Mood: Organized

Context: Have just been on Notion this afternoon

I feel really organized.

But no, really, I feel it. Even when my brain keeps telling me, Oh no, don’t get too cocky. Your life is a friggin’ mess and you know that.

I choose to not here, like a stubborn kid lost in her YouTube videos. Hahah. (I laugh because this is my kid)

Anyway.

I reviewed some of my Daily Intentions today and I saw this line that I wrote days ago: “Plan 80%, Do 20%.”

Cool, sounds great, right?

But do I really do that or do I just succumb to indecision paralysis every damn day, looking at my Notion and addding more and more tasks, hoping to finish every day before 12AM the next day?

I feel like it’s the latter. But I digress.

I am here to hopefully remind you that it’s safe to plan ahead. You know. Some people might think that planning is a waste of time. I was one of those people. I guess I still am to some extent but I love my planning routines. The dangerous phase is when we use planning to procrastinate, but even that is not life threatening. LoL!

For a few weeks now, I’ve wanted to build my website but have not been sure where to build it. I couldn’t choose between WordPress, Squarespace, or Netlify (which my fellow devs and geeks would know). Whenever I choose WordPress, I think, Well, Squarespace looks better. Whenever I choose Squarespace, I think, Well, I can do this with Netlify and don’t have to pay a damn thing. Whenever I choose Netlify, I think, Don’t I already have a WordPress subscription? Why don’t I use that?

And you see the dilemma here. Analysis paralysis at it’s finest.

And this is why planning 80% of the time can actually be a helpful thing in your life too.

When I plan and set goals and all those things productivity gurus tell you, admittedly, I have a way clearer path ahead of me. And then it’s just all about the fear gremlins and making friends with them.

But when I don’t plan or at least review my goals 80% of the time, I forget them the next day and the cycle of blindly working continues. And it’s not to say I look at my goals and get aligned to them every single day, but I REMIND myself and I try to realign every single day.

Life is one big reminder of doing what you really want to do. Every day, it might seem like you don’t know, but that’s just fear gremlin talking again. You do know and you just gotta remind yourself, plan for it, review it, act on it, and maybe even have it. 😉

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