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written by: natalie blue for mavisblue.com
 Summer has just kicked -off and for me, things have already been turned on their head! Don’t get me wrong; I love the slower pace, the ability to travel and most of all, being afforded time to explore with my little ones…BUT, For me, I’m a creature of habit. I spend most of my academic year bouncing from one place to another—scheduled to the max. To be honest, I’m not good at kicking back and have always found a sense of calm (weirdly) in having a booked, or even over-booked, timeline! Strangely, now that school’s out, I’ve had this unusual sense of anxiety. I’m not talking ‘I need anti-depressants’ type anxiety. It’s more like I’ve got this nagging sense of making sure I don’t waste one minute of my day. That I need to maximize this free, or should I say, golden time! “Either you run the day or the day runs you!” ~Jim Rohn With this in mind, I sat down last night (with my go-to Bourbon Manhattan) and thought through why I was getting this stress and how I could help myself. And it was easy—get yourself organized each night so that you don’t waste time floundering and planning the next day. We’re not talking rocket science here—it makes perfect sense. I thrived when the girls had [insert event], I had to be here for a meeting or I was teaching at this time because, put simply, my life was ‘pre-scheduled’ for me. Now that summer has arrived, it’s solely on me to organize my time. I need to put as much effort into planning my day as I do getting work done and this is even more true now that I’m growing a small business—time is money! Do you have these types of stresses? Are you finding summer a little crazy and chaotic? Have you found your summer groove? If you haven’t, mavisBLUE.com is here to help—download our FREE DAY PLAN and put the ‘bad ass’ back in your day! “Some days you just have to create your own sunshine” Our DAY PLAN is simple-- HOURLY CALENDAR Schedule it all in and see where your gaps pop-up—then schedule those spaces with all those ‘other’ things you need to accomplish. Seeing everything in front of you will help you plan out your day in a more efficient way! BIG LIST + LITTLE LIST The To-Do’s are always important but let’s break them down into BIG and LITTLE. Start with the BIG things and when you get stuck or tired of doing those larger tasks, skip over to the LITTLE ones to break things up a little—micro and macro planning help to keep you moving and motivated! NOTES + TOMORROW You know you need a place for scribbles and a place to jot down all those ‘ah-ha!’ things that come up throughout the day. Plus, you’ll have a designated space to write down things that need to be transferred over to tomorrow’s DAY PLAN. TODAY’S SMART QUOTE Find a quote that helps ‘define’ your day and stick with it! It will keep you focused and ready to CRUSH THE DAY! You got this! Enjoy! <3 N
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