Filling it all in

One week into my 90-day plan, and I've already learned some valuable lessons. I'd love to say that I started out like gang busters and followed the plan to the letter, but that's not how it went in reality. I basically stumbled out of the gate and didn't use My Daily Director enough.


See, I had a plan, determined the steps to succeed, had a tool to keep me on task and didn't fully utilize the tool - My Daily Director. One of the first lessons I learned is to give myself grace. I may have started out slowly, but this is a 90-day marathon, and I have 83 days to pick up the pace and meet my goals.



What I love about My Daily Director is it allows me to organize my plan and write down the most important steps in the First Things and Business Priorities section. These are the things that I need to focus most of my attention on for the week. For example, under Physical, I've got exercising 6 days this next week. Under Family, I'm headed out of town to my parents house for the weekend, and I've planned a date night with my wife for Valentine's. As far as work goes, this week is unusual in that I have training/continuing education Monday through Friday, and I won't be in the office at all.



Once the First Things are written down, next comes the Tasks to Do or Delegate section for every day of the week. Here is what my Monday looks like:

• Quiet time (devotion)
• Work out
• Training for work
• Discuss Canadian taxes (for work)
• Check work email from home
• Listen to MP3 of a sermon from church
• Play with the kids

Now it's time to allocate the tasks among the time that I have in the day. For me, I typically leave for work at 6:15 a.m. due to my long commute and do not get home in the evening until about 6:30 p.m. Fridays, I do get to leave the office by noon. Literally half of my 24 hour days are spent at work or driving to and from work.


One of my concerns with my 90-day plan is how I am going to fit in all the necessary steps to achieve my goals. My crazy solution is to start my typical day at 5:00 a.m. We'll see how that goes. I'm not sure how I'm going to get enough sleep, but I don't see much of a choice right now.


I've posted the pages for this week from My Daily Director to show how I filled everything out. My goals for this week:

• Have a daily devotion all 7 days
• Work out 6 days
• Finish the book Ultrametabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman
• Take my brother and his fiance to church with us
• Lose 2 lbs despite Valentine's Day goodies

Next post, I'll update how I did on my goals for this week and talk a little bit about the book I'm reading and how it applies to my 90-day plan.


Keith