Cue

I have a busy life.

Hindsight is 20/20.

Why did the calendar give up on life?

(Get your mind out of the gutter, I’m not talking about that kind of friction.)

I’m writing this at night, and I just planned tomorrow.

Pain is the most ancient cue.

Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was huge in the late 80’s and through the 90’s.

If it’s a planning workshop, why call it Cue?

In yesterday’s email I discovered that Cue is going to be a planning workshop.

Cue is not a daily planner.

When Getting Things Done made its debut in 2001 one of the most popular aspects of the program was a flowchart.

Daily planning must be simple.

When we don’t trust ourselves, our lives become more crowded, chaotic, and complicated.

Beginning with the long term end in mind just doesn’t work.

Let’s dig a little deeper into yesterday’s thoughts.

“I cannot plan my day, because I don’t know what I want to do with my life.”

I’m the turtle, my wife is the hare.

Literally, Cue is “Cue Cards 4 Life!”

Have you planned today?

A life that follows the natural cycles is one that is in harmony.

Tickler files have a horrible name.

Yesterday, I wrote about how simple daily planning can be.

I’ve said before that planning your day is simple, that it shouldn’t take very long (5-10 minutes), and that the primary product is not a plan, but an ordered mind.

Disrupting your life is often necessary.

What is the product of planning?

Daily planning is ordering your life, in the spiritual realm.

At first, it doesn’t matter.

In the mid 2000’s, Getting Things Done was the latest fad when it came to finding ways to organize your life and, well, get things done.

“Stop thinking about your todos, and let the app remember for you” – WRONG!

You probably hear the words “plan my day” and think it’s something involved, detailed, structured, explicit.

Planning your day, your week, or your life will fail if it’s just a list of lies you’re telling yourself.

Guess what, I don’t know what it is.

Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile explores the idea that some things become stronger and more resilient with disorder and stress.

A man with a plan is dangerous.

Last night my son quit on his homework assignment.

So, today I used Cue to plan my day, and I’m also using it to check off my todos.

Tanei the Science Guy had a great thread the other day about how to align with the natural cycle of a year.

Each day of your life can be deliberate.

Cue is the tool I’m developing to make planning your day and your life easier.

First, be grateful.

You made your plan.

Do you have a morning routine?

Screw your feelings.

Planning your day is the foundation habit.

Cue is a simple tool I’m building to help you plan your day (week, month, year) and then execute your plan.

Your day is not going to go as planned.

Having a plan means I know what I want to do, in the order I want to do it.

I have planned my day, every day, for 500 days.

It’s simple, really.