6: Plan Your Day so You Can do Meaningful Work and Deal Effectively with Interruptions

How are you using your time? Are you someone who often says “I don’t have time?” I like to change my phrasing around this and instead say “I’m not prioritising that right now,” because we all in fact have the same 24 hours in a day.

Whether you consider yourself a “planner,” or have never planned your days before, this episode will help you move towards the life of your dreams.

I’m going to show you that taking time to plan your day is going to help you achieve what you want to get done, and that planning is more important that not having a plan at all, even if you’re going to have interruptions.

I’ll take you through:

• Why planning your day is important
• The science behind FLEXIBLE planning, and HOW to do it
• What to do to prepare to plan (yes, you read that right!)
• How to lay out your daily plan
• The importance of rest and white space
• And a golden nugget of advice at the end

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References mentioned in the episode:
Britton, B. K., & Tesser, A. (1991). Effects of time-management practices on college grades. Journal of educational psychology, 83(3), 405.
Parke, M. R., Weinhardt, J. M., Brodsky, A., Tangirala, S., & DeVoe, S. E. (2018). When daily planning improves employee performance: The importance of planning type, engagement, and interruptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(3), 300.

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