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Kenny:
This sort of planning and review is always helpful with any system. Provided you stick to it of course!
This sort of planning and review is always helpful with any system. Provided you stick to it of course!
March 5, 2016 at 9:47 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
I first heard about it from Peter Voogd and he calls it the 5X5 system. However I prefer the name 5 by 5...
Anyway it's a simple daily planning method where in the morning you spend 5 mins planning out your day in rough. At night you spend a few moments scanning over your day to review it.
The days when I do this I find I'm more focused and energised (at least before external distractions get to me) than the days I don't.
I use a Collins' A6 Day per Page Calendar for mine though I guess you can use any notebook.
At the top of the page I write down the theme for the day. (If I'm doing a no list system this goes on the top of the list too.)
Under that I write down the one task that absolutely needs to be done that day. Below that I record 2 more important, but not essential, tasks.
I then ask 3 questions:
What am I excited about today?
What am I grateful for today?
What am I committed to today?
In the evening I ask, and answer, these 2 questions:
What went well today?
What could've gone better today?
Under that, in the last couple of lines I write out my major goal for the next few months.