What To Do if You Keep Forgetting to Use Your Planner
Keep forgetting to use your planner? Guess what?
TWO DAYS AWAY!
Two days away from what, you ask?
Our Breakthrough Planner day, of course — happening on Saturday, December 5th. The day that we are coming together as a group to use our Breakthrough Planners to plan out the first 90 days of 2021!!!
Woo hoo! With the lunar eclipse behind us and the next one coming on the 21st, this is the PERFECT TIME to let 2020 go, and step into setting strong intentions for 2021.
If you haven’t purchased a Breakthrough Planner — you can do so here. We won’t be able to get you the planner in time for the day — but we’ll get you some PDF Example pages to follow.
Whether you use my planner or another planner — I do want to take a moment to talk about a common challenge people experience while they’re building the new habit of using a Planner on a daily basis…
What if you keep forgetting to use your Breakthrough or other type of Planner?
Well, guess what? Everyone forgets!
I like to say, when you’re getting started with it, aim for about 70% use.
And here are some tips to make it easier to remember…
- Keep the Planner somewhere you’ll see it every day. I have a client who puts the Planner on top of her laptop every evening. That way, before she can start work the next day, she remembers to fill out the Planner. Then, she puts it on top of her Kindle because she always reads in the evening. In order to get the Kindle, she has to pick up the Planner, which reminds her to fill it out again.
- Combine this new habit with a habit you already do. This is called habit stacking. For example, what’s the first thing you do in the morning? Combine the Planner with that already-existing habit. If you always get a glass of water in the morning, then immediately fill out your Planner as you drink your glass of water. If you start your morning with a cup of coffee, combine your Planner with it.
- Make the Planner part of your start-of and end-of workday rituals. If you don’t have a full-fledged ritual yet, then it can simply be: “Before I close my computer in the evening, I fill out my Planner.”
Final note: if you keep forgetting to use the Planner, remind yourself that it’s OK. Just pick it back up when you do remember, and try to use one of the above tips to make it easier to pick up again the next day.
And be gentle with yourself. After all, this is a new habit. 🙂
Happy Planning!
Love,
Monica
PS: Here’s some more details about the Breakthrough Planner Day!
The Breakthrough Planner Day:
Create Your 90-Day Plan with Monica
Date: Saturday, December 5th
Time: 10:00am — 2:00pm ET
Price: Free when you purchase the planner here! (If you already own a Planner, you should already have received an invite.)
Location: Zoom
We’ll be filling out the Breakthrough Planner to create your plan for Quarter One of 2021 (so you can go into the last few weeks of this year feeling confident that you’re ready to hit the ground running in January).
To purchase your Breakthrough Planner — go here!
