I was looking through my office supplies the other day and came upon a “start anytime / uncalendar” calendar that I have had probably 30 years. At the time I had bought about 5 of them because I loved the concept of starting anytime with whatever you were doing. I decided to take my top 12 projects and assign a month to each one as a way of organizing the things I wanted to accomplish for the year. Since it is just basically a grid it doesn’t matter which page I write on. I then listed my “to do’s” in the appropriate month based on the project. When I make “project” time each week I could then decide which project I want to work on and go to that page. Each item requires various amounts of time to accomplish so I can choose based on the amount of time I have to spend on it. If I finish before time is up, I can choose another item and get that done as well, giving me a sense of “being ahead.”
You could also use this concept to put everything you wanted to accomplish for the month on here as well as an alternative to the master to do list spreadsheet. I would suggest you try both systems and choose whatever works best for you. I promise you that you will accomplish more with either system once you get your “to do’s” down on paper and out of your head.
If you remember about the job jar, it is totally random … whatever slip of paper you pick is what you will work on so you don’t have time to build up dread about doing it. Items that you place in the job jar have no deadlines. My “uncalendar” / project brain dump method is for those specific things you want to accomplish this year and there is no dread attached to doing it. Again, it is all about choice as to which method you use. Happy accomplishments to you!
You could also use this concept to put everything you wanted to accomplish for the month on here as well as an alternative to the master to do list spreadsheet. I would suggest you try both systems and choose whatever works best for you. I promise you that you will accomplish more with either system once you get your “to do’s” down on paper and out of your head.
If you remember about the job jar, it is totally random … whatever slip of paper you pick is what you will work on so you don’t have time to build up dread about doing it. Items that you place in the job jar have no deadlines. My “uncalendar” / project brain dump method is for those specific things you want to accomplish this year and there is no dread attached to doing it. Again, it is all about choice as to which method you use. Happy accomplishments to you!
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