I have a checklist that I use throughout the day, every single day. It slowly evolves as I delete items that are automatic or aren't helpful, I add and change things I want to become new habits.
The sections:
GENERAL - One or two things to remember through the day, for building new habits
START OF DAY - My morning routine, to ideally be done every morning, or at least tracked
MOST KEY ITEM - My biggest one or two things for the day. I evaluate whether a day is successful or not by whether I do one most key item
PEOPLE - More and more, I realize most important and meaningful things need to be done with people.
GENERAL - Funny that I named two sections General, hadn't realized until now. This is thinking about my life goals, cash has been added recently for tracking.
END OF DAY - A review of the day and some thoughts on the next day. Also, I add what time I went to sleep.
Here it is:
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GENERAL:
*Be decisive. Look at it once, make a decision, done.
*Live in the borderlands, awareness of the end in my heart
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START OF DAY:
Time awake:
Total sleep:
Vitamin C and Fish oil:
Stretching?:
Walk/run?:
Situps?:
Listen to audio?:
Food?:
Breathe:
Borderlands:
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MOST KEY ITEM:
Next milestones:
Objectives for today:
Time started:
Result:
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PEOPLE:
Blog post?:
New People (FB, Twitter, emails):
Current people:
Help someone:
Consorting:
Emails in box, start:
Emails in box, finish (and - why they there?):
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GENERAL:
*What are my key life goals? Spent 5 minutes on this.
*Expenses for the day (estimate)?
*Cash gotten or worked towards today
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END OF DAY:
What did I do right to move me towards my goals?
What would I do differently if I had the day to live over?
Plan tomorrow