TGI Weekend?

"Everybody's ready for the weekend!" Come on, everybody, sing with me!

YAY! You made it to the weekend! Whew! Great Job!

But wait a minute... what's this? It's noon and you haven't done you morning planning? "Eh", you think. "I'll skip it just for today. No one will notice."

Wrong! The most important person will notice... YOU!

Yes, it's the weekend, and if you're like most people, your schedule changes dramatically for these two days. Your priorities and duties shift considerably today and tomorrow and so your routine is going to be quite different as well.

And that's OK. Let's take a look at how we can adapt. First off, it's OK that things are different - just don't let that difference derail you. Instead, let you planning routine shift - or modify - to adapt to this newness. If you're use to doing your planning first thing when you get to the office and now you're not IN the office, well, shift it to sitting at your dining room table with a cup of coffee before everyone wakes up. And tonight, instead of doing it at your desk at 5:50 just before you walk out the door to catch the subway, curl up in your cumfy chair with a cup of hot chocolate at 4:30 and do your review then.

It's perfectly alright to let your practice shift along with your weekend schedule. Hey, you're gonna have to do this when you're on vacation too, and that's a REAL shift, so you might as well start practicing for that now, right?

The key is to do it. In the directions: "do it every day" and "do it at the set time every day", the most important one is "DO IT EVERY DAY". By letting this practice shift a bit on the weekend it moves from being a chore back to something that is enjoyable and empowering. Think of it as rolling with the tide.

Now... if it happens to be noon and you're just now reading this? OK... grab your planning materials, walk to Starbucks, grab that coffee, sit down at a table and do it now. It truly IS better late than never.

And if you're just now reading this on Monday morning and you're feeling REALLY guilty that you didn't do your planning and review at all this weekend and your thinking, "Oh well, it was fun while it lasted." Today is a new day! Start NOW. As we all know, it's one day at a time!

Happy Planning and Happy Weekend!