Schedule meetings with yourself! This can be at work, exercise, reading, working on a hobby/goal, alone time, etc.
Rock, pebble, sand analogy | you need to determine what your rocks, pebbles, and sand are. Then you put them in your jar in that order. If you go backwards, your rocks won't fit. If you need to see a visual, check out this video.
We schedule:
- Working out/exercise
- If we don't plan for this, we won't do it. We will add in some spontaneous exercise (maybe a bike ride with our kids or a family walk), but we add our gym time to our shared calendar.
- Date night
- If you're in a relationship, schedule a date night. If you've got kids, you'll also need to plan for a sitter if your kids aren't old enough to be at home alone yet. Take those things into consideration, take your budget into account, and be creative
- Hobbies/leisure
- Learn a new sport, pick up a new hobby, practice, work toward a dream/bucket list item; when you schedule time on your calendar, keep your commitment and follow through.
- Vacations
- 55% of people don't use their vacation time! Please take your vacation time, and take all of it. Plan ahead if you get a large amount, so that you can scheduled shorter time periods off without having to take weeks at a time to use it up.
- The Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast, May 3 episode
