40 Weeks 1 Whole House: Week 2 - Planners & Calendars

Lisa Woodruff
by Lisa Woodruff
Last week, we organized our kitchen paper, made a master to-do list and sorted the mail.
While you were sorting, I told you to make a BIG pile of anything that you needed to schedule or put on a calendar. This week is all about that pile.
There are 3 tools that help me know where to be and what I need to have with me when I go. I want you to really think about your schedule and your life. Take what is working and tweak it. If you are an electronic gal, don’t make a paper binder and vice versa.
Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to “THINK” about your calendar, items you need to access and how you plan your days.
There are 4 steps I want you to take this month to get your calendar organized. The main one, though, is to get ALL of your dates ON the calendar. What good is a calendar if you are not using it, right?
I highly suggest color coding your calendar. Each of my kids has a color, each of my businesses has a color and my hubby and I have colors.
My calendar, Sunday Basket and binder WORK because I have a PLAN to make them work. I think we spend a lot of time trying to find the perfect calendar or make the perfect binder and then wonder why they don’t “work” for us.


It is the routine ACT of planning that makes each of these items WORK.


The planner is the goal-focused attention and follow through FROM the calendar and Sunday Basket.


Calendars and Sunday Baskets hold INFORMATION. Planners hold ACTION and ACCOUNTABILITY.
Lisa Woodruff
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