EP223: How to Get Stuff Done Using Routines
This strategy works for EVERYONE (well, almost everyone).
Dear Friends:
Thank you to all who replied last week with your support for my brother and his wife. Truly, you’re the best.
Before I tell you about today’s podcast episode, I’m asking again for prayers for my sister-in-law, Shannon. She has been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer metastasized to the liver. She and my brother Scott have three children, the youngest of whom has special needs. Their trust in Jesus in the face of this diagnosis is nothing less than remarkable. Please join us in praying for complete healing.
The medical treatment for this cancer requires travel as well as special food and supplements—none of which are covered by their insurance. Since I’m not on social media, I’m sharing their GoFundMe link here, if you can donate. If you cannot donate, we continue to covet your prayers.
Thank you—sincerely. :)
Now, onto today’s episode.
Are you having trouble getting stuff done? Maybe you are struggling with balancing your time with the Lord while also tending to your never-ending to-do list. Or maybe you are struggling with only doing the stuff on your to-do list but never getting to the things that feed your soul and creativity.
If you are struggling to get stuff done—whatever that stuff might be—then I have a favorite strategy to offer: Routines!
What we discuss
What a routine is
Why routines work
Who routines will work best for
Who routines will NOT work for
The first 4 steps to start a new routine
4 questions you can ask yourself to decide what routine you should establish next
What to do if your new routine is not working
Question of the week: At the end of the day, what is one thing you always wish you had made time for?
Love,
Sandy
P.S. Have you taken the What is Your Busyness Personality Quiz yet?
Love this episode and all the ones on routines because I’m as type B, unorganized as they get and this is the only “plan” that has a shred of hope at working for me!😂 But I had a new thought listening this week. As you were talking about things to put in our routines that we crave. I am a selfish person at the core (baby of the family?) but my husband’s love language is acts of service. So I’ve added making him a morning smoothie to my morning coffee routine. (Before I would be all snuggled up with my coffee, puppy and Bible and he’d make it himself or I’d begrudgingly get up to do it for him). I love that adding this to my routine before I even sit down with my coffee has enabled me to serve him (and protect my morning serenity routine). Hope that made sense. Because it did in my head.❤️ also, the 21 day thing is a myth?!?! Wow. Good thing I never made it to 21 days on anything anyway😂