What’s your plan for this day?  Do you have a mental “road map” on how you would like this do to go?  Do you have an idea of the things that you would like to accomplish today?  What about for the week, the month and years ahead?

When we plan our day and our lives, we give ourselves the opportunity to be efficient in our work and our tasks.  Without some sense of planning, we may have scattered energy that prevents us from being at our most efficient selves.  When we plan our work, and work against that plan we allow for the “doing” to be done after the “thinking.”

When we separate the “thinking” from the “doing” we can be most efficient.  Think about the last time you planned a particular task.  Suppose you were building a house.  You may have met with a designer or architect who listened to your requests and developed a blue print for the house.  You might then get together to review the plans and to make any necessary adjustments.  The plan determines the house.  The workers building the house need not know your requests or even speak with you, because those requests are represented in the plan.

The same is true in your everyday life.  The plan that you create is the blueprint for your day ahead.  As you become more proficient in planning your day, you will want to extend your plans to the week, month, and even years ahead.  The plan is where you figure out what it is you want in your life.  The plan is where you decide what it is that you would like to accomplish.  The plan is your blue print for your day and life ahead.

Yes, there are often times when the plan needs to be revised after the “building” begins.  The plan may have missed an issue that is uncovered after the physical house is constructed.  The plan is only as good as the foresight of the person developing it.  Yes, it’s okay to alter the plan as you go, but it is important to get it as close to the finished product as possible.  The better the plan, the more efficient the implementation will be.

So, we once again ask you, “do you have a plan for this day?”  A schedule is very close to a plan, and for some the schedule may dictate their day.  However, what about the details of the tasks on the schedule?  For example, suppose you know that at 6:00 you will be eating dinner.  That would be the schedule.  The plan would dictate what it is you will be making, or where you will be going, if you plan to eat away from home.  If you will be eating at home, you might need to think about what you will be preparing, and the ingredients necessary for the meal.

When we plan the tasks involved in our day, we can easily give the plan, or the blueprint to someone else to implement.  Typically, the architect does none of the building, and the builders do none of the architecture.  Would that be possible in your life?   You’ll never know, though, unless you build and plan!

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Take the time to plan your day and the tasks within your schedule.  Do everything necessary ahead of time, so that you can be present and mindful in your work without having to think!  There is a time for thinking and a time for working, and it’s most efficient to keep those two things separate!

Written, Mon, Aug 1, 2016 7:34 – 7:45 AM MDT