Awesome tips! I'm also all about the mental wellness studies lately, so most of the things you suggested, I already do. I *might* need to try the 12-week sprints, though! I love that idea.
As for how I set goals: Five-year window broken down into "themes", e.g. physical health, mental health, financial stability. Then I break the themes into projects, and the projects into sub-projects. (E.g. a project would be a book I want to finish. A sub project would be rough drafting the book.) Based on that, I choose priority work, and then base my daily to-do list around those priorities.
So my planner is more like a rolling list of to-do's building up to my vision of where I want to be in five years. To make sure the way I'm structuring things IS helping me finish stuff, I review every three months. (I use Trello.)
Yeah that's why I started doing it in the first place. It helps me to ensure at a glance (thanks to color coded labels) that I'm not getting tunnel vision.
Another excellent blog. Shared on my #ATWAugust stream.
I think 2026 is going to be another acorn year. I have mostly finished all the things I set out to do since December 2020, and my 2021 acorn year.
Be blessed and have a lovely day. Don't bake in the heat.
Thank you! I am always so inspired by all that you do.
Awesome tips! I'm also all about the mental wellness studies lately, so most of the things you suggested, I already do. I *might* need to try the 12-week sprints, though! I love that idea.
As for how I set goals: Five-year window broken down into "themes", e.g. physical health, mental health, financial stability. Then I break the themes into projects, and the projects into sub-projects. (E.g. a project would be a book I want to finish. A sub project would be rough drafting the book.) Based on that, I choose priority work, and then base my daily to-do list around those priorities.
So my planner is more like a rolling list of to-do's building up to my vision of where I want to be in five years. To make sure the way I'm structuring things IS helping me finish stuff, I review every three months. (I use Trello.)
I love how you have it sectioned out like that. It helps with keeping all the stuff in your life balanced.
Yeah that's why I started doing it in the first place. It helps me to ensure at a glance (thanks to color coded labels) that I'm not getting tunnel vision.