Plan Articles
by Giovanni Dienstmann
“Bend your reality to your aspirations.”
What it is
To plan is to set a clear intention and design a specific path forward toward your goals. It is being purposeful about how you use your time, your energy, and your environment. You do that by setting up empowering structures such as:
- morning and evening routines
- day plan, weekly plan, and yearly plan
- effective task management system
- goal milestones and transition rituals
- environment design, minimalism, decluttering
Why it matters
Planning allows you to optimize your life around your priorities. With it, you feel more organized, effective, and in control. Without it, you often gravitate to things that are less important, get distracted, and feel frustrated and overwhelmed.
How to get started
These structures are implemented step by step. The best place to start is to create a morning routine that is offline, structured, and focused. Make sure to include a day plan practice as part of your morning routine. You can use the step-by-step planning tool in our app to make things easier.
Going deeper
To learn more, read chapters 10, 25-26, and 33-36 of Mindful Self-Discipline; and take the COPE Framework course, part of the Higher Mind app.
