Early on in the coaching with Alex Jeffreys course, he mentioned how important it was to journal about what you were doing each day. The reasons were obvious: by journaling you could see all that you have done, keep track of what has worked and what hasn’t. You would also have a template so that you could easily recreate and duplicate your success.
For me, however, journaling never took off. I just couldn’t sit down and write about what I had done in the past, and I couldn’t write about what I was doing as I was doing it — it just messed up my momentum. However, I always saw the value and so I tried to figure out a simple way to incorporate this into my day.
What I came up with is quite simple indeed. I have a text file on my desktop. In it is a simple to-do list. This list contains my daily, weekly and monthly plan. As I check off an item on the to-do list, I cut it from that list and paste it into another text file called “Done”. In this way I can monitor what has been done and what still needs to be done easily. My done file also accomplishes the role of creating a template of the steps of what has been successful.
Having these files on my desktop, I can easily see the progress that I am making (or not). I have noticed that this has increased my productivity as I want to get items out of my “To-Do” file and into my “Done” file as quickly as possible. It is also easy to add to the “To Do” list as I come across ideas that I want to implement. In this way I never spend time thinking about what my next project should be — I just look at this file.
Wishing you great success and productivity,
~Norene
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Thanks for the tips. This can help me because I’m always get overwhelm while doing my journaling.
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Hey Norene,
Great tips here, and I am glad you have found a system that works for you
Everyone works differently, and it’s just a case of deriving a system that works!
Great job!
Talk real soon,
Paul
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Hi Paul! It is amazing how much smoother things go when you are able to create a system! -Norene
Hi Norene,
That is a good way keeping track of what you’ve done. As Paul Wilson said, everyone works differently, it’s just a case of finding a system that works for you.
I too seemed to have not kept a Journal so you are not alone here, as I’m sure you know from listening to the recent call? I started to keep one, but I somehow forgot to write it at the end of each day… Even though it was in my daily plan to do so!
Instead I’ve developed a system where I will have a notepad at the side of me, and I will note down things as I’m working, and then at the end of the day, staple all my notes together, date it, and file away in a paper folder called ‘My Journal’. It makes writing my journal less of task, as I do it a bit at a time. I also like to write about how I feel at various times throughout each day, I’m sure it will make interesting reading when I’m older.
I’m going to write a blog post about this soon, where I will go more in depth about what I do. But my system seems similar to yours, I just think you should maybe also write a few notes too, like it you struggles with a certain task, write it down. It will all help with product creation in the future.
I hope I’ve not gone on too much here? I often get carried away in the comments I leave.
Take care,
Paul.
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