Your life Simplified-How To Plan Your Day

08/06/2010 By Angela 28 Comments

Your life Simplified-How To Plan Your Day

I have come to realize the amazing power that is manifested when you learn how to plan your day. For a long time I overlooked this and it seemed useless for me to get my “to do” list in writing when I knew what I needed to get done in my head. The major problem with not getting my “to do” list written and defined was that was I was losing focus, spinning my wheels and getting sucked into things that were a major waste of my time. After coming across a video from Jack Canfield (which I will share in this post) about how to plan your day the night before I realized the incredible power planning your day has. Once I started this practice I have greatly increased my productivity and made my life simpler.

So I want to share with you how to plan your day so you can accomplish more and become more productive. I am going to share with you the tool that I use to make my “to do” list and share with you the video by Jack Canfeild that inspired me to start planning my day and get more done.

Tips for planning your day-

1. Plan your day the night before.

2. Get your to do list written down somewhere and schedule things so you know the approximate time it will take.

3. Put your list in order of priority.

4. Leave some time in your day for unexpected interruptions or difficulties.

5. Check things off as you get them done so you can see how much you have accomplished.

An online tool to plan your day-

I have been using this online tool for a while and really like it. I wanted to share it with you. I made a short video to share with you this valuable free tool.

Here is a video from Jack Canfield talking about how to plan your day and how it can make a huge difference in your productivity.

I really hope that this tool will help you plan you day, make you more productive and simplify your life. Leave me a comment and let me know if you use this tool or have another great resource for planning your day.

If you have friends on social media that might benefit from this I would appreciate you sharing this with them.

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Comments

Nat says:

08/08/2010 at 7:38 am

Hey Angela
Wow this is cool, I have never seen or even heard of this before. I know I am in desperate need of getting myself more organised, I am getting so busy and really not taking responsibility in getting myself better prepared for the next day. Signing up now for my new account!
cheers
Nat
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Angela Reply:
August 8th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Hey Nat! That is awesome you are signing up. I think you will find it helps you be more organized and productive. You will have to let me know if it helps you out.

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Gerald Gigerl says:

08/09/2010 at 6:20 am

Hy Angela,

Thanks for sharing and giving away this free gift. I´m still working with my scheduler that I create on the evening the day before. This seems to be a new unknown way to me to plan and organize your day. I will check it out.

Have an endless productive day,

Gerald
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Hey Gerald! Hope you enjoy it, I think it really helps to organize your day.

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Oliver Tausend says:

08/09/2010 at 9:08 am

Hi Angela,

thanks for sharing Jack’s video and yours. I wasn’t consistent with that in the past, so it’s really necessary to do that from now on. It’s really important to make a true schedule and not only a to do list, as Jack points out.

Take care

Oliver
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I think Jack has a great point about making a schedule rather than just a to do list. I have found it helps me balance things out better.

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Katherine Droguett says:

08/09/2010 at 12:00 pm

Hi Angela,

This looks like a great tool! I never heard of it but will definitely open an account and see if it helps me to get more organized

Katherine
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
It really has helped me be more organized so I hope it helps you as well!

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Faith Barnard says:

08/09/2010 at 7:07 pm

Angela,

Fabulous and useful post. Who couldn’t use this advice. I am going to start using don’t forget the milk right away. Plus I just love hearing from Jack Canfield. Thanks for sharing and I will be back to give you a report of my progress.

I find that the more organized I am the less stressed I am. Look forward to your future posts.

Faith
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Jack is awesome! I am on his list and he has so many wonderful messages. I really do like Remember the Milk so I hope it is useful for you as well.

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Melodie Kantner says:

08/09/2010 at 7:54 pm

Boy I really need this. I have been distracted for the last week and if I don’t rely on my list, I can’t get anything done.
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I am the same way, having a list really keeps me on task and focused on what I need to do.

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Steve Nicholas says:

08/09/2010 at 8:17 pm

Great video, Angela! I really like the idea of planning things the night before. I have tried the Golden Hour over the last week, and it has really helped me focus. Keep up the great work!
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Hey Steve! I love the golden hour, I find it really a great way to start my day.

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Joanie Dhillon says:

08/09/2010 at 9:42 pm

Thanks Angela!

If I don’t make my to do list the night before, my day gets thrown off. Thanks for addressing this important topic.

Joanie Dhillon
http://www.joaniedhillon.com
Twitter: joaniedhillon

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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Mine too! I have to do it the night before so I wake up and know what I am doing or I just don’t get as much done as I should.

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Heather C Stephens says:

08/09/2010 at 9:43 pm

Hi Angela,

Great post. I loved the remember the milk site and I’ll check it out! I am pretty much a write it down girl. I like being able to check it off the list, make notes, etc. but having everything linked to my phone and in one place would be so helpful. Thanks for sharing your tip!

Heather
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Hey Heather! I hope you enjoy it, before this I had hand written notes so this was a lifesaver.

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Laura says:

08/09/2010 at 11:08 pm

Hey Angela,

This is a great tool. I was looking for a good to do list app and this may be it. Only thing is it isn’t compatible with Blackberry but I can use e-mail alerts so I can still make it work. Thanks for sharing.

Laura
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I thought I saw you could use it with Blackberry, bummer. But yes you are right you can have e-mail alerts sent to you. I hope you enjoy!

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Staci Gauny says:

08/10/2010 at 3:14 pm

Great post, Angela. Thanks for the cool tool!!!

Staci
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Hey Stacy! Thank you, I love this tool and was excited to share it.

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Jennifer May says:

08/10/2010 at 8:04 pm

Great Post Angela! Thank you for the awesome tip! I definitely agree on planning the night before. I use to scatter my day around and never feel like I accomplished anything by the end of the day… until I actually created my planned day the night before.

I always do my Top 5 To Do Tasks first then add in any daily, repetitious tasks through out the rest of my day! Has been a definite life and business saver!

Thanks for the awesome tips!
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Angela Reply:
August 13th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Hey Jennifer! I like the idea to do repetitious tasks at the end of your day. Thanks for sharing that idea.

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Emily says:

04/15/2011 at 2:29 pm

Great post Angela! I was JUST thinking about this today when I was feeling so overwhelmed and how I could get more done in less time! Thank you so much
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Robert Loomis says:

04/15/2011 at 3:15 pm

Great Post,
That sounds like an awesome tool!
Thanks for the video..

Robert
Twitter: robertjloomis

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VaNessa Duplessie says:

07/27/2011 at 8:44 am

Time Management is such a tricky thing. I am a believer in priority management as that is really what managing time is all about…the “what we do” in the time we have. We only have 24 hours in a day and we cannot alter that…so planning and preparing is critical to our lives and our businesses. Thanks for the new tool to look more into. Always looker for a better tool! VaNessa
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Jaden Daniels says:

08/09/2011 at 10:57 am

Angela,
Thanks for the tips. I am going to sign up for a my free account. Jack Canfield is one of my favorite authors, too. In fact, I am reading his book called “The Success Principles” I am only in the first chapter, and I can’t hardly put it down.

Jaden
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