Warning: Over-planning my days was killing my bullet journal vibe

I used to schedule every little thing and it felt like a chore. After cutting back to three main tasks per day, I actually get stuff done without the stress.

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bailey.sandra12d ago

Three main tasks changed how I saw planning too.

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chen.emery7d ago

Yeah, that line about three main tasks really hits home. My friend Mark tried that exact thing last month, swearing it would fix his whole workflow. He picked three big things for Monday, and by noon a client call blew up his first task into a dozen smaller fires. It totally reminded me of what fiona_nelson51 said about the closet, where trying to fix one thing just makes a bigger mess. He said it didn't make planning feel better, it just showed him how any plan can fall apart in a second. What do you do when your main task suddenly needs five smaller plans just to get started?

fiona_nelson5112d ago

Try planning your week down to the minute, only to have a last-minute meeting ruin everything. You think you've got it all figured out with three main tasks, but then life throws a curveball. Like when I decided to organize my closet and ended up with a bigger mess than I started with. Or when a simple email reply turns into a two-hour deep dive into a problem. So much for changing how you see planning, it just makes you see how crazy everything really is.