From minute 0 to minute 10: Close The Day
Every evening I take 10 minutes to journal about my day. In a few sentences, I write
about what I’ve accomplished, what I’ve learned, and anything that’s worth
remembering. That simple exercise helps me to:
1. Remember what I did (sounds stupid, but we forget most things we do).
2. Review my progress and see whether I’m doing all the things that I should be
doing (like reading, working out, spending time with my family, writing, talking
to people I work with).
I’ve learned this exercise from Jim Rohn. He says:
“At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results
should either applaud you or prod you.”
It’s simple: Close the day before you start a new day. Also, close every week before you
start a new week. Similar for every month, and every year. Sounds simple, right? It’s one
of those “simple” ideas that have a huge impact on your life.
From minute 10 to minute 20: Review Tomorrow’s Calendar
This is essential. When you wake up, you want to know exactly what your day is about.
Do you have any important meetings or calls? Deadlines, maybe? What do you have to
get done? When are you working out? Do you have any pressing items on your agenda?
When are you dealing with them?
This simple exercise takes away almost all stress and anxiety I have. Most anxiety comes
from unsolved problems. And often, we worry about problems that are not real. But
when you say to yourself: I’m going to work on problem X from 10 AM until 11 AM, you
can relax.
Also, there’s nothing you can do late in the evening. Just go to bed, already. Leave the
problem solving for tomorrow when your brain is fresh.
From minute 20 to minute 25: Prepare your outfit
“Oh, you’re so vain.” No, I don’t want to unnecessarily stress my brain. Look, your brain
is a muscle. And after a certain amount of decisions, your brain runs out of juice. And
that means the quality of your decisions will decrease.
That’s called Decision Fatigue. But I’m not worried about that in the evening because I’m
headed to bed so my brain can recharge. A few extra decisions won’t hurt. However,
those few extra decisions will hurt your productivity if you think about your outfit in the
morning. So why not prepare your outfit so you don’t have to use your precious
brainpower in the morning?
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