Do you have a morning routine that sets you up for a successful day?

The most successful people keep their goals in front of them and read them every day. Then, they plan their day by prioritizing the most important tasks that they want to achieve.

Seven successful days adds up to a successful week. Then four successful weeks adds up to a successful month. And three successful months adds up to a successful quarter.

Four successful quarters adds up to one heck of a successful 2018!

Before I review the steps, I want to add that it’s important to work with a good planner. I’ve tried many different planners over the years and my favorite is Danielle LaPorte’s Desire Map Planner. I prefer the daily planner, but you may prefer the weekly planner.

 

 

To check out the planners she still has available, click here.

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These planners are wildly popular and they sell out fast.

Once you’ve got your planner, put a copy of your goals in it.

Step 1:

Read your goals. Every. Single. Day.

Step 2:

You only need to do this step on the first day of each month.

Look at all your action steps that you listed for each goal. Then, decide what action steps you want to complete for each week of the month.

For example, January 2018 has five weeks. So write down:

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Next to each week write down the action steps you will complete for each of the five weeks.

Step 3:

Each morning, before you check your email, but after reading your goals, do the following:

Write down three main things that you want to get done that day. Limit yourself to three things so that you don’t create a day of overwhelm for yourself.

In the sample goal from last week’s post to lose 20 pounds, exercising 5x/week was one of the action steps. So, you would want to make exercise one of your main things that you accomplished on five of the seven days.

Next, write down smaller tasks that you want to get done. These could be things like writing down everything you ate in your food diary. Or it could be something like “go to the post office to mail Mom’s gift”.

Step 4:

Write down how you would like to feel or the mindset that you want to have for the day. Using the example of the goal to lose 20 pounds, you might want to feel healthy, proud, determined, or committed.

By doing this, you are more inclined to make choices throughout the day that are aligned with your desired thoughts and feelings.

Step 5:

Write down at least three things that you are grateful for.

Gratitude helps to train your mind to think thoughts that will create positive emotions. That’s important because your thoughts create your emotions. Your emotions drive your actions, and your actions create your results.

So, can you see why you would want to think thoughts that will create positive emotions?

It’s the positive emotions that are going to help you to take massive action to reach your goals.

You can read more of the benefits of a gratitude practice here, here, here, and here.

I know this may seem like a lot to do every morning, but it’s not. Except for the first day of the month, when you decide on your actions steps for each week, you can do this in 10 minutes/day or less.

Step 6:

There is one more step, and it will take you less than five minutes to complete it at the end of the day.

Write down your successes or notables about the day.

It might be that you nailed a yoga pose you’ve been working on or that you wrote down everything you ate in your food journal.

I’ve said it before, and I’m going to say it again, celebrate your successes!

Next, write down anything that wasn’t a win about your day.

So if you missed your workout write it down. Or, if your energy was scattered and you found yourself going down rabbit trails, write it down.

Don’t beat yourself up for these things. You’re human, we all fall short of our intentions from time to time.

The point of writing this down is to be conscious of the things that didn’t go as you intended.

It’s far better to acknowledge your short-comings when they’re small. If you don’t become conscious of them, before you know it you are way off course from your goal. By taking an inventory of your day, you can recommit to your goal tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a new day, with a fresh, clean slate. 

If you want extra support in making 2018 your best year, I would love to work with you. You may contact me at lyn@beautifullyblissed.com and we can set up a time to talk about how I can support you.

Here’s to making 2018 your best year!

Sending my love,