The purpose of this post is to share with you the system I have designed in order to manage time and align lifelong goals with actions and tasks to perform today.
If you dream to become a fashion designer, a professional golf player, a successful writer, or a great partner, what can you do about it today?
Large goals tend to scare us and leave a lot of room for procrastination (nothing new here). How many times did we tell ourselves:
Watching Netflix
“Ok 20 minutes left on this episode and then I’ll go [fill with any productive task]”
Netflix auto-plays next episode
“ Well, I guess it can wait an hour more. I have time”
Netflix 1 – 0 Dream Goal
Having time is too good an excuse to not start something at all.
I certainly never had the time to start writing anything, I never had time to take care of my personal finances, or to meditate.
The truth is : I was full of st.** I did not see it as a priority, I was scared to fail, and I didn’t really decide why it was important to me.
And since I had a lifetime … well … watching one more episode of my series won’t hurt.
Wrong Franck!
In the midst of the quarantine period we faced in France, our company had switched to a full remote organisation, changing how to manage our time and how to interact with each other. This challenging time has enable me to improve the system I’ve been designing over the past few month to manage my time and my goals. This is the system I want to share with you.
Last week I shared my Google calendar with some of my friends during dinner. The reaction was brutal :
Man, seeing your calendar gives me the chills, it’s sooo overwhelming. You’re a freak!
Well … I get it. I might have been a little obsessed over time management lately. But seriously, am I the only one planning a 30 minute time slot to call my grand ma’ ?