrite or migrate things to the next day and any other relevant information.
ReplyDeletePeople might think it would wake me up by for me it's relaxing. I can then further about what I need to do the next day because it is in my paper brain.
Now I'm not doing that. However I often find I'm thinking of things to do the next day as I'm brushing my teeth out 5 minutes after I get into my bed.. This floats around my brain for a few minutes until I'm on asleep then I forget them by the heat day when I need them. It's the simple act of a regular, last minute review session that for me is very useful.. Just need to restart doing it.