Are you overwhelmed with ALL of the things that you feel like you need to do every single day?
Do you ever feel like you’re not accomplishing enough during your day?
Each day we all have those things that we must do, then when we add on those things that we want to do, it’s very easy to become overwhelmed. And at the end of the day, when we’re not able to do all these things, it’s so very easy to feel disappointed in ourselves and to feel like we’re not enough.
Before I began practicing as a pharmacist, I was pretty good at setting goals and keeping my to-do list focused. BUT once I began practicing all of this changed. I honestly believe that over the last 10 years (I can’t believe I’ve been practicing this long!) my brain has literally re-wired itself into a sort of survival mode to make it through each work day. There are so many different tasks to do and interruptions constantly throughout the work day, and all of these things are on top of the concentration required to ensure I’m keeping my patient’s safe with their medications. With my career in retail, I’m constantly interrupted and taken away from the tasks at hand, so my brain has adapted to survive these conditions. And this constant state of alert has lead my brain to re-set and process information from all different areas and jump from one task to the next very quickly.
A few months ago I realized that I’m a bit like a squirrel, in a wheel, running, doing things, being distracted and not quite getting anywhere! I’ve allowed my “work brain” to take over my “off work brain”. And I’ve been trying to do all of the things, all of the time, without actually finishing one thing before moving into the next.
And poor Burney for watching this, right?!? The partially completed “projects” throughout the house, the in-process organization projects, and so much more! All of these things he’s so patient with and doesn’t say a word about – he’s so good to me!
When I finally admitted to myself that I’m a total shiny object person, sometimes with a squirrel brain who wants to finish all the things, I realized that I have to get this under control for my own brain health.
This is the exact reason that I created a physical piece of paper that will help keep me focused on a few tasks each day. I’m a total pen & paper person. This is the perfect way for me to stay accountable with myself and actually finish things!
On this journal page, I’ve included a section with 5 goals for the day. (because we all know that we can’t accomplish 20 things in each day!) Staying focused on a few important goals each day helps me accomplish more and feel successful as well.
I’ve also included a section in this Win Your Day journal page that reminds me to acknowledge what I’m grateful for each day AND to celebrate what I’ve accomplished (OR helped others accomplish) throughout the day.
AND I’m super excited to share this journal page with all of you!! I know that this will help keep you focused and on task throughout the day!! I would love to email you a PDF of this journal page so that you can print and use this each day!
AND feel free to share this blog post with ANYONE who you know would also benefit from this journal page!
Here’s what you need to do. Click this picture link below to be taken to a webpage where you will give me your name & email. Then I’ll automatically email you the PDF file and you can begin using this journal page right away!
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