There was a time when full-time employees struggled to have a weekly game plan that allowed them to cultivate a meaningful life outside work. It always seemed that many hurdles prevented us from having a much sought-after purposeful, yet balanced life. And then, the global pandemic changed everything. We all had to learn to work and live differently, primarily to protect our sanity and mental health. But now that there is a big push to return to the office in 2023, Dear Readers, you’ve asked this blog to help you devise an easy-to-follow weekly game plan. With our crisis management schedule to crush your goals without losing the sense of purpose, you managed to find despite the coronavirus-related headaches and losses. So let’s get to it, shall we?!!!
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In the aftermath of the pandemic, the Great Resignation, and the Quiet Quitting chaos, this blog shares practical insights to enhance your leadership style, team management, and goal-setting skills amid any crisis. Now, without further ado, let’s go over the JMS productivity framework that will help you plan your weeklies more efficiently in 2023 as a full-time employee.
Having a weekly game plan helps you organize your life.
The truth, Dear Readers, is that being productive is not about time management but about life organization. These days, we are all busy holding down a job that we balance with social media side hustles and family life. If you don’t have a robust weekly game plan, you will never feel satisfied and may spend the rest of your life looking for purpose! Who wants to live like that?!!
Therefore, this blog invites you to consider dividing your day into four specific daytime chunks and assign bundles of tasks to each of them to review weekly:
1) The morning chunk would run from the moment you wake up to the minute you start the workday.
2) The working chunk covers the length of your shift. This blog does not include your commute. This chunk strictly refers to the time you clock in until you clock out.
3) The soul-feeding chunk encompasses the hours directly after you clock out.
4) The evening chunk that closes your day before starting the whole thing all over again!
As you see, Dear Readers, you only have three blocks to fit in everything meaningful to you since the fourth one is all about the job. That’s a lot of time to organize your week in a way that aligns with your ultimate goal to have a meaningful yet balanced life. Now, the time has come to figure out what tasks you should include within each of your daily chunks.
Daily chunks of time are the foundation of your weekly game plan.
The truth of the matter, Dear Readers, is that success requires the relentless pursuit of time optimization. You won’t be able to achieve all the goals you have in mind next year without learning how to optimize the week and not only your daily schedule. Therefore, Dear Readers, you want to group tasks for each chunk of time in a manner that allows you to feel productive and find purpose on your terms. Essentially, you want to create a weekly roadmap that materializes the successful alignment between your 2023 goals and the pressures you face in the season of life you find yourself in at the moment.
So, let’s split your weekly game plan into three energy categories:
1) Foundational blocks are the elements that seldom change, such as work shifts, class times, afterschool activities for the kiddos, therapy appointments, family bonding time, dates with your spouse or significant other, and anything else applying to your situation.
2) Building blocks are the habits you decide to incorporate into your weekly game plan to help you perform better in your foundational blocks. For instance, Dear Readers, you might have decided to start a side hustle and turn it into your full-time job. You’ll have to get in the habit of posting videos on YouTube or writing blog posts on your website to introduce your product or service to the world. Do you see how these habits are the actions that will set you on the way to accomplishing your 2023 goals?
3) Finishing blocks fulfill the self-care aspect of your weekly routine. While there are many activities you can do that could fall under self-care, the objective is to find balance and appreciate your journey right this moment.
Journaling, for instance, is a powerful tool to reflect on the road traveled so far. As you reread past reflections, you will see your progress and will be motivated to keep going! If that’s not your cup of tea, consider establishing a ritual that allows you to clear your mind and put life on pause. Some may create a spa night to unwind the week. Others would choose meal prepping for the first three days of the week or baking goodies for the family. For others still, it’s about disconnecting from social media and decluttering/cleaning their houses from top to bottom.
Final thoughts on creating a robust weekly game plan to soar in 2023.
Dear Readers, this blog believes that to feel productive and give meaning to the rest of your lives (outside of work), you must assign each block to your three remaining daily chunks. In truth, Dear Readers, the point of this takeaway is to provide order and peace of mind so that when you wake up every day, you know what you must do in the same way that students follow a pre-determined schedule based on their classes.
Come back this weekend to find out how full-time employees have doubled their productivity, since attending the JMS mastermind ateliers, despite lockdowns and vaccine mandates trampling all over our civil liberties earlier in 2022!
There you have it, Dear Readers! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read today’s publication. This blog is here to inspire and encourage you, Dear Readers, to embark on the exhilarating journey to fight for your freedom and goals.
Dear Readers, we want to hear from you! Please share with us the things you need to organize your week to crush your goals in 2023. Do you like this idea of breaking your day into definite chunks and energy blocks? What is your plan to fight procrastination? Which energy block do you plan on incorporating into your weeklies? Have we convinced you that you can have a meaningful life outside of a full-time job? Did we miss anything? What else can this blog cover that will motivate you and help you be as successful as possible in 2020, Dear Readers?
In the meantime, catch up on the first post of this highly requested goal-setting series to help you walk into 2023 like a B-O-S-S!
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