A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was trying to use Sundays as the day I prep for the week ahead. During the week I live and breathe in my bullet journal. I track everything I need to accomplish for work, personal appointments, anything and everything I need to focus on for the week. But come Saturday and Sunday I don't even crack it open.
I generally have good intentions of getting things done but let's be honest I'm more a fly by the seat of pants kind of person on the weekends. For example I have been meaning to fertilize our rose bushes for going on three weeks now.
There is something about having my daily to do list written out and checking it off that just makes things get done during the week. I suppose that is the entire concept of keeping a bullet journal. Write it down so it isn't forgotten or that you aren't vague in your intentions.
So what do I want to get done on Sunday? Well I want to set up my bullet journal for the upcoming week for starters. I want to do my breakfast prep for the week. I want to water the house plants. I want to meal plan. I want to put fresh linens on our bed. All of these things make me feel like I can face the week fully prepared.
You would think that if I have the same to do list every Sunday it would just become a habit and I wouldn't need a list to go by. But that's not the way my personality works. I get all enthused about a routine and then three weeks later it is out the window. I'm hoping by using my bullet journal on the weekend that I'll get these things taken care of. It's very satisfying making those check marks.
So my plan, and goal, is to have my regular chores listed along with the various things I hope to accomplish over the weekend. They needn't necessarily be chores – it could be a lunch date with Rick, or a birthday celebration, a visit to some interesting place. Make the time for things and they will get done. Especially if there is a check mark involved
And of course there are the miscellaneous chores like fertilizing. Which I still haven't done yet even though I'm on here yapping about it.
