Today’s episode is devoted to the Ideal Week exercise, a practice where you put your ideal week onto paper (or screen) using an hourly format. This can be done on paper using a template or an old vertical weekly planner, or on screen via an electronic calendar or even by writing on a pdf using an app.
I discuss nuances of this exercise, components I include, and variations on the idea (Ideal Month, anyone?).
A free ideal week template was included in the March newsletter – if you’d like a copy, please leave a comment (your email will be visible to me and I can then send it to you).
Reference: Recent blog post on this topic as well, and here’s a much older version (2019) I did in excel!
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I’d love a copy of the ideal week template. Thanks!
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Iād love a copy of the ideal template. Thank you
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I’d love a copy. Thanks!
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Ooh! I did this a year ago when I was contemplating quitting my job and printed out a schedule and posted it at my desk so I could check myself on whether I was doing my “ideal” at the time, including making time for workouts, journaling etc. It’s time for me to revisit now that I’m off for a while. It was SUCH a useful exercise to figure out how to make all the pieces fit, AND make sure I included certain things to make life better each day instead of going through the daily schedule on autopilot.
Please send me a copy! Love both the podcasts!
I would love a copy! Thank you! I really enjoy your podcast.
sending now!
I would love a copy of the template. Thank you!
Please send me a copy of the template. š
Done!