There's No Such Thing as a "Normal Week"

What if I told you that the plan you're making (for what you need to do and how you'll spend your time) wasn't going to work out?

Some of it might go according to plan, but much of it will get tossed out the window when something else more urgent shows up.

What would you do with that sort of information?

Would you...

A. go through with it and finish planning anyway? Or

B. give up, because, why bother if it's not going to work out the way you expect it to?

I'm so curious to hear your answer. But in the meantime, here's mine:

I am (A) Team Plan. Always. And here's why.

I no longer think there's such a thing as a "normal" week. The number of curveballs my clients and I have been thrown lately is laughable.

It's rare that I have a week where I plan our activities, priorities, and tasks, and they happen exactly the way I planned them.

Why? Because that's life!

I'm not doing anything wrong, and neither are you.

But the act of planning, the process of thinking about your priorities and goals and how you want to use your time, is valuable.

It's a moment each day (or week) when you pause and think intentionally about the types of days you're creating. About the life you're striving for.

And the time, however short, that you spend thinking about those things puts the rest of the chaos into perspective.

So when someone's sick or there's a last-minute "fire" that you have to put out, you can keep the big picture in mind.

Maybe you don't spend any time doing those things, but you thought about them. You recommitted to them when you planned and that more than counts.

It's like they say...

A messy house is proof that you live there.

And a plan that doesn't go according to plan is proof that you're out living life.

You're taking care of sick kids, going to last-minute school functions, paying that bill that got buried, and rushing a new client project through.

THAT's life too.

And just because it wasn't part of the plan doesn't mean you can't shift and make it the priority now.

And it certainly doesn't mean that taking the time to plan was a waste.

Planning is about the process, not the result.

A process that encourages you to remember and recommit to what's most important.

So what if things didn't go the way you expected them to?

What if you already got exactly what you needed just from the process of planning?

The plan isn't the problem, and neither is your life.

They're perfect just the way they are - messy and sometimes unpredictable.

And you're doing it.

If planning is about recommitting to your priorities, then you NEED to join me for the Stress Less this Holiday workshop. This is one hour for you to decide what type of holiday season you want to create and then the space and plan to map it all out. All you'll have to do from there is work your plan and accept the unexpected ;) Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 9th at 12 PM ET.