@JLoberiza 6 September 2021 more from that month

How Important is Planning?

"He who fails to plan is planning to fail!" - Winston Chruchill Monday morning, the start of a new day, a new week. I have been contemplating what to write since I woke up at four this morning. I had several topics in my mind and in my list. Then I remembered there are lots of things that I need to do offline as well. After seeing a post by @MegaKyodaiBanrai (Revamping my schedule for better productivity), I realized that I need to plan my day. Not just my day, but the whole week. And I should consider my monthly goals in making my weekly and daily goals. https://read.cash/@MegaKyodaiBanrai/revamping-my-schedule-for-better-productivity-ab9f1053 Hello, readers. It's on the **6th of September**. The first Monday of the month. I am not new when it comes to planning my day. But I must admit I'm never consistent with it. I tried so many times in the past. I tried using a pen and notebook. But I would end up misplacing the notebook. I tried using apps like Google Keep and Evernote. But when I cram up my schedule on either of those apps, I had this uneasy feeling of looking at it.

But lately, with the classes has resumed, I must plan each week and each so I would have a constant reminder of what I need to do. But considering the factors that are beyond my control, I must make sure that I have some spare time to face the "necessary" distractions, especially when it comes to my kids. In this post, I will share with you How important it is to plan. how I will make my plan using an app that I have encountered lately. Importance of Planning As the wise Winston Churchill (and other notable personalities in the past) said, "By failing to plan, is planning to fail." Planning is setting a direction. It is your roadmap towards your goal. It's the **blueprint** in turning dreams into reality. I have already set my long-term goals (a number of times already), I have set smaller goals toward those larger goals. But I fail in making plans on a daily and weekly basis. But somehow, in the last three months that I have been active here in read.cash, I had been setting my monthly goals already. And now that I have to deal both with online and offline activities, I must divide my time properly to the activities that matter most. Include the time that I need to do it if I must. But my time must not be too rigid like I did in the past. Sometimes, there are activities that I can't just force myself in doing, like writing. Sometimes, when I have a certain time for writing, I'm drawing a blank! I would stare at my phone, or laptop with an empty mind as blank as a clean white bond paper. And sometimes, I could finish at least a 600+ word article in an hour or two, sometimes it would take me four or more. My Approach. I would plan for each week and each day. But I will not cram every hour with an activity or two. I would divide my day into four. First if the moment I wake up.

4 AM to 7 AM. Which will include my morning prayer and meditation for 5 minutes, exercise, and read some articles in read.cash and noise.cash. And of course, create and upload the quote of the image for noise. **7 AM to 8 AM** is reserved for breakfast and some time with the kids. 8 AM to 12 Noon. My morning activities will vary from day to day. 12 to 1 PM. Lunch Break 1 PM to 5 PM. Like my morning activities, my afternoon activities will vary as well. 5 PM to 8 PM is set for family time. We have dinner around 7 PM 8 PM to 10 PM Some other things that need to be done including preparation for the next day New Tool - Zoho Notebook As I have mentioned, I have used Evernote and Keep to do my schedule in the past, but I have long stopped that. I still use Evernote, to view and update my long-term goals. When I got my new Huawei phone, it's quite inconvenient to use Google Keep. And since I am mostly typing now from a (borrowed) Chromebook, I want my notes to be synced automatically between the Chromebook, the tablet (another borrowed device), and my phone.

Why three devices? I need to, oftentimes my phone is hijacked by a little kid. Final Thoughts I don't need to make a perfect plan. And trying to stick 100% to a plan my cause me unnecessary stress. I make these plans to be more productive but not to cause stress and later on burn me out. As another World War II hero, Gen. George S. Patton once said: "A good plan violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan executed next week!" Thanks for reading! https://noise.cash/post/lk3m40zm **Image Credits:** Lead Image: Image by **Gerd Altmann** from **Pixabay** with modification. https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=516277 https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=516277 Crammed Schedule: Image by **Gerd Altmann** from **Pixabay**  https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3233653 https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3233653

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