I did order my 2022 PowerSheets for next year.
I don’t consider PowerSheets to be a planner, even though there are some planner-like elements. I use them as an adjunct. I mostly use them at the end of each month / year / quarter to help me identify goals and priorities. There is also a monthly “Tending List” page that I’ve been trying out recently. I do have mine going for October.
So how are my current “100 days left” goals going?
I’d say . . . okay. Specifics:
1- Focus on screen time (yes again). Seems like a good time for me to resurrect Operation 100!
Doing well with this — in October, anyway. I messed up yesterday (123 minutes – agh) and it was totally a “I’m in a mood and I will scroll” kind of phenomena, but overall I have been making good progress here. Less time on Insta = better mental health for me. It’s definitely a thing.
2- Eat better and work out consistently with the hope of making most of my wardrobe fit comfortably again by 2022.
Meh. I still really do want to address this but I have not been doing a great job. I need to put my planning skills to work and actually have better lunches planned out, in particular. I HAVE been working out (3 days of Caroline Girvan EPIC 1 down . . . 47 to go?!) and am feeling motivated in this respect.
3- Work on bedtime alongside the kids with the goal of making it a mostly-calm, low stress routine.
This has miraculously been great recently. I’ve been bringing the kids upstairs at 7:30 pm to start the process and the last few nights I have been able to walk to my own room at ~8:10-8:20 without a lot of stress. I think the dark evenings (fall!) have been helping me out here.
4- Generally work on my overall awareness of time. I’m not sure I have it in me to time track for 100 days, but I am going to pay more attention to how I am using leisure time. (Item #1 will help with this I have no doubt.)
I have not been time tracking. However, it is 100% true that the less time spent on mindless scrolling the more time is left for the REST OF LIFE (because math). I have also been doing a bit more time block planning on less structured work days, which has been helpful.
5- Keep work at work and really adhere to shutdown rituals. I only have one week of call during this next 100 days (so . . . 7%?) and thus for the most part I should be able to get my work done during the days, especially if I am focused and efficient.
Primarily yes. Again – time block planning and a realistic to do list helps with this. I didn’t do that well yesterday (very packed clinical day!) but it also wasn’t terrible.
I have also been migraine-free thus far in October! Let’s hope the trend continues!
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So glad your migraine’s are improving! What a relief, both physically and mentally (dreading onset of migraines when you DON’T have them).
And thanks for the update. It really is encouraging and helpful to learn the specifics of what/how you’re approaching “Operation 100.” While some of the details aren’t necessarily relevant to my life, the broader principles are bang on and have a lot of practical application.
So glad your migraines are improving! I have a planner question for you. I’m not into multiple planners and/or the dot style planners (my lack of knowledge in the area really shines here, huh? :)) but what is your recommendation for a weekly layout planner that has room for both appointments and to do type lists? Simple, but effective. Anything come to mind? Thanks!
Two you might want to check out are Kitlife (space for meal planning too), Whitney English (super pretty) and also a new brand with lots of blank space – Sprouted! Simplified (Emily Ley) also makes a simple but functional weekly. Less list space, though.
Whitney English is expensive but she often has flash sales – she actually had one yesterday!! Follow her on Insta and you will see when they pop up.
Hooray for no migraines and easier bedtimes!
How do you like Caroline Girvan so far? How would you rate difficulty level compared with an intermediate level Peloton strength class?
I would say harder. More like Autumn’s 80 Day Obsession but time based rather than reps based.
Ooh, you weren’t kidding! I started last night and that was a doozy! Maybe I’ll do Epic 1 along with you…
Yay! I will feel proud when I finish week 1 😅
The power sheet look really fun! I’m trying to figure out how to use my W222 so reading about things you track/how you think about planning is really helpful for me. I’ve been using a bullet journal for years but really cut down on what I planned over the last 3-4 years since pregnancy/young kids wore me out! But I’m feeling ready to be more intentional about planning so hopefully I will end up loving the W222!
Yay for no migraines. I hope this continues.
I will be curious to see how you do using powersheets and especially the tending sheets. I bought a six month undated and never made good use of it. Perhaps if I had followed what you did and removed my tending sheets from the book to carry with me, I could make use of the system and try it again with my Amplified Planner.
You could totally tape it in blank pages of the amplified and add a tab for reference! I’m going to have to figure out how I can somehow fit the page into an A5 hobonichi!
What made you decide to switch from Sydney Cummings to Caroline Girvan? What would you say are the major differences between the two? I just started doing Sydney’s workouts a couple months ago (on your and commenters’ rec!) and am alternating them with running. I did Accelerate which I thought was great and am now doing Transcend which seems a little easier so I may switch to something else.
No reason; I just decided to try Caroline and something about her EPIC program appealed to me but I would totally do Sydney again as well.
This week I ran on the rest day but today not sure I will workout because after posting about not getting headaches … I got one. Ugh.