So this is somewhat of a continuation to my “morning ritual” blog past. Except this is expanded into a full week. I was told by a good friend to life and schedule w/purpose, don’t just float down the easy path of least resistance”. I think all of us, at times get caught in floating down the path of least resistance. The monotonous grind of day to day life has that effect on everyone, I know that it is a constant struggle for me. This will be an ongoing series of posts pertaining to my “ideal” week, and my “ideal” day. I’ve found the key (for me) to living purposefully is to break things up into small amounts. I don’t look at large goals like “get in shape” or “exercise more”. Instead I’ve moved to treating every week (and actually even every day) as its own event. And what I mean by that is I simply ask “have I done ____ today”. So working out goes from “Oh I’ve had a good few days working out, I can take today off” to “have I done any exercise today”. The same thing goes with work, and a few other things I’ll outline below. But this “the only day you have to worry about is now” idea actually came from a counselor a family member of mine goes to. He was telling my family member how “you don’t have to do xyz activity FOREVER, you only have to do it today”.
My Ideal Week (2015 edition)
Monday:
- 7:45 – up
- 8:15-9:15 workout
- 9:30 – 11:00 (airplane mode work @ standing desk)
- 11:00-12:00 answer emails/make calls (set 1 hr. timer)
- 12:00-1:30 lunch
- 1:30-3:30 (airplane mode work) also (optional time to meet if someone has requested a meeting)
- 3:30-4:30 answer emails/make calls (set 1 hr. timer)
Tuesday:
- 7:45 – up
- 8:15-9:15 workout
- 9:30 – 11:00 (airplane mode work @ standing desk)
- 11:00-12:00 answer emails/make calls (set 1 hr. timer)
- 12:00-1:30 lunch w/moms
- 1:30-3:30 (airplane mode work) also (optional time to meet if someone has requested a meeting)
- 3:30-4:30 answer emails/make calls (set 1 hr. timer)
- optional evening happy hour w/moms if lunch did not work
Wednesday:
- 7:45 up
- 8:15-9:30 workout
- 9:30-11:00 (airplane mode work) also (optional time to meet if someone has requested a meeting)
- 12:00 – 6:15 onsite consulting work
- 6:30-8:00 sparring/private lesson
Thursday:
- 7:45 up
- 8:15-9:15 workout
- 10:00-4:00 onsite consulting work
- 7:00-9:00 softball + happy hour drinks
Friday:
- 7:45 up
- 8:15-9:15 workout
- 9:30 – 12:00 maintenance day (see full list for details)
- 1:30-4:30 optional work (if behind) else (optional reading, optional golf, racketball, biking)
Saturday/Sunday:
- read book from white shelf
- buy groceries (smalldi/farmers market)
- spend 1 hour freethinking about anything that directly effects my life or I find interesting (set timer/no distractions)
*pick one event and go early every week