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Using Timelines to Get Big Things Done (without losing your mind)

she designed a life she loved
Here you are - all full of spit and vinegar with you lofty goals and what you want to get done in the next year or so... What do we all do next? Well leap in and do ALL THE THINGS because we're super excited to get rolling of course!

 What happens next?  A bit of time goes by, we get tired. Life starts rearing its ugly head. Busy season at work comes, kids activities get rolling, holidays happen, family comes to visit, skip a couple days here and there... wait has it been two months since I looked at that already? Cue self-flagellation spiral, a couple more false starts and crap. Now there's only three months left to do a year of work, and it's chock full of other commitments already!

 What if I told you that one little step, maybe a couple hours of your time, before you go running off gung-ho could make the difference between insanity and success?

  1. Get your hands on a year calendar like any of these here.
  2. Grab some different coloured pens or pencils.
  3. Using one colour, mark off all the holidays.
  4. Using another colour, mark off and tag with a description all your known usual busy work times. 
  5. With yet another colour, mark off and tag with a description all your known usual busy family times (kid activities, usual family guest times, etc.)
  6. With your last colour, list your goals on the side of the page. Take a good look - does one depend on another happening first? Or might be easier if another one was done first? Number them in an order that makes sense to you.
  7. See those remaining white days in your calendar? At the beginning of each chunk is when you'll start each goal, in order. This way you will get the base down during a relatively quiet period, ride out the busy period, and be ready to add the next goal in the next quiet period. 
Over the course of the year you'll have added in and stacked your goals on top of each other in a consistent, manageable way... and have designed a life you loved.
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