An area of the Daily Planning Guide I have neglected to discuss is balance. Initially, I spoke of needing balance in puttering and completing project work. I have since expanded my view because for any activity, balance is a necessary ingredient. Whether it is having balanced tires so your car doesn’t go all over the road, balanced table legs so coffee doesn’t spill or a set of guidelines for a Daily Plan so that one area of this plan doesn’t take over and run the show.
Early this morning, as I began my day, I did a fair bunch of puttering. Was it busy work? I don’t think so. Setting a few things straight, rather than twiddling my thumbs, while waiting for the water to come to a boil was comforting. Tidying a few loose ends that I missed last night. In the past week or so, I’ve tried to set aside habits of a life time with the assumption that they had outlived their usefulness. I considered that they were now in the way and should be banished. And so I am returning to old habits of clearing out space. Using these old habits to shape new ways of living. Finding, in corners of old drawers and tucked high on closet shelves, pieces that make ideas appear if by magic. Ideas that find their way into story, poems, and essays. Balancing between the old and the new. We each are the fulcrum on this teeter totter of our lives. Our hands passing into and over the multi-colored depths and surfaces. There may be no real vision of any final outcomes. Final sounds and feels too much like an ending. There is a building of one vision, then another, then another until we can see clearly. How to balance the corners of our lives with the grand scheme laid before us is a challenge offered to each one.
The completed Guidelines for Daily Planning - for today - have evolved even over the short period of time of a few days. Merging the Blog version and the Refrigerator magnet version, they look very similar, however I’ve set Balance on it’s own and set Puttering vs Busy Work. I’m not willing to give up the Puttering because it is comforting and gives me a secret place for mulling over a stubborn bit of word crafting. Busy work tends to be frantic and my thoughts a bit scattered. Balance can help me to recognize which is which so I can get on with my life and not get caught up in a dizzying spiral.
Guidelines for Daily Planning
- Preparation
- Flexibility
- Balance
- Puttering vs Busy work
- Use a timer
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go
faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment,
you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions,
goals and values are in balance.”
~ Brian Tracy
Don’t forget! March is Epilepsy month with Purple Day for Epilepsy on March 26 each year.
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